Where do u think drifting, the "import scene" , motorsports is heading???

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I know it sucks to hear about where the country is heading.
Better to be planning out your motor swap or your next drift event
and not have to think about it all.
But for those of u that are married like me or living on your own
it might be a little more important or "scary" than those of u that r still at moms crib chillin... I sure as hell wish I was :(
I guesss its bc we have to pay rent or mortgage, credit cards and property taxes, etc.
But the reality is clear.... *BTW I hate watching the f**king news.... its sucks.
If u think that 2009 will be a better year than '08 then ur only fooling urself.
Wish it werent true though.
This affects everything bc maybe in the near future there wont
be drifting or an "import scene ".
Its already going down the toilet
compared to '98-'02....which was probably the years where the
Import Scene or w/e u wanna call it was at its peak.
Trust/GReddy went in the sack at least in Japan...Turbo Magazine was canceled...
Honda, Toyota pulled out of F1, Subaru, Mitsubishi and a few others out of
WRC and etc etc....and the fuel crisis.... shit.
I dont know what other companies, tuner shops and magazines have been affected honestly bc I havent researched yet.
I know my Super Street issues are half the amount of pages they were a year ago.

What do u guys think of the future of drifting, the import scene, and basically motorsports in general?

Let's try to be realistic here guys.
Pls share ur opinions.
 
Misery loves company.

There's no point in taking part of this thread. If you think '09 will be worse than '08 and we're still in February, then you lost already.

Yesterday, with car sales being there they are, my boy sold two cars at the dealership. The day before he had a ridiculous sale on another one. So where's the "recession"? There is some difficulty out there, no doubt. But people just seem to like to lay over and wait for death. Or so it seems.

Personally, drifting's fate has little to do with this recession.

- Erick
 
rwdrift said:
Misery loves company.

There's no point in taking part of this thread. If you think '09 will be worse than '08 and we're still in February, then you lost already.


- Erick
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.....i agree....


people feed off this shit i swear....

but for all the people with the whole "i live by myself and the world is going to explode", ..... maybe ....and obviously you didnt do good enough in life to amount to anything...and now theres no money for you..... well.... i guess all that hard work and struggle didnt pay off..... ..... no offense to anyone personally.... but i just hate the ranting about how hard life is ....

and go ahead and tell me how i dont know how it is.... :)
 
Just make the best of your life, and stop thinking that something outside of you is gonna control the outcome of your life. There are ways of making money, or preparing yourself to be financially secure. I'm going to school for computerized manufacturing (to become a CNC machinist), so that way I have a more secure life ahead.

As for drifting, sadly, it's just a fad. It will die out, just like the import scene is dying out. It's the true lovers of drifting that will keep it going.

Everything has an era, and they just keep coming back after awhile. Look at the muscle car era. 1964-1974. Before then, people were modifying their big displacement V8s to do crazy 1/4 mile times, and then Detroit started pumping out some serious cars straight from the factory. In the early 70's, a fuel crisis started slowing the whole muscle car movement until in '74 it just faded away, but the true hardcore muscle car lovers kept it alive. Very few cars between '74 and the mid '90s were even remotely exciting. Few exception like the Grand National and the 5.0 Mustang were around, but it was still nothing. Now Detroit is kicking out some serious cars again (despite their slumping successes). It's just a trend.

Same thing with drifting. It will go and come back. People will get bored of it, but the true diehard drifters will always be around, looking for ways to keep it alive. It's up to you, really. If you really love drifting, you wont care if it will keep it's popularity or not. You will do what you love because you love doing it.
 
life sucks

focus on money and caring for your family seriously if ure feelin this way

sop dumping money in cars there are way better investments that in the end will pay off for you and your family

then u can buy w.e. fukin rust bucket 86 ude like

:x <3

as bad as it is i still have friends in kendall hoping on brand new whips,houses, there is more than enough money here for anyone to be stressin well if ure single that is
 
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manny said it best...you have to do something about the situation...if it gets back put the pride aside and go flip burgers or shine shoes if you have to.

i work construction(i build pools which is a luxury item) and been strugglin with that kinda work for bout 2 years. thats how long ago we felt this shift in the economy. but things seem to start gettin better like erick said as well. stop watching the news and feeding into there scare tacticts. they do this shit with everything. when the dow jones is down 5 points they act like the world is gonna end but dont say shit when its up 400 points.

sorry for the story i wrote but its how i feel bout this thread.

get out there and do what you have to do to make money and keep this country going!
 
only the true fans of drifting will keep it alive (at least for them) if your worried about that drifting might not be "cool" anymore, go jump on another band wagon
 
how about you stop bitching about your situation and find a way to make it better hell ihavent had a real job in damn near a year but i still do side jobs and shit to get by. Its called do work and stop crying
 
did you ppl not read the original post ? this isnt a rant lol

hes watching the news and hes worried about our economy THATS NORMAL THE NEWS DOES THAT TO EVERYONE

the topic of this thread is to where u see tha import scene ending up NOT OMG IDK WHAT IMA DO IM GOIN BROKE BLAH BLAH BLAH (although ive had those breakdowns lol)

ppl see the news and get worried no one said they were gonna lay down and die cuz the end is near u ppl are to harsh to some of these subjects alot of ppl are very young and have to deal with children. not once did he rant or cry

*****s just worried and sum of us should be. not saying to quit but aint nothin wrong with being worried hes got mouths to feed and im sure he just wants to kno wassup so that he can better his situation for him and his fam

if i got a life to take care of ima do w.e. i have to do to feed my fam but i have all the right to be worried

alot of u made it sound like it doesnt have direct effect on us but hey my mom just got a pay cut my house is being foreclosed my moms filing for bankruptcy credit down the drain PPL SHOULD BE WORRIED BUT THEY NEED TO STEP IT UP ASWELL

to much fuking negative advice on here cant fucking stand it tryna be mad intelectual n shit wen this is real shit that does affect us

fukin macho men up in here n shit
 
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wut i hear about in the i like to keep to the tv....dnt want to go ont the drifting forum and have to hear about it too.....lifes motherfucker.... always has been.....always will be
 
you guys are all wrong. its "lifes a bitch and then you marry one":bigthumbu
 
MIKE THANK U SIR!!!

guys...cmon, WTF... is anyone even reading it right besides Mike? De pinga lol
Im not talking about ME ....
I have not mentioned by financial satstus here!
Thank god me and the wife are doing good.


PLease read
IM TALKING ABOUT DRIFTING, MOTORSPORTS, !!!
This is only a topic of discussion!
 
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I just wantedto bring up a topic of discussion that applies to our everyday lives
since involves us as car enthusiasts...

Mods please close this thread.
 
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