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10-17-2012, 09:51 AM
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#26 | I Will not Admit my Addiction to RS
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Originally Posted by Gridlock Years ago, I went to a car show in the states with my father and his car and the entire city got behind the event. They had a public burnout event in a tunnel entrance. The police were directing an alcohol fueled willys drag car through city streets to where it was happening. A car, with no insurance, and no plates. It was fun to see.
Every once in awhile, its fun to break the rules. | that is what we need here. inside of stupid bike lanes.
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10-17-2012, 10:47 AM
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#27 | Revscene.net has a homepage?!
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Well.... Everyone needs to drive a Prius, ride a bike to work, and buy all organic, then we can save the world!
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10-18-2012, 08:12 AM
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#28 | Banned By Establishment
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Part of it was more a "car culture" for sure, I mean, some of those car shows in the states get 1000's of cars, bringing 10's of 1000's of attendees plus countless more viewing public, making the event worthwhile in economic spin off for the city.
That means, if a city wants to be successful with it, you can't kick the people in the balls while asking them to come and spend money: "hey! welcome. First, we hate you, and would prefer your 1932 ford was a hybrid, or people powered. Use our tollbridges!"
I think we went 2 or 3 years, and it was an awesome show. They opened up a big park to the show, that was just packed with cars. They had the burnouts in the middle of town at night. I saw police, but they weren't in your face AT ALL. They never drove through the park, or walked through looking people down for being there. And I'll tell you a LOT of people were doing the courtesy of using those foam can covers, but it wasn't pepsi.
Of course, if someone were to set up a drag race event on the south fraser peri road(which would be AWESOME!) we'd have neighbors complain, the police would want to escort you to and from and the mayors? The mayors would shut it down because it glorifies and legitimizes street racing. Oh the horror. But if trucks go 130 all day and all night, well, that's building economic progress.
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10-18-2012, 08:27 AM
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#29 | Pull Out Towing. Women rescued for free.
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Originally Posted by Gridlock Of course, if someone were to set up a drag race event on the south fraser peri road(which would be AWESOME!) we'd have neighbors complain, the police would want to escort you to and from and the mayors? The mayors would shut it down because it glorifies and legitimizes street racing. Oh the horror. But if trucks go 130 all day and all night, well, that's building economic progress. | I can totally see this. Oh wait, it did.
RS organized 1/8 mile drag races event at BBA and the use of Pitt Meadows driving center for autoX.
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10-18-2012, 09:46 AM
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#30 | I STILL don't get it
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Originally Posted by snails the more accessible places to have fun with a car means less people will be doing it on the streets, or at least in congested areas
i know alot of people that regularly go to mission and surprisingly enough they seem to be the least likely to be driving like tools on the street cuz they just save it for the road course or friday street legals.
i would love for the road course to be more affordable personally, and my car isnt fast enough to have real fun at the 1/4 mile ![Frown](/forums/images/smilies/frown.gif) so more options would be great | I think it's as affordable as it'll ever get, for prices to go down we need more people in the sport!
it's really not *that* bad for the road course (but it aint cheap either, with safety equipment being one of the biggest expenses, but lasts you 3-5 years+ so spread over that its not that much). Usually $185 entry fee for 45-60 minutes of total racing time. I rented an EF civic to get my novice license and that was quite affordable as well (compared to the pro rentals). It's one of the best cars to learn on, just the right amount of power and decent handling. Details and vids are @ 888 Motorsports
I drive super slow when leaving the track (feels even slower after a race), its almost an automatic thing. There are some idiots who don't shut it off after the day's over, at the driver training a few years back there was a story of a student that passed people on the highway from the track @ 130-150 kph on the shoulder. Luckily one of the guys they passed was an instructor and they promptly canceled his novice license.
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10-18-2012, 12:40 PM
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#31 | I Will not Admit my Addiction to RS
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Originally Posted by SumAznGuy I can totally see this. Oh wait, it did.
RS organized 1/8 mile drag races event at BBA and the use of Pitt Meadows driving center for autoX. ![Okay](images/smilies/okay.png) | autox at pitt meadows is so strict about noise right now, it is just stupid. I remember for a few events we were made to stop drivers from running because they were new and didnt know the course well enough. Then they make a bit of noise from going into a turn too fast and get pulled from the event.
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