[felixy69]

since nothing is going on this year aside from Revscene summer meet
are we Desperate to have HIN/DTP/Importfest/IFO type large scale automotive event in Vancouver ???

will u enter ur car to a show ?
will u pay ($5) to visit a car show ?

i am currently in contact with a large automotive event company from USA to bring this show into Vancouver.

but we need to show them that we are DESPERATE !!!

to do that...please post 1+ to show ur support

this event will most likely be in the heart of Vancouver, it will be in the morning/afternoon time frame, awards, entertainments, dyno comp....etc.


so whos down ?


revised 7:10pm

[LP700-4]

Hmmm what if this is just a scam to get thanks? :suspicious::considered:

[lowside67]

For the record, I would like to fail your post twice. First to show that I would not pay to see your dumb car show and second because this post is such an epic fail.

Mark

[felixy69]

ok dis regard the thank.......

just post a 1+ if u are down

[bcrdukes]

Maybe DTP will make a comeback this year now that BC Place is up and running again?

[Glove]

the shows here are completely backwards to what they should be,

either make it a party with chicks and booze everywhere,

or make it so the cars are actually raced and not show-only, with 50 tv's in there.

in Van, our shows consist of, no booze, no girls, lots of TV's.

it fucking sucks

[tofu1413]

^ too mild for the van car scene i guess? then again if its wild, more popos on our ass about it. it only take one idiot to ruin it all like every year (something besides burn outs)

[felixy69]

the shows here are completely backwards to what they should be,

either make it a party with chicks and booze everywhere,

or make it so the cars are actually raced and not show-only, with 50 tv's in there.

in Van, our shows consist of, no booze, no girls, lots of TV's.

it fucking sucks



which show u went to that has booze and girls dancing around ?
to find booze n girls..y dont u go to gossip or pop opera ???
a car show is to show case what car ppl have done to their ride not a huge party

[kenny@s2ki]

1+

[Gh0stRider]

-1
no
no

[Tim Budong]

Sad truth is that most of these shows LOSE more money than anything.
Then you have to make sure the vendors and shops are treated correctly. In most cases, the turnout will suck and everything shits the bed. This isn't like a Comic Con in which it could be a family event and where more people will turn up.

Do people really care for these shows? Thats the real question to ask
Will I go? sure, if I get press pass like DTP last year

[Matsuda]

you got a press pass last year? they wouldn't even give us a pass =(

[midnight_r]

omg is Arash is back ?
"Desperate"?....:okay:

[Lomac]

I've already got a giant ass car show in my town every year. It's the Langley Cruise-In. :fullofwin:

[twitchyzero]

i doubt any big car show in town will only cost $5

[dinamix]

car shows are so 1990's bro

[godwin]

The police will give you plenty of +1s and have VI checkpoints outside the venue.

[bcrdukes]

Actually to be honest, I quite like RS mini meets. :D

[Glove]

which show u went to that has booze and girls dancing around ?
to find booze n girls..y dont u go to gossip or pop opera ???
a car show is to show case what car ppl have done to their ride not a huge party

I guess we will hafto agree to disagree,

when I went to HIN few years, there were porn stars, and DJ's and even lil john showed up and performed, and the crowd was fuckin nuts! There was even a bikini contest. And the place was completely packed and sold out,

whereas our shows lose tons of money and cant get any reasonable celebraties or import models and no one shows up,

get the difference?

why would I pay 20 dollars to see cars that i've already seen at an RS meet?

Id rather pay 20 bucks to see them in a drifting, drag, road course event,
or pay 20 bucks to have a massive party where all those TV's and subwoofers can be put to some use.


fuck, id even pay 50 bucks if the summer RS meet was at mission, and we had the track reserved all day for us, thatd be way better!

[belaud]

Holy fuck I'd pay $50 to have a track meet at Mission!

[Over9K]

+1 ^

[MindBomber]

Wayy too expensive and not available on weekends.


Private Rentals are $2000.00 plus HST for one lane, or $2500.00 plus HST for two lanes (fully prepped). Maximum ten cars allowed, additional cars are $100.00 plus HST each. Available days run Monday thru Thursday – please e-mail the track to check for available dates.

