Hack On Triplej (5.30pm Today)

[alr33x]

On these notes, I was interviewed on the Saturday just gone by a journalist who was given by his editor the task of writing an article on Melbourne's car scene. I gave him the responsible car enthusiast's point of view and made specific distinction between "us" and "them" (hoons, street racers etc.). It will be interesting to see how the article eventuates. What did annoy me about this project is that it had a pre-determined spin to it, i.e. the editor specified his need to interview derelicts too, carry on with the stereotypes etc. - I guess this is the sensationalism of it, for without the hoon part of the story there is no story. So whether I / my opinions are painted in good light or with the same brush as the hoons, will be interesting to see.

I was reluctant at first to help him out because of the pre-determined direction his article was supposed to take, but then my thoughts were: this article is going to be written with or without my help, we might as well give the car enthusiast side some representation and distinction so that a learned few can discover there is more to our car scene than just the hoons that plague it.

My closing recommendations were that certain young males doing stupid things is something you cannot rule out with laws and scare tactics - even if you do, after them you will have a whole new generation of them to deal with. This kind of behaviour needs to be facilitated...as much as our government would not want to invest money in hoons. For the the same and more reasons that we have built skate parks and bowls to keep skateboards away from public places, so too do the hoons need a place to vent their energy. For now they only have one evil to choose from, i.e. race on the streets. It can be done at any traffic light at any time, on impulse. Hence why it is done. But give them some close by venues with subsidised costs and although you won't entirely cure the problem you will certainly reduce it by giving people a lesser of two evils to choose from.

do u get RSI from these epic posts?

as for above winton is the only track for drifting in melb. that i am aware of its not exactly over the top 1 day a month at best and a 5 hour round trip.. it isnt ideal the government could do better.

and who doesnt love hearing habibs talk about how great their cars are.. sure makes me LOL

[Birds]

One day when/if you have chldren, god forbid that actually happens, then you might give more of a shit about what people do on our roads. Until then, if all you're going to do is criticise the length of my posts, I say grow the fuck up.

[Altia_R34]

in adelaide we are trying to get the gov to open a track, but its bloody hard

[Shell]

I blame Grease.

[alr33x]

One day when/if you have chldren, god forbid that actually happens, then you might give more of a shit about what people do on our roads. Until then, if all you're going to do is criticise the length of my posts, I say grow the fuck up.

what the fk are u on about man? and i tell ya what if i have kids i rkn they'd be beating your kids up at school cos you'd pump them full of garbage they'd regurgitate..

who says i dont care about what happens on our roads i didnt condone it at all? and yeh i can criticise the length of your posts so what.. im not the first wont be the last dont lose ya shit over it..

[Birds]

And I'm not the first, nor will I be the last to think that all you post is a heap of immature bullshit. What's your point?

[Mr Eps]

awwwwww shit just got real on the internet

[The Bogan]

And I'm not the first, nor will I be the last to think that all you post is a heap of immature bullshit. What's your point?

His point is that he is a idiot who sounds about 13 yrs old and is so super cool that he could start the next ice age.

I enjoy to a point these people, they make me LOL but then I think of the air and space they are wasting and that makes me sad.

[alr33x]

His point is that he is a idiot who sounds about 13 yrs old and is so super cool that he could start the next ice age.

I enjoy to a point these people, they make me LOL but then I think of the air and space they are wasting and that makes me sad.

your a fk wit why do u keep popping up? stalking me or something fagboy?

birds.. your the one who started having a cry i just asked if u get RSI from epic long posts in every thread.. i never said anything about the behaviour of these ppl..

mlr ur the one wasting space ur worse then toejam.. i bet your a full on gimp mate just stay inside all day trawling through the interwebs like some tough kent.. get a clue u knob

and birds your preaching is getting old man serisouly..

[The Bogan]

LOL

[alr33x]

and whats immature? i said theirs a lack of tracks.. your posts are too long and habibs sound funny.. as if they arent

[Shell]

You really want to keep abusing people in this thread alr33x? This is your only warning before a real warning...

Back on topic

[Birds]

I blame Grease.

Interesting. Grease...American Graffiti...great movies but they were the Fast And The Furious of their times - glorified the hell out of racing on the streets, without showing any consequences unlike F&F did. Something I forgot to bring up to the journalist and wanted to make mention of

*tries to forget how old he is*

[Sean W]

mlr .. i bet your a full on gimp mate just stay inside all day trawling through the interwebs like some tough kent..

Bahahah i couldnt help but comment. Ive met Mark twice and i reckon this is about the most ridiculous, far from the truth keyboard warrior description i have ever seen.

[warps]

Yep - lack of events all right.

I looked at the CAMS calendar on the weekend, and there are 28 CAMS motorsport events that I can enter between now and the end of the year in my corner of the world (that's gravel only, so probably won't appeal to the straight line brigade. I wasn't interested in anything tarmac, but that would probably take care of the rest of the weekends for me).

Then there's weekday sprints and off street drag, drift, as well as AASA events.

Btw - many of these gravel events are suitable for road cars, and in fact some of them attract nothing but road cars.

But I guess the street racers are right - there just aren't enough motorsport venues or events out there.

[Shell]

Interesting. Grease...American Graffiti...great movies but they were the Fast And The Furious of their times - glorified the hell out of racing on the streets, without showing any consequences unlike F&F did. Something I forgot to bring up to the journalist and wanted to make mention of

*tries to forget how old he is*

Exactly....and I bet all the nanna's complaining about hoons nowadays loved the guys back in the 50's with their cars like the Grease Lightning Just goes to show that it's always been around.

[Birds]

It's not about number of venues or events, it's about convenience. You can line up someone at any traffic light at any time and have a race right there and then. You can't do motorsport on impulse - this is what needs to be facilitated. 24 hour drag strip within easy distance of the suburbs? Maybe. It sounds far fetched and anti-progress, but if you had the infrastructure to support it and the will of the government/public...why wouldn't it work?

[bozodos]

yep you've hit it on the head Birds.

[Birds]

Exactly....and I bet all the nanna's complaining about hoons nowadays loved the guys back in the 50's with their cars like the Grease Lightning Just goes to show that it's always been around.

Of course! The timeline goes something like this:

Man invents motorcar...man races motorcar...mother griefs.

[JayTay]

You know how at school discos the Grease megamix always takes a hammering?

Do you reckon they'll come up with a Fast and Furious megamix for our kids?

*WATCH YOUR BACK, WATCH YOUR BACK, WATCH YOUR WATCH YOUR WATCH YOUR BACK*

that'd be siiiiiiiick