I feel like writing. For no appearant reasons, though it might have been the result of reading some of the threads on TCC. I find this interesting, and intriguing. Reading is good for you, and so is writing. It is fun, is it not?

About the "scene is dieing" comment from a few selected folks, there is no scene in the first place. There was never a scene, and there will never be a scene. The "scene" is from the bandwagon crowd who, all of a sudden, decided to born an interest in car modding because they saw a movie, or think it is the trend. The scene is an imagination, it is the bandwagon folks who have gathered together and call it a scene. They wish to lead the scene, but realize they do not have the power and the knowledge to sustain it. They realize it is all up in their head.

It is a profession, not a scene. It is a career, not a scene. It is a life style, not a scene. It is an interest, not a scene. It is a hobbie, not a scene. The big bang begun when the first engine was manufactured, not when your first body kit was made. It is a career that people persuit, to do it everyday and to perfect the art of it. You ain't in the scene.

To pass the phase of modding a car, please do not call it a phase. It is not your pottie training lesson, it is not a phase where you quit your mother's milk and start drinking homo brand. It is not something for you to do or even try when you, even remotely think, that you have tasted it fully. Please do not say that you are bored of it and think you have been involved in the scene when you don't even know what the true essense is.

The art of motor industry is a book. You, my friend, are only seeing the hard cover of it. You look at the hard cover, and the back of it and say to everyone else "I have read it all, and I think this book is boring as hell. Now, I am going to read another one." You may have bought the book, but you didn't read it. You don't know where to start, and the moment you open it, you were lost by the words so now, you are searching for your receipt hoping you can return the book within 90 days and get your money back. Get your money back to do what? To buy another book because your next door neighbour Johnny, is reading another one. You are a follower, and a blind one.

There are people who have read the book, back to back and now are writing reports on how good this book is. There are a few who have read the book and now are writing another book to educate others. There are a few critics who have published a few books and now are giving criticisms to better the next edition.

You, will always be a "book picker". You seem to pick and buy a lot of books, but you never read any of them. You think it is cool to read because everyone else is reading, but you have not got a fvcking clue what you suppose be reading, and which book you are even holding in your hand.

Lecture is over. Time for recess and your pottie training.

 

excellently stated...few spelling mistakes but it's all good

 

I argee with you Charles.

Modding a car (hell even just enjoying one) is not a 'scene' rather a way of life. Least that's how I personally view it. It's a passion that few truely people have but many claim to have it when they are only pretending.

 

to me a car represents my personality. it's an extension of you,
to others it's a way to get around so i put on clear tailligts cuz i saw it in a magasine..

just like IMO the whole jdm thing is a growing trend....

well said tho...

 

nnice

 

I'm confused as hell with your analogies, but that's cool, it's late

I call it a scene, b/c of the ppl involved... it's like a social scene, you know? But that term doesn't sum up the hobby for me. There are truly FEW enthusiasts that are really down. The rest are biters. To true enthusiasts, or well... to me at least, my life sadly revolves around my car. Everything I do pretty much ultimately terminates with me doing something with my car. Hell, I went to university so I can make money to build cars. THAT was my reason for going to school yikes

 

It is an expensive hobby; but any hobby can become expensive and often requires a steady funding to sustain it. But we need to know and differentiate between primary job (main income source) and the hobby. The day a hobby takes over the primary job, only two things will happen:

1) your hobby becomes your job, and you are now supporting yourself off of it.

2) your hobby takes over majority of your attention, cost lack of focus in primary job and other affairs and is affecting your life in a negative way.

Having a steady hobby will and can release pressure off your primary job and balance out work and pleasure.

It is late, indeed. Spelling mistakes own me.

 

My car is an extention of what i do...who i am....

the jdm thing is just like any growing trend...u said it

Sorry i was a bit up there when i typed this up...lol i tired to edited it to make more sense.....

 

LOL...I hear what you are saying. I got a picture of my car lined up to run the 1/4 for my birthday...it is hanging with all the family pictures on the family picture wall.

 

Well said Nova!

 

I buy crap for my car when I'm bored and there are no new records I wanna buy...plus I like my car to be different than others, even if slightly

 

well said Nova......I also agree with what you were saying about it being a hobby (for most, including myself), something to relieve the presures off the "primary job"....

 

Interesting post...though it seems more of a bitter rant than anything. I dont see why people that modify their car are so critical of others who do so? Some are more mechanically incline than others...so what? Maybe seeing a fixed up car in a magazine turns a kid onto cars and it ends up being a career for them. Todays "ricers" may be the car designers of tomorrow. Just ******* someone because they want to fix up their car even though they do not know the difference between a gas cap and an alternator i assinine and immature. The best way to learn something is to try it.

So for those who are more knowledgable about cars than others...maybe help those less incline instead of knocking them down. Its nice to help others once in a while...its not a damn crime.

 

now that was well said!

I do all my own work on alll my cars that I have owned, even as we speak I wait for some drying on the new project. I do not see why we need to critisize those who want to learn. Yes, there are many idiots out there who do some pretty stupid things but thats just a select few.

 

nice write up charles... you hit it on the money

 

this is right on the money..... so who gives you the right to analyze the "scene" who cares what it is? you? I agree it is a lifestyle but what about those who do it just for the betterment of the car? I do not have altezzas nor any other no functional mod on my car, but i do however have mods that improve the performance of it, are you telling me I'm a bandwagoner ? I did not start modding when fast and the furious came out and i don't think you did either , so to assume people are bandwagoners just becsuse they call it a scene is ridiculous. everyone learns from their mistakes. so instead of telling ppl they are wrong help them understnad the differecnes. and about that nonsense about the phases... ppl get bored of hobbies, you call it a hobby and then
"It is not something for you to do or even try when you, even remotely think, that you have tasted it fully. Please do not say that you are bored of it and think you have been involved in the scene when you don't even know what the true essense is. "

hobbies are just that , ppl try new things and if they dont like them they stop and try something new. your probably gonna say well they havent done all there is to do in that one hobby, so what theyve done enough to decide they dont want to do anymore whose loss is that yours? no its theirs, and u cant comment on that until they judge the hobby when they do that you can say what you want

so ill continue to read the back cover of the book and judge it from that, in the real world you hvae one cahnce to make a first impression, so give ppl that cahnce at modding the way they want and calling it what they want , so what if theyre bandwagoners...bandwagoners leave ater they get bored....i for one will not be jumping off,m because i never jumped on , i dono bout others on this site

 

 

haha.. the above is too funny..

if you want to write articles, think your topic through. You are not right on any money, you just spewed some ramblings. Are you trying to prove your inteligence by analyzing some scene? You basically just acknowledged it is a scene by writing about it, and yet you claim it is not a scene.... hmm...

do you call your car an EK even though its just an EJ civic made in the states to be an econo-box?

face it, a civic is just a cheap way to get around.. the scene and all the mods and parts available are happening because of ricers. acknowledge the honda civic as a well designed econobox and you will be fine. do not try to add any meaning to this, because it just shows how much you lack real focus in your life.

 

Very elloquent Charles

It starts out as a hobby and becomes an intergrated part of your lifestyle. Once you modify one, you end up doing it to all your rides. It's an extension of who you are, and an expression of your creativity and to some degree - artistic ability..

It's nice to see were on the same page...

 

I really have no desire to modify my Ford Windstar minivan.......