Re: tv show: WATCH IT!!!

["Jason" <jason87vw@nac.net>]

I just caught the end of it...$ 60,000 dollars invested into a Honda, I
think I'm going to hurl...That guy should have spent half that money on a
Turbo Rocc (which would be ALOT of money to do whatever) and the other half
on the hair club for men...Where were the Mustangs and Camaros ? They have
dominated the strip since they were created. Again, I just caught the
end...As was already stated "TOO MUCH RICE"...

-----Original Message-----
From: drew <drew@dyermaker.cs.uoguelph.ca>
To: Kevin Collins <kevinc@flashcom.net>
Cc: Scirocco List <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Date: Friday, January 28, 2000 9:13 AM
Subject: Re: tv show: WATCH IT!!!


>
>You know, it kind of bugs me that a documentary made by a Canadian
>producer about underground drag racing in a Canadian city (that I happen
>to live 2 hours away from) doesn't get aired on a Canadian station... :(
>I guess that's my own damned fault for living in the boondocks with no
>cable.
>
>I read an article in last weeks StarWeek tv listing mag from the Toronto
>Star about this documentary - it was kind of interesting reading.
>Apparently at one point during filming there was an altercation between a
>few hundred racers and the producer - one guy grabbed the camera and
>destroyed some film.
>
>I expect she chose her doomed hero to demonstrate just how sad this sport
>can get - and probably singled him out because he was the only misguided
>individual willing to let her follow him around for two years (apparently
>she spent two years as a fixture in the street racing scene to make the
>show.)
>
>As for the plethora of far-east imports - this is relatively indicative of
>the tuning seen in Toronto (known locally as TO or the big smoke).  I
>exepect one of the largest reasons (although it may not have been
>obviously reflected through the drivers portrayed in the documentary) is
>that TO has a large Asian population - primarily affluent living in
>very upscale neighbourhoods driving very upscale cars (mom and dad drive
>MB, BMW, maybe Lexus or Acura.  The kids probably get the Hondas and
>Mazdas on their 16th birthdays or something...)  The result is that more
>tuners cater to the eastern import market, much to the dismay of us VW
>drivers.
>
>As for the police tolerance - well, I'm not sure I can really answer to
>that one. Apparently the Toronto police have been cracking down on street
>racing (they actually bought a helicopter to help monitor the situation!)
>but the city is so sprawling that it's hard to keep up to these roving
>pockets of racers.  They may have reacted the way they did in the
>documentary for the simple reason that these individuals are probably not
>perceived to be overly violent (up here the drug dealers may carry guns,
>but it's very unlikely that the street racers do.)  I exepct that the
>enforcement officials could be applauded for keeping a level head and
>calmly negotiating with the individual rather than muscling the *sshole
>into the back of a cruiser and running him in for lipping off.
>
>So, after having watched the show, do you think the guy with the Honda
>really got $60,000 worth out of it?  Just what do you do with a Honda for
>$60,000 other than maybe install a surplus jet engine in the back?
>
>Drew (who likes watching racing from the comfort of his couch with a few
>cold ones...)
>
>
>On Thu, 27 Jan 2000, Kevin Collins wrote:
>
>> Testastrega@aol.com wrote:
>>
>> > I wouldnt waste my time racing anybody I couldnt have a beer with after
a
>> > race and talk cars.
>>
>> I was watching it with a (non-car guy) buddy and made a similar comment
to
>> him in the middle of the thing, while they were showing the two "main
>> characters" bickering and posturing at each other.
>>
>> I REALLY got a laugh out of that big showdown where the Civic idiot gave
>> the Mazda creep a 5-carlength head start!  Yet somehow this little
contest
>> was a big deal to everybody??!!  WTF is up with that?  It was over before
>> it started, 'cause everyone was in agreement that the Miata was slower
>> and thus needed the handicap to attempt to even the odds.  So why even
>> run at that point, unless it was just for fun? - which it clearly was
NOT.
>>
>> I also couldn't believe how tolerant the cops were with the attitudes
>> these guys were giving them.  That one dude was refusing to leave and
>> telling the cop he'd leave "when everybody else does", then dared them
>> to arrest him.  Hell around here he'd have gotten the Rodney King
treatment
>> pronto!  And deserved it!!   :0
>>
>> --
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>>
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