Private Rentals | Mission Raceway (http://www.missionraceway.com/times-prices/private-rentals/)

[Over9K]

Wow.

[belaud]

So..... $10,000 revscene meet?

[MindBomber]

$10,000 Revscene meet or we could just have a meet on a regular street legal night and pay the standard admission rates.

I'd feel bad for the dedicated racers on a night where a group of RSers came out and destroyed the track, but ultimately there's nothing preventing a meet on a street legal night. There would be more, and better, cars to watch run down the strip as well.

Street Legal Car & Driver $35.00

Regular event Spectator Admission: $10.00, Special events will vary.

[Matsuda]

it'd be cool to have a Wekfest or a Slammed Society sort of event in Vancouver but it'd be expensive to finance and I don't think there's a lot of places that would allow the space for it. I think its hard even for RS to secure a lot big enough for the summer meets.

Its strange though when we go down to the US and there's so many car events, practically every 1 or 2 weeks there's a show during the Spring/Summer. I'm not sure if the car culture down there is more open to shows but its quite different.

I do like the casual spring/summer meets at Marine and Byrne though. Fun times to just chill out with friends and check out cars and enjoy the weather. Looking forward to better weather ahead =)

[Over9K]

Slammed society sounds pretty fucking homo.

[belaud]

it'd be cool to have a Wekfest or a Slammed Society sort of event in Vancouver but it'd be expensive to finance and I don't think there's a lot of places that would allow the space for it. I think its hard even for RS to secure a lot big enough for the summer meets.

Its strange though when we go down to the US and there's so many car events, practically every 1 or 2 weeks there's a show during the Spring/Summer. I'm not sure if the car culture down there is more open to shows but its quite different.

I do like the casual spring/summer meets at Marine and Byrne though. Fun times to just chill out with friends and check out cars and enjoy the weather. Looking forward to better weather ahead =)

I blame our 350 days of rain for the lack of shows.

[RicePanda]

:fullofwin:

Slammed society sounds pretty fucking homo.

[k20er]

i rather pay $50 to watch cars in motion like drag/drift/track etc

[ae101]

i paid & went to dtp cuz of all guys from the states & alberta, to be honest not gonna bother with the fact that i have to pay to see cars that i could spotted on a daily basis or at our rs meets

if u want a big car show then just use the RS meets as a base im sure that might work

[CP.AR]

or we can do what freddie does... close off the street to do some street racing
:troll:

[Glove]

or we can do what freddie does... close off the street to do some street racing
:troll:

then touch some hoses on camera

[vo_hantu]

yes
yes
1+

it'd be cool to have a Wekfest or a Slammed Society sort of event in Vancouver but it'd be expensive to finance and I don't think there's a lot of places that would allow the space for it. I think its hard even for RS to secure a lot big enough for the summer meets.

Its strange though when we go down to the US and there's so many car events, practically every 1 or 2 weeks there's a show during the Spring/Summer. I'm not sure if the car culture down there is more open to shows but its quite different.

I do like the casual spring/summer meets at Marine and Byrne though. Fun times to just chill out with friends and check out cars and enjoy the weather. Looking forward to better weather ahead =)

I agree! The scene is amazing down South. I think more people are into it because it's cheaper. Track days in Cali (for example) can be anywhere from $80-150 - we pay 2-3x that. Way more shops stocking parts and don't have to deal with cross border taxes and shipping costs. Not to mention cars in general are cheaper.

Nice to see people making an effort to push car culture locally (OP / art of stance / RS weekly meets etc). Hopefully, it catches on sooner rather than later...and less haters.

[YaKuZa_GS]

Maybe its just me but personally I miss the days when there used to be actually REAL car shows. Organized, sponsored, INDOORS! Maybe I'm just old school LOL. The last successful event was '08 DTP. the DTP in 2011 was a epic fail as it did not have as many large sponsors, it was organized poorly, there was a horrible venue and even worse weather.

