I just graduated from medicine after working my ass off for the past 10 years, and at the risk of sounding like a huge faggot, I've been thinking of getting into the "scene" by finally getting a car I like and putting money into it and hanging out with other car people. I currently drive an econobox and I dunno, I'm 32 and I guess I'm sorta getting into a mid-life crisis and I don't really have any friends outside of work. Is this a good idea y/n?
Joining the Tuner Scene
Joseph Jones
Joshua Gray
get into the drift or track scene near you and go all out, you'll make lots of friends
Asher White
first of all don't call it the tuner scene.
second, what's your budget and what are you genuinely interested in?
Also hanging out with other car people tends to be pretty lame not even joking. Just enjoy your car and hopefully youll find cool people to hang with.
Leo King
Hanging out sucks dick if you're autistic enough to find Veeky Forums. I suggest finding a deserted back road you enjoy driving and buying a sportscar of your choice.
Jordan Bailey
The first thing to decide is how badly you want this. The hobby car you get will HAVE to be your second car. Keep your econobox as a daily drive and have the fun car for weekends. This frees you up to allow the fun car to be something unreliable like a Mazda RX7 or a VAG product. That's the right way to do it
Evan Reed
>you'll get in a lot of fist fights with mexicans
ftfy
The car scene around here is like fucking prison, I have to hang out with the nazis to not get killed.
Jason Reed
Could be worse
youtu.be
Isaac Hall
>don't call it the tuner scene
What do the millennials call it now?
>what's your budget and what are you genuinely interested in?
budget is around 50k. I love jap and german shit. Recently I've been considering getting a clean 90's NSX, but I think I'd rather just get something that I wouldn't feel guilty about if I want to trash it around and put a bunch of tasteless mawds on it, like a BRZ or something
Jackson Wood
I went out to good spots around midnight on weekends and met people, hooned together . Tried normal car meets in parking lots etc, all loser hard parkers. Even the guys out in the mountains at 1am Sunday morning are scum bags ripping on a car they stole from a hard parker six hours earlier...
Benjamin Davis
I dont know but calling it a tuner scene is just corny and reminds me of NFS, which is also corny.
for less than 25k you can scoop up a clean R32 GTR, either one thats already been imported here or one slightly cheaper if you were to find one in japan and import it here.
here one for 25k
japaneseclassics.com
this place in general has some great stuff.
japaneseclassics.com
BRZ/FRS is another great choice.
Grayson Wright
go to meets, talk to people with similar cars/interests
idk getting into it 'late' doesnt really apply i went to my first meet when i was 25 haha
Owen Gray
m-muh dik
that website is like JAV porn to me
Bentley Martinez
Just be careful, apparently some people weren't completely satisfied with what they got there
Adrian Green
shame modern jap cars are so fucking shit
only one that remotely interests me is the 86 but it needs so much work its hardly worth buying one stock
Dominic Hernandez
Weird and slightly disturbing at times?
Kevin Kelly
more like, sexy as fuck on the cover but a completely different story when in motion
Julian Brooks
yeah I heard this as well, Im not sure where you are located but they do drive before you buy and its always good to try to check the car out before you buy it if you are able to.
another place I recommend is pacificoastauto
they handle importing. I think the dudes are originally from Canada. Their youtube is gold tbqh
youtube.com
Jayden Brown
Funny thing is I'm from Richmond and I've met one of the owners, he's a bro but like an Veeky Forumstist bro, y-you too type of guy
If I were to buy an import they would be the first I check not just because of location, but there the only reputable importer ive heard about on the east coast that isn't in fucking Florida or Georgia
Jaxon Watson
Since you've got money to burn, I'd definitely go with something more unique like the NSX you mentioned, rather than a Miata or GT86. Import a GTR maybe?
Sebastian Walker
didnt you seem him just say he doesnt want to trash an NSX?
>Import a GTR
did you not read thru this thread?
ffs
Easton Nguyen
goddamn me rikey that R33
too bad it wont be legal in merica until next year
Easton Miller
>What do the millennials call it now?
>Implying you aren't a millennial.
Alexander Jones
Getting a BRZ is a pretty solid plan. It's not terribly expensive and Subaru owners are friendly to the point of being creepy so you'll find friends
Nolan Adams
Get a Porsche 914 and swap a rotary into it.
Ignore all other suggestions.
Then just look around for some car guys. In Florida, you can just meet them on the streets since car scenes are huge here.
>What do the millennials call it now?
Millennial are people born after 1982. You're a millennial.
Nathaniel Long
>go to meets, talk to people with similar cars
Groups that all have similar cars are so shit in my experience.
They're generally just fucktards sticking in their bubble that have no idea what they're talking about.
You want a more eclectic group unless you're one of those fucktards that just wants a hugbox to reinforce your idea of your shit car being the best ever.
Logan Peterson
Sensitive thin skinned nocar here, wanting to get a Corolla for my first but also go to meets. Will I get abused by these fucktards?
Easton King
Why would you get a corrola
They were just shitty company cars in NZ
Hunter Wood
because muh aesthetics and reliability
Jacob Rodriguez
Brz is a fantastic choice. Rear wheel drive and highly upgradeable engine for a pretty solid price. Slap a turbo in it and you have yourself a solid tuner car
Jose Jones
>graduated from medicine
Yo dawg, once you get dat DEA license, hmu with some oxymorphone scripts and some liver enzyme inhibitors. I'll tell you all about cheap engine management tuning, seems fair.
Jace Martin
drugs r bad
Grayson Turner
Where do you live? That will determine a lot. If your city doesn't have a thriving car scene then you will end up stuck in a parking lot talking about how much exhaust backpressure some high school kid's civic needs to break traction.
Levi Peterson
>drugs r bad
You so silly! I had a good chortle. People actually believe this shit! Enjoy being a slave to a society that is so scared of itself that it suppresses your natural desires!
>Not taking cyp2d6 / cyp3a4 inhibitors + 100s of milligrams of amphetamines and morphine before hitting up the touge with 5 pre-rolled blunts.
Do you even drift?
Logan Phillips
Every faggot has a brz it would be a lot cooler to get a miv supra, fd rx7, or nsx.
Sebastian Stewart
*mkiv
Samuel Sanchez
tuners are just as bad as ricers.
Landon Barnes
Get a car, do some scca, hit the drag strip, sign up for a track day. You'll meet tons of people this way.
Juan Diaz
This along with trackdays and you should make plenty of friends. I've made a lot of friends
just from the driving on backroads part over the past decade or so