Cheapest I ever got gas was something like 27.9 or so at Silverdale near Mission!!!

Now it's just plastidip and $2000 lips
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I joined the "scene" in '00 when glowing neon insect cars plastered with confusing graphics and incomprehensible text ran the streets. "Clean" cars were the exception and where I chose to reside.

Well over a decade later, I question what has become of the craze. A few Prelude Type Rs and turboed Mustangs with headers still fart around the streets of Metrotown, but to me the past few years have seen a significant drop/shift in aftermarket tuning, at least in the lower mainland. Tuning shops have downsized or closed down, newer cars are relatively modification-unfriendly, and the 19 year old offspring of mainland Chinese tycoons cannot appreciate the tone of your 5Zigen because it's being drowned out by his Gallardo's V10.

Partly due to manufacturer's shifts in model offerings, the aftermarket now seems to cater to a very specific and limited model range (FR-S/BR-Z, Impreza, GT-R), and to the upper echelon of $80K + cars.

Jason Luey - is that the Jace guy?

:fullofwin:

I remember when people would freak out when gas prices went over 40 cents/litre, times have definitely changed.

Oh man I'm glad you mentioned this. I still have my Gamecube and NFSU 1 & 2 somewhere, hopefully I can find it and my memory card, I'm sure I have some doozies on there.

I remember how badly I wanted an R34 Skyline GTR back in those days, (I was still fairly young and couldn't even drive yet) and I planned on hooking my Gamecube up to our VCR to record how I wanted my R34 and then taking that to a shop to get it modded exactly how I wanted it. :badpokerface:

Need for Speed underground II... I distinctly remember a lambo orange civic with a huge wing, green flames and green underglow as being "awesome"... Ohhhhh those were the days.


EDIT: Can't forget this one...

http://media.moddb.com/images/downlo...NFS_HP2001.jpg

I think I was like 13 then, playing NFS U2, my tricolor flamed lambo doored 6 SUB DVD playing nitros puffing chrome spinnas sporting Civic SI was my ultimate dream car...nice to see how fads from the past have changed...wonder if in 20years, we'll look at stance and hellaflush the same

you're so two-thousand and late
bozo pipes and rusted hoods are the thing now

http://www.angelfire.com/hiphop/audio/iceyhot1.jpg

my and my crew

Guaranteed most people will think it looks like shit given a few years. Hellaflush and HID's shoved in everything will die just like murdered out and lambo doors.

"hellaflush" is already terrible.. a nice fit is a different story.

and some people run HID for the fact that they are considerably brighter than stock lights.. not to look "cool"

:badpokerface:

sweet jesus, i remember playing that game over and over...

back in my Pentium 2 266mhz and my Voodoo 2 video card

http://dl.maximumpc.com/galleries/fa...ch/3dfx_sm.jpg

since u guys are talking about it i might as well post this up (not sure if any of u remember this)

http://www.autocannon.com/Max2/images/max-open.gif
the comic from autocannon, i use to run stores & pick up a the latest edition of IT just to read this as well check out the cover girl/cover car

Papa Wheely!

I still remember the same as you do... it is still sort of hanging on in the webverse: MaxBoost

^ woah! was that Berz?!

:fullofwin:

lol maybe berz was trying to be max boost lol

Cman and 5ziggy's civic meet at Lansedowne... good times. Brand new stock SiR gets VI'd for having a spoiler and being "modified"

Ah, I remember the mugen spoiler. I exchanged nods with the owner in downtown, the only occasion I saw this car. (pretty sure it was under your brother's ownership at the time, judging by the approx timeline).

I have a mango teg, painted before F&F days (out of the paint shop sometime in 2000) as well. (believe pic is in sig)

HID in headlight is ok

HID in DRL, fog light, reverse light, side marker, parking light etc is not ok

I actually kinda like the look of this, coming from a guy who likes domestics - looks clean

I loved those comics... Think his name was Max, and wanted a dc2r but got a civic dx hatch green and Todd kept pushing his buttons with his mustang...ahhh... Good times.
My 2001 importfest trophies had their comic strip attached to it... Haha.... I miss the old days...
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True enough, I've always hated hellaflush, stretched tires, etc. At least the other fads were just ugly, some of those cars become seriously dangerous when their running on those piddly contact patches.

I do understand that some people actually use HID's to see better, but most people just drive in the city where you don't even need headlights and run HIDs in shitty conversions that blind everyone to look cool. And don't get me started on the HID foglight/reverse light/turn single bullshit.