I've been in this car scene since '01 and have gone to all the events such as Import Fest, SCN, DTP etc. and I can actually say I had fun at these event. I think its great to see and admire and be inspired by peoples custom work and give people the opportunity show off their hard work. It's hard to compare a RS meet to a real show because its the caliber/quality of cars that show up. Don't get me wrong I think a lot of nice cars come out to the RS meets but there's a lot of nice hidden gems that reserve their showing for real events.

A lot of people here call themselves car enthusiasts but no one wants to see a car show? I dunno it just seemed like everyone stopped giving a crap. Wonder where things went wrong?

[spoon.ek9]

I'm not against OP's intentions of creating an official, sponsored event. What I am against is the premise of his threads stating that the car scene is "dead".

While you cannot compare an official event to the weekly/monthly meets people create, it's still a slap to everyone's face when you say the car culture here is dead and yet.. here we are. Are we suddenly dead now? It's also insulting to all the hard work that the RS team (& volunteers) puts into setting up the Spring and Summer Meets.

There's also an heir of arrogance (whether intended or not) to the way you have presented your idea and this is why you are getting failed by many, many people.

[YaKuZa_GS]

I think he was referring to the car show scene and not the scene in general. We went from having 2-3 per year to none is the last 4 years (excluding last DTP). If u look at threads years back people used to be so stoked for upcoming shows and now people are like "what?! $10 To watch a car show?" actual event did have DJs models such as Stephan Li, Misa Campo, Carolyn savage and even Tera Patrick and car clubs from US and across Canada would participate. It was quite something to remember.

I do agree the OP intentions were in the right spot but delivery could have been worded a bit better. But let's not try to bash a guy for trying to do something positiv for the car community.

[daval]

if your so called "large automotive event company from USA" found out about this thread, GAME OVER MAN!

[CharlesInCharge]

omg is Arash is back ?
"Desperate"?....:okay:

No Arash is not back https://resource.microstrategy.com/Forum/scripts/framework/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/img/smiley-disappointed.gif

well I technically am , when I finish my car I'll announce a meet to occupy Granville street. :D

[bcrdukes]

A lot of people here call themselves car enthusiasts but no one wants to see a car show? I dunno it just seemed like everyone stopped giving a crap. Wonder where things went wrong?

Don't take this the wrong way but perhaps many of us who grew up with all these car shows have also grown up as well.

Those of us who went to the old car shows from 2001 - 200x were part of the "scene" if you will and grew up with it. We went from modified Civics/CRX/Integra swaps, to SR20DET S14s, to monster 2JZ Supra motors, the VIP scene, the AWD Mitsubishi vs. Subaru wars, the Euro invasion, hot MR2s and the whole nine yards. We were all very fortunate to be part of that but keep in mind, we've all grown up (at least most of us.)

During the hiatus, more and more manufacturers were pushing out cars that exceeded what we once had. 240rwhp was the new laughing joke. Cars came with 300hp - stock! People moved away from modifying their cars to slapping on stickers and slamming their cars with some retarded-beyond-shit fitmet and whatnot. The demographic and market has changed (for better or worse - I don't know.) The change is inevitable and so will peoples demands. OPs intentions I'm sure were good but at the same time, it could have been positioned a lot better. :D

[Glove]

car scene is dead bro,

RS meet ran out of parking,

:suspicious:

[HondaGuy]

Don't take this the wrong way but perhaps many of us who grew up with all these car shows have also grown up as well.

Those of us who went to the old car shows from 2001 - 200x were part of the "scene" if you will and grew up with it. We went from modified Civics/CRX/Integra swaps, to SR20DET S14s, to monster 2JZ Supra motors, the VIP scene, the AWD Mitsubishi vs. Subaru wars, the Euro invasion, hot MR2s and the whole nine yards. We were all very fortunate to be part of that but keep in mind, we've all grown up (at least most of us.)

