And most of these people have no real track/ax experience so they don't know anyhow) Sure Forza is a poor replacement, but it is also several orders of magnitude cheaper. Mean while, a xbox live subscription is cheap. People can no longer work on their own cars because of lack of experience, increased complexity, and no where to work on their car (they can't afford a house with a garage and most municipalities ban and enforce restrictions on working on cars outside of one). Is it shocking that younger people everywhere are turning against cars? They cost too much. (I've been told SCCA has more classes for a Fiat X1/9 than a WRX and I believe it) Classes seem to **** over whatever they own. People are working much longer hours if they have jobsĪutocross is full of old dude with vettes and miatas. Until very recently house prices went skywardĬredit markets are still frozen for those with little historyĬars need more specialized training and tools. Income levels in real terms and employment for those under 30 have dropped dramatically Police are cracking down on "street racing" (which isn't always street racing) like never before. We live in a different world than we did 20 years ago: Oh wait, that's exactly what's happening right now. My point being, if we lose the knowledge and willingness to get our hands dirty and no longer do things for ourselves, we will eventually end up with a lower quality of life and higher cost of living. It would take a group of 10-12 offshore employees to accomplish what 2-3 competent on-shore people could, and even then what they produced was junk. For a small number of things it made sense and ended up working out, but by and large what they ended up with was higher costs and results that were of much lower quality. When I was there we were encouraged to examine the work our groups performed and figure out what tasks we could send offshore. ![]() I saw first hand how offshoring the hands-on / day-to-day tasks worked out for a large corporation where I used to work. I'm very concerned with where this country is headed if we're now actively teaching and encouraging kids to stay away from the hands-on work. Hot-roding will never die it will change and get more illegal but I cant leave any thing stock and they are meny like me in the world.Ĭlick to expand.Excellent point. I don't care for the accessorizing types you mentioned who generally don't have a clue and have some one like me make then a hot whip yo! but they let me do what I do and they generally sell there old less trendy stuff off cheep. I like looking at others cars, good or bad, credit card builds or junk ratters. I'm just a car guy and I build mine for me. when I go to shows people generally like my cars but I could care less. that I have done for or put together for them, mean wile I proudly rock sub $300 xxr wheels on my rx7, I dont have the money for my vw's to be broke status, and I could give a hoot if my rx7 has the greatest jdm parts heck most of the mods are things i made out of junk yard parts. I am a auto tech, and I run a side business modding cars, some of my customers at my side job have things like $5k wheels, and air ride, and $2-3k paint jobs. They also appear in Cars 2: The Video Game as downloadable playable characters.Read your whole post, and I think your dead on, on most of that, but you forgot about one group that still exists. They later appear in the short Tokyo Mater with the exception of Snot Rod. In the Cars video game, a specific level relating to these characters is called " Delinquent Road Hazards", leading many fans to refer to their group by this name. It is then later revealed that the Sheriff and Doc Hudson sentenced the Tuner Cars to towing Bessie (the same punishment that they gave McQueen earlier) for their reckless actions. The gang ultimately gets their comeuppance during the end credits of the movie when they make the mistake of speeding in Radiator Springs, causing them to be apprehended by the Sheriff for reckless driving and put in the impound lot. When the chronically-sniffly Snot Rod sneezes, Mack is startled awake and accelerates away, leaving the still-sleeping McQueen behind near Radiator Springs, thus making the Tuner Cars mostly responsible for McQueen's disappearance. The resulting vibration causes Mack's trailer door to open and a sleeping McQueen to roll out of the trailer. While cruising through the interstate one night, the gang catch Mack struggling to stay awake on the way to California and amuse themselves by putting him to sleep with DJ's music and nudging him onto the rumble strips along the shoulder of the road.
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