Worst car fans
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I drive a VW, so I guess Im a mouth breather 
The only 'car fans' I never really clicked with were the Focus ST guys. I think its more a symptom of the sort of driver the car attracts rather than anything symptomatic of the brand as a whole. They werent bad guys, just their views for what does and doesnt make a good ST werent compatible with mine most of the time.
The guys on the VW forum Im on are mostly pretty decent and the 'dubbers' tend to keep to their own circles. Even those guys are decent enough on a personal level, even if their stylistic choices are questionable.
The BMW guys are some of the nicest Ive had the pleasure to meet.
Must be pretty dull living in a world where you write off an entire group of people for some sort of imagined issue. Takes all sorts to make a world
The only 'car fans' I never really clicked with were the Focus ST guys. I think its more a symptom of the sort of driver the car attracts rather than anything symptomatic of the brand as a whole. They werent bad guys, just their views for what does and doesnt make a good ST werent compatible with mine most of the time.
The guys on the VW forum Im on are mostly pretty decent and the 'dubbers' tend to keep to their own circles. Even those guys are decent enough on a personal level, even if their stylistic choices are questionable.
The BMW guys are some of the nicest Ive had the pleasure to meet.
Must be pretty dull living in a world where you write off an entire group of people for some sort of imagined issue. Takes all sorts to make a world
I was in my early 20s in the mid noughties.
Had several friends/ colleagues/ acquaintances who were 'Honda boys'. Not sure if its the same story now, but that 'scene' at the time really had the 'worst car fans' imho.
I can reel off model/ engine codes with the best of 'em, but these guys took it to another level. Anyone who didnt know every possible engine conversion/ Mugen part for an EK Civic was regarded with overt hostility. They were in utter disbelief that another car fan wouldn't understand why a Buddy Club exhaust was inferior to a 5Zigen (or vice versa, I don't give a sh*t).
I remember a friends' brother telling me why my mkiv Supra was no good (sure he was in a mildly modded EK4 at the time) because it was 'too soft and heavy'. My 190 Gen7 Celica was similarly derided for not being the no-brainer-choice DC2 Integra, in spite of it showing its TRD exhaust ('eurgh') to a local DC2 several times.
Just an absolute lack of interest for anything not Honda was a bit sad and myopic to me.
The only exceptions to the rule were things with Honda engines stuck in them. Classic Mini with a VTec lump = creamed pants. Atom was the greatest thing ever because it had an EP3 engine.
Then there was the clothes/ accessories. DC baseball caps, hoodies, baggy jeans, skater shoes with bright laces, those dangly strap things hanging off the car keys. It all smacked of 'image', and what presumably was considered to be 'individuality' became the norm, their car meets subsequently became a bit comical and slightly depressing to me at least.
Finally, there was the god-like status afforded to anyone who turned up in any random old boxy, beige Accord or Prelude bought from a local pensioner. The cheapest sh*tter in town became the envy of the scene as soon as it was slammed on its arse with bright-coloured wheels and a Japanese learner driver sticker in the back window. These ~90bhp powerhouses often needed Bride seats bolted in them too, for reasons Im still unable to fathom.
The VAG owner scene (do we still call them 'f*cking Dubbers' now?) seems to have some similar traits, although I suspect not to the same extent as that particular strain of the JDM brigade. Im not even sure that these 'scenes' exist in the same sense anymore, although I might just have become old/ niave and lost touch with the yout dem.
I'd still much rather converse with a VAG/ JDM fanboy than a 'Max Power' twunt (is there a modern equivalent?), the type who's work often ends up on BarryBoyz. People that Barry Vectras/ Puntos etc with bodykits and Ripspeed wheels are the very lowest I'd suggest, although I'd only call them 'car fans' in the very loosest sense of the term.
Had several friends/ colleagues/ acquaintances who were 'Honda boys'. Not sure if its the same story now, but that 'scene' at the time really had the 'worst car fans' imho.