During the hiatus, more and more manufacturers were pushing out cars that exceeded what we once had. 240rwhp was the new laughing joke. Cars came with 300hp - stock! People moved away from modifying their cars to slapping on stickers and slamming their cars with some retarded-beyond-shit fitmet and whatnot. The demographic and market has changed (for better or worse - I don't know.) The change is inevitable and so will peoples demands. OPs intentions I'm sure were good but at the same time, it could have been positioned a lot better. :D


Everything bcrdukes said is exactly what I would have said, too bad I dont know who to word it correctly like you lol...
All the tuners that participated and competed in early 1999 to 20xx has either turned away from modifying cause of older age, 30+, or the fact that most cars from manufacturers are 300 hp or more. If you were part of that older era, you would remember having 200hp was suffice or the challenge to get up to 200+ was the challenge. Anyone remember when b16a was offered in 1999 civic sir from honda with warranty? Hell...few of us purchased one and off to AJR for more jdm parts. BPT was another shop option as well as G5 and REV. These were the first few pioneers, and remember Evolution? Later it was Revolution...and off we went to Minnam for dyno tuning. We had Fields vtec controller, not apexi vafc, safc etc.... Certain car parts were not even available, either have to make a one-off piece or make due with whatever. Hell, not many ppl nowadays will rip apart their motor and build from ground up, neither have the know-how or experience from older tuners. Thats why I really respect ppl who still mod with their own 2 hands.
Although everything I say may be unheard of to some ppl, but if you were present during that era, we made the best of it.

Like you said, the current demographic / automotive styling has changed...I too am glad to see theres still active tuners making their car better and independent themed.

If OP ever gets a new show in Vancouver, I will still join and compete...if you dont mind my outdated car.

[shenmecar]

I am content with annual rs summer meet.

[spyker]

Don't take this the wrong way but perhaps many of us who grew up with all these car shows have also grown up as well.

Those of us who went to the old car shows from 2001 - 200x were part of the "scene" if you will and grew up with it. We went from modified Civics/CRX/Integra swaps, to SR20DET S14s, to monster 2JZ Supra motors, the VIP scene, the AWD Mitsubishi vs. Subaru wars, the Euro invasion, hot MR2s and the whole nine yards. We were all very fortunate to be part of that but keep in mind, we've all grown up (at least most of us.)

During the hiatus, more and more manufacturers were pushing out cars that exceeded what we once had. 240rwhp was the new laughing joke. Cars came with 300hp - stock! People moved away from modifying their cars to slapping on stickers and slamming their cars with some retarded-beyond-shit fitmet and whatnot. The demographic and market has changed (for better or worse - I don't know.) The change is inevitable and so will peoples demands. OPs intentions I'm sure were good but at the same time, it could have been positioned a lot better. :D

Everything bcrdukes said is exactly what I would have said, too bad I dont know who to word it correctly like you lol...
All the tuners that participated and competed in early 1999 to 20xx has either turned away from modifying cause of older age, 30+, or the fact that most cars from manufacturers are 300 hp or more. If you were part of that older era, you would remember having 200hp was suffice or the challenge to get up to 200+ was the challenge. Anyone remember when b16a was offered in 1999 civic sir from honda with warranty? Hell...few of us purchased one and off to AJR for more jdm parts. BPT was another shop option as well as G5 and REV. These were the first few pioneers, and remember Evolution? Later it was Revolution...and off we went to Minnam for dyno tuning. We had Fields vtec controller, not apexi vafc, safc etc.... Certain car parts were not even available, either have to make a one-off piece or make due with whatever. Hell, not many ppl nowadays will rip apart their motor and build from ground up, neither have the know-how or experience from older tuners. Thats why I really respect ppl who still mod with their own 2 hands.
Although everything I say may be unheard of to some ppl, but if you were present during that era, we made the best of it.

Like you said, the current demographic / automotive styling has changed...I too am glad to see theres still active tuners making their car better and independent themed.

If OP ever gets a new show in Vancouver, I will still join and compete...if you dont mind my outdated car.

I remember all of this,knew many people who experienced what has been posted by you two,I went through some of it too,those were good times.A honourable mention from the blast,if you were into imports,the car to beat was the 5.0 mustang,if your 4 banger could outrun one of those on the street,it was considered fast.

Good times they were.

