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Racing changed my life and you should definitely go to a meetup, drag race, or track event. The dream of the 80's is still alive in the car world. You'll meet t

Racing changed my life and you should definitely go to a meetup, drag race, or track event. The dream of the 80's is still alive in the car world. You'll meet the coolest people. Dummies get filtered and don't make it to the events/track. It's the best and easiest real life scene to get into if you're technical because car guys are absolute nerds.

jorvi 2y ago
> because car guys are absolute nerds. Are they? At least in Europe they are usually blue collar guys that pick a neighborhood at random to hold a car meet, terrorizing that neighborhood until deep into the night, including street races. And if they aren't accommodated they'll aggressively clash with the police. They're easy to spot too, pumped up douches with tribal tattoos and gemstone earrings that behave like they're prone to pick a bar fight with you.
- JKCalhoun 2y ago
  Or hoons as the Aussies call them. I think OP was talking about a different caliber of racer.
  - MarcelOlsz 2y ago
    I am, which is why I specifically said drag, meetups, and track events. The only group I detest are the ones that takeover roads/highways and race in densely populated zones. I like hooners, 99% stick to parking lots and make a bit of noise. You'll be very hard pressed to find "racers" who embrace endangering regular people.
- MarcelOlsz 2y ago
  What do you expect when tracks are closing left and right? That energy has to go somewhere. But yes those guys are also nerds. The meets I'm talking about are like this [0][1]. There's a lot of the tattoo gemstone guys in [1]'s timestamp. Is this what you mean? I'd love some examples. [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bAq_qD9i2s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bAq_qD9i2s [1] https://youtu.be/q4lvEYLJaOY?t=340 https://youtu.be/q4lvEYLJaOY?t=340 >And if they aren't accommodated they'll aggressively clash with the police. If you're a car guy you're basically begging to be hunted constantly. In my opinion this is all downstream of the death of folkracing.
- potato3732842 2y ago
  Europe doesn't have the same accessibility for motorsport so people doing stuff on the street is what you get. IDK, write your legislator.

jorvi 2y ago

> because car guys are absolute nerds. Are they? At least in Europe they are usually blue collar guys that pick a neighborhood at random to hold a car meet, terrorizing that neighborhood until deep into the night, including street races. And if they aren't accommodated they'll aggressively clash with the police. They're easy to spot too, pumped up douches with tribal tattoos and gemstone earrings that behave like they're prone to pick a bar fight with you.

JKCalhoun 2y ago
Or hoons as the Aussies call them. I think OP was talking about a different caliber of racer.
- MarcelOlsz 2y ago
  I am, which is why I specifically said drag, meetups, and track events. The only group I detest are the ones that takeover roads/highways and race in densely populated zones. I like hooners, 99% stick to parking lots and make a bit of noise. You'll be very hard pressed to find "racers" who embrace endangering regular people.
MarcelOlsz 2y ago
What do you expect when tracks are closing left and right? That energy has to go somewhere. But yes those guys are also nerds. The meets I'm talking about are like this [0][1]. There's a lot of the tattoo gemstone guys in [1]'s timestamp. Is this what you mean? I'd love some examples. [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bAq_qD9i2s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bAq_qD9i2s [1] https://youtu.be/q4lvEYLJaOY?t=340 https://youtu.be/q4lvEYLJaOY?t=340 >And if they aren't accommodated they'll aggressively clash with the police. If you're a car guy you're basically begging to be hunted constantly. In my opinion this is all downstream of the death of folkracing.
potato3732842 2y ago
Europe doesn't have the same accessibility for motorsport so people doing stuff on the street is what you get. IDK, write your legislator.