This is how me and my boys ride in orlando

I really love all cars that are customized. It can be the rust bucket on 44's or the primered box chevy on 22's.... its just the thought of people doing somthing different that attracts me. Well.... there is nothing like a clean, stock ride but thats only cause i imagine how much better it would be with new paint, wheels, stereo and more power. Its always been a passion to do something different.
 
Godhatesimports said:
i like to laugh at the 4x4s that are spotless kinda defeats the purpose in my opinion.
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You nailed it right on the head with that one. When I was in the Marines, in the late 80's early 90's, I was in North Carolina. There were several things going on in the car world at that time.

1) It's North Carolina, so the 'rednecks' with the lifted trucks were probably the most dominant niche. They didn't pride themselves on spotless waxed shiny trucks. They were more proud that they had more mud on the truck than paint showing.

2) Economy cars(affectionately referred to as ricers today) such as Escorts and the like with 3000 watts of stereo. I was a part time stereo installer at the time and I can't tell you how many people would finance $3k worth of stereo stuff just so they could drive around and rattle the windows of the other cars at the intersections.

3) Customs, which have always been around. Everything from my 51 Chevy Pickup to current cruisers like Town Cars and such were customized. No two cars even looked close to each other. American Racing rims usually, custom multi-tone paint and lots of vinyl.

4) Gearheads, I myself built a 1972 Pinto Wagon with a 302 just because I had nothing better to do. Took 6 months to build, looked like a bastard child of Freddy Krueger, but ran high 5's in the 1/8th. We were all over the place with mainly Mustang fox bodys, Vegas, Monzas, Mavericks, Nova's and most of the typical American Muscle.


To each his own is my opinion. I personally don't care for the lifted hoop-d look, but that doesn't mean I'll be over opinionated and hate. I live in the Chicago area now, so there are TONS of caprices, towncars, escalades, navigators and such all lifted with 24" or bigger wheels, neon, vinyl, tint and enough chrome to solar power a small city on a clear summer day. Whether we look, point and laugh or stare and admire, that's exactly what we all go for with our cars, attention of any kind.

Glad to see some people here appreciate a 'car enthusiast' enough to encourage, help with, and offer constructive criticism about other's rides instead of just hating and mocking them for it.

That's my 2 cents worth.....

TK
 
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