I can reel off model/ engine codes with the best of 'em, but these guys took it to another level. Anyone who didnt know every possible engine conversion/ Mugen part for an EK Civic was regarded with overt hostility. They were in utter disbelief that another car fan wouldn't understand why a Buddy Club exhaust was inferior to a 5Zigen (or vice versa, I don't give a sh*t).
I remember a friends' brother telling me why my mkiv Supra was no good (sure he was in a mildly modded EK4 at the time) because it was 'too soft and heavy'. My 190 Gen7 Celica was similarly derided for not being the no-brainer-choice DC2 Integra, in spite of it showing its TRD exhaust ('eurgh') to a local DC2 several times.
Just an absolute lack of interest for anything not Honda was a bit sad and myopic to me.
The only exceptions to the rule were things with Honda engines stuck in them. Classic Mini with a VTec lump = creamed pants. Atom was the greatest thing ever because it had an EP3 engine.
Then there was the clothes/ accessories. DC baseball caps, hoodies, baggy jeans, skater shoes with bright laces, those dangly strap things hanging off the car keys. It all smacked of 'image', and what presumably was considered to be 'individuality' became the norm, their car meets subsequently became a bit comical and slightly depressing to me at least.
Finally, there was the god-like status afforded to anyone who turned up in any random old boxy, beige Accord or Prelude bought from a local pensioner. The cheapest sh*tter in town became the envy of the scene as soon as it was slammed on its arse with bright-coloured wheels and a Japanese learner driver sticker in the back window. These ~90bhp powerhouses often needed Bride seats bolted in them too, for reasons Im still unable to fathom.
The VAG owner scene (do we still call them 'f*cking Dubbers' now?) seems to have some similar traits, although I suspect not to the same extent as that particular strain of the JDM brigade. Im not even sure that these 'scenes' exist in the same sense anymore, although I might just have become old/ niave and lost touch with the yout dem.
I'd still much rather converse with a VAG/ JDM fanboy than a 'Max Power' twunt (is there a modern equivalent?), the type who's work often ends up on BarryBoyz. People that Barry Vectras/ Puntos etc with bodykits and Ripspeed wheels are the very lowest I'd suggest, although I'd only call them 'car fans' in the very loosest sense of the term.
ksVXR fans.
I like the car - I even think the Corsa VXR looks pretty great.
However, every single one I've ever seen in motion is driven by someone on day release, in first gear until the turbo spools up, tyres screeching and generally prowling a 2 mile long circuit. Said circuit often encapsulates a McDonalds, which I presume is prime totty hunting ground.
Civics, Fast Fords, RenaultSport, even VDubs - all interesting and some great cars. VXR? I just don't know what it is with them..
I like the car - I even think the Corsa VXR looks pretty great.
However, every single one I've ever seen in motion is driven by someone on day release, in first gear until the turbo spools up, tyres screeching and generally prowling a 2 mile long circuit. Said circuit often encapsulates a McDonalds, which I presume is prime totty hunting ground.
Civics, Fast Fords, RenaultSport, even VDubs - all interesting and some great cars. VXR? I just don't know what it is with them..
w00tman said:
VXR fans.
I like the car - I even think the Corsa VXR looks pretty great.
However, every single one I've ever seen in motion is driven by someone on day release, in first gear until the turbo spools up, tyres screeching and generally prowling a 2 mile long circuit. Said circuit often encapsulates a McDonalds, which I presume is prime totty hunting ground.
Civics, Fast Fords, RenaultSport, even VDubs - all interesting and some great cars. VXR? I just don't know what it is with them..
Apart from Monaro VXR and VXR8, but out of the youth insurance bracketI like the car - I even think the Corsa VXR looks pretty great.
However, every single one I've ever seen in motion is driven by someone on day release, in first gear until the turbo spools up, tyres screeching and generally prowling a 2 mile long circuit. Said circuit often encapsulates a McDonalds, which I presume is prime totty hunting ground.
Civics, Fast Fords, RenaultSport, even VDubs - all interesting and some great cars. VXR? I just don't know what it is with them..
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