Re: tv show: WATCH IT!!!

["Marie Laugesen" <marie@blaze.ca>]

speaking of rice...  we had a guy come in with a Type R (I work at an Acura
dealer :( ) and he had blown the motor after only 20,000 miles.. he wanted a
warranty replacement engine but he had all this aftermarket rice crap on the
damned thing which voided his warranty. Sucker!  He had stickers all over
the damn cartoo.

"I put sticka on my car, make it go fasta"

Marie


>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
>>>
>>> --
>>> Kevin Collins
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>>
>>Drew MacPherson, Network Analyst, University of Guelph
>>
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