Originally Posted by PaceFever79

I agree, hot rodding teaches you many things, how to work hard to play, and how to be creative with your engineering and elbow grease when you don't have the unlimited toy fund. What has infringed on my happiness though is the overwhelming influx of upper class and wealthy people who can buy anything and spend a few hours bolting it on their cars and run rough shod over the scene. The performance scene just ain't what it used to be. I'm only 46, so I'm not an old timer by any stretch, but, you know, I remember when the street was populated with real car nuts with dirt under their nails, hot rodding was something that a certain type of obsessive enthusiast pursued. Even when you watched racing on TV, you got the mechanics or drivers view, not the fan driven industry marketing view. After 30 years of being a motorhead I still can't think of a better way to spend my extra income, and in weak moments my rent money but all in all the scene just isn't as hard core or as fun as it seems in my memories. I cringe every time I see some joker in loafers crawl out of a bad ass ride, looking like he just came from the country club.