Alrighty, its a sunday evening. Daylight saving, with the combination of seasonal change is making me feel like 7pm is 9pm so I thought let me do a little write-up.
This is something I have personally noticed over my time in the car scene, which isn't too long, but hear me out.
When I got my first car and started to modify it and all, I was keen as to start going to all the car meets, see sick cars and jsut become part of the car culture. Back then, highway (and daniels donuts) was the place to be. You go there Friday night, Saturday night, it was always popping. You would see a lot of your local community cars, highly modified cars, stance builds, power builds, fourbies. Pretty much the lot and then, princess hwy was where people would (allegedly) line up and you would have just an enjoyable night out.
However, as time went on, things started changing very quickly. (Maybe I joined the scene too late). Cops starting coming all the time, the demographic changed, the vibe was no longer there. Ever since then, I didn't really find many good car meets to go to, and the only time you would only see the proper builds was either at car shows, or if they have their own invite only meets. So then I kind of stopped going car meets.
I went to a couple of the big car shows, you know, status, black label, etc etc. But one thing that I thought was lacking in them was the best part of cars. Seeing them drive. People would bring them on tow trucks and have them parked up for the event. You didn't really get to hear them unless you waited till the very end when they start to leave, the owners would tend to stay in their own smaller circles, so you couldn't really talk genuinely. It was a bit more on the commercial side of car shows I would say. So I eventually got a bit bored of those too.
But, that is when I discovered highball. They host it at a huge outdoor venue, where cars would be packed everywhere to the point that getting a spot in the overflow carpark was hard too. However, there was a reason for that. This event has it all. You could see SVJ's, to GTR's to Silvia's to M3's to Deloreans. Literally, you could find a car from each category at the event, and best of all, no one is being stupid. You would also see people drive them and give it a bit of send down the road which everybody loves. You wouldn't see those nuisance, bouncing limiter, attention seeking people. On top of that, they would hand out little stickers, have coffee, snags, etc all at the event. It's not trying to be a show, but rather, you could say, a community gathering. Family's come down, mates come down, and most people are quite open to have a chat too. Highball became the event that I would always go to, however, the problem was it is held like once a year.
Recently though, one of my local shops DHF tyres held a little meet. Nothing too crazy, they had some food trucks, some little trinkets but there was something different about that meet that made it feel so good. It didn't feel like a show where people just park up their cars and thats it. The meet felt more like a community that has come together and everyone is chatting to everyone. I was talking with some of the DHF boys, then with some other randoms, and it was just nice talking to everyone. Everyone there just sharing their passion for cars, talking cars, and just vibing.
See, its hard for me to find an event that gives me that sort of a vibe. Now idk if that is because my own friendgroup isn't very into cars, and I don't have many 'car' friends to talk to and link with at meets, but that is a little gap that I noticed in the different meets I have gone to regardless. Even when I would go with some mates, it was just us looking at cars, no real connection, or communication with the owners or so. I think if I make some more car friends who are in the industry, and share a true passion for cars more than even I do, then maybe that could provide me the feeling that I look for at car meets. All your friends have cool cars, work on cars a lot, have shed hangs, go on cruises, and all and just overall form cooler stories with their cars.
Maybe this is an internal void I am trying to fill because I see some groups of mates who own like Silvia's, Chaser's, Skyline's and think to myself, damn I wish my mates were like that. Who knows. But I think, at the end of the day, I do need to make some new car friends. It's kind of a weird thing to think, and say, but this is a bit of my brain dump at the end of the day.
Anyways, back to what I was saying. Car meets that feel like your just kicking it with some good people with sick cars is the vibe I need more of in my life. I think I will work towards it, but idk how. Lets see :)
If you have read this far, I appreciate you, and hope that maybe some of you feel the same way. If not, I might just be cooked.
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