[GDChoi]

I guess we will hafto agree to disagree,

when I went to HIN few years, there were porn stars, and DJ's and even lil john showed up and performed, and the crowd was fuckin nuts! There was even a bikini contest. And the place was completely packed and sold out,

whereas our shows lose tons of money and cant get any reasonable celebraties or import models and no one shows up,

get the difference?

why would I pay 20 dollars to see cars that i've already seen at an RS meet?

Id rather pay 20 bucks to see them in a drifting, drag, road course event,
or pay 20 bucks to have a massive party where all those TV's and subwoofers can be put to some use.


fuck, id even pay 50 bucks if the summer RS meet was at mission, and we had the track reserved all day for us, thatd be way better!

Have to agree,
VW community have several Cruise/Show/Party events held annually
though it is out of Vancouver, still an event with booze and girls and what not

[Gumby]

OP's writing style is really annoying and suggests that he is 12.

[Ikkaku]

hahah back then was pretty sweet, you'd see the shop crews drive around as a group

you were always able to see AJR crew, Revolution crew and Stage Five in packs (and maybe even Vader LOL)

and then there were the odd shows like Boom!

The scene has changed, as previously mentioned, all the cars have greatly increased their power. Hell, these days random vans are faster than your slightly modified cars :lol

[YaKuZa_GS]

bcrdukes and HondaGuy I agree with you guys to a point. Guys who experienced shows from 2000 and up did grow up and many have moved on but there's always a new generation. As years go on trends will always change but it will always be there. Take a look at AJR's GT-R or some of new modded Evo's. Who says you can supercharge a new c6 vette? I mean as far as time goes back as long as there's cars being made and men on this planet, guys will be doing things to customize them. Whether it be performance/handling, stereo or cosmetic. I mean there is still DTP and other shows still going across Canada and if you look at the US there are shows ALL the time. If what you say is true then car shows all over the world would just come to a halt. Its realistically just vanished from Vancouver. Believe me if DTP or SCN or something along those lines came to town it would be sold out . It's just that noone wants to sponsor these events here because everything in Vancouver is so friggin expensive. Which is why I guess DTP chose a smaller venue this past year.

Sure some cars come with 300hp factory these days but that has never really stopped us before. Even back in '94 the Supra TT was 280hp factory but never stopped people from customizing. But car shows are not all about HP. There's also still older cars like Datsuns and stuff who have been fully restored with SR or RB swaps, but you would not discard them from showing just because they're older. Same goes for not so new cars anymore like RX7's, NSX, Supra, drift cars, sport compacts and muscle. Just because they are not new cars doesn't mean you still cant appreciate hard work put into these cars. I was at Tokyo Auto Salon this past year and the shit just blew my mind. This is just a couple photos I snapped that I just thought I would share.

Gallery 1 (http://photoshare.shaw.ca/view/25894755298-1295710618-71198/gallery/)
Gallery 2 (http://photoshare.shaw.ca/view/25894730051-1295711628-28507/gallery/)
Gallery 3 (http://photoshare.shaw.ca/view/25894740448-1295712557-82755/gallery/)
http://photoshare.shaw.ca/image/a/e/3/258947/preview_img_19320.jpg?rev=0
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[Berzerker]

My car just gets made fun of now :( no more shows for me.

Berz out.

[Tim Budong]

Recession + trends have changed

Also, our shows back in the day might be great, but if it loses money, its not comin back. Its a business at the end of the show.

I can bet u sponsors and vendors were cautious when dealing with last year's DTP from the track record this city has had with the scene

[spoon.ek9]

just in case some of you missed it, another meet thread by OP:

http://www.revscene.net/forums/666432-stuffed-jdm-vs-euro-meet-richmond-may-5-a.html

:lol @ the remarks

[bcrdukes]

Recession + trends have changed

Also, our shows back in the day might be great, but if it loses money, its not comin back. Its a business at the end of the show.

I can bet u sponsors and vendors were cautious when dealing with last year's DTP from the track record this city has had with the scene

This is pretty spot on.

Toyo Tires pulled their sponsorship on DTP citing economic factors and coincidentally, this all happened during and after the recession.

People nowadays are just making ends meet so any sort of "mod" will result in a change of trends. Building a high compression motor or a turbo kit isn't feasible anymore. Gas costs a lot of money. Instead, people are interested in just throwing on a set of wheels and lowering their cars and calling it a day.

The scene is still there. But peoples interests have moved on.

[YaKuZa_GS]

Again I really think its just a Vancouver thing. Importfest and other shows still go strong in the rest of Canada and numerous shows in the US. You say people's interests have moved on but I really think its sponsors pockets have just got smaller due to the ressession. But I still think the interest is still there. If a show did pop up here I think all spots would be taken and many would still attend to watch. That's just my 2 cents

[HondaGuy]

06,07,08 DTP sponsored by toyo tires canada.
09,10 was the recession
11 DTP sponsored by yokohama

Dont think it will return for '12.

I miss importfest, scn, and old dtp by toyo trophies...they were bigger...lol

[k20er]

remember the old "boom" car show in landsdowne? some of you OG's will remember these pictures...
http://img689.imageshack.us/img689/5144/carcar1.jpg
http://img641.imageshack.us/img641/1869/carcar2.jpg
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http://desmond.imageshack.us/Himg837/scaled.php?server=837&filename=carcar8.jpg&res=landing

[Fairlady Z]

remember the old "boom" car show in landsdowne? some of you OG's will remember these pictures...


Boom was the first show I ever went to. I remember the owner of a 360 Modena started revving his car, the guys at Brian Jessel Ferrari decided to do the same with their 550 Maranello resulting in the car dumping oil all over the ground.

[k20er]

Boom was the first show I ever went to. I remember the owner of a 360 Modena started revving his car, the guys at Brian Jessel Ferrari decided to do the same with their 550 Maranello resulting in the car dumping oil all over the ground.

yup i remember that lol:ahwow:

[HondaGuy]

Old memories of boom 2001...

If I recall correctly, thats when ajr yellow ek hatch just finished painted, and we all met for breakfast before roll-in. Alan was always the hard worker...
I see ajr3 ek sir, and kei gors civic, and REVs turbo odyssey haha...

G5 / stage5 strong as always....even bpt crew played hard.

We all rolled in group by group...anyone remember the revving contest? LoL...cops were all waiting to vi us...

[spoon.ek9]

apparently my EK might be the boom plus EK :lol

under my "vtec in car" decal on the hatch, there is supposedly the boom plus decal. i've never looked though so it's just speculation at best.

[bcrdukes]

Wow. Blast from the past!

Now those were some fun shows.

[HondaGuy]

Really? Was yours the boom plus ek? Morris's old car? Hahaha...jdm legend.

Actually I spotted berzerker's ek green hatch many many moons ago at AK, think you were talking to andy in the parking lot, I rolled in and went inside to the back. I can see you put a lotta work in it...personal preference right? :)

[belaud]

http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/7797/carcar5.jpg

Civic guys still cant park straight after 10 years! :fullofwin:

[k20er]

Wow. Blast from the past!

Now those were some fun shows.

yup my first too, from what i remember G5 had the most crew and all civics with DOHC VTEC and that was the bomb back then cus it cost 8g's to swap one in lol

[tiger_handheld]

so when is the RS Summer meet?

[spoon.ek9]

Really? Was yours the boom plus ek? Morris's old car? Hahaha...jdm legend.

there's a really good chance that it is. i've always tried to track down the history of my car and that's where everyone's story seems to end. also, there aren't a whole lot of white ek hatches around since it requires a full custom paint job. USDM ek hatches never came in white from factory :)

[HondaGuy]

Yah honda never offered white ek hatch in canada, kinda like my accord so full paintjob was needed...but states is different.

Well theres ajr, bpt had a white one...and rev had one too if not mistaken.

[Berzerker]

I did win Best Honda at DTP though :fullofwin:

Berz out.

[EndLeSS8]

I threw out 3 different stacks of Boom photos last week cleaning house.

[HondaGuy]

I did win Best Honda at DTP though :fullofwin:

Berz out.

Congrats dude!

I took home 1st place best honda showoff at vancouver dtp 2006, 2007, and 2008. :)