Ha, these kind of cars are ALL OVER California. It’s mainly Mexicans (girls and boys) that really trick them out like that. Most of them are all looks, but a FEW of them can really go if they swapped a B16 engine or something in them
My thing is, these ricers really messed up street racing for eveyrbody and that’s why I (or old muscle car racers) don’t like them.
Street racing was a underground sport that went back into the 1940’s or so. They use to race back then out in Palmdale, Ca with Flathead Ford Engines and such. It was a family thing! Hell, my dad use to race muscle cars in the 60’s here in the East coast and many famous professional race car drivers started out in the streets.
I use to go every weekend in high school, and some time I took my old lady to watch just like how my dad use to take my mom to watch back in the day. Wow, guys would bring 9 second cars just to race on the street!! And we would douse Trackbite on the tires just like we were at the track! ha ha…
Anyhow, when that crap move Fast And The Furious came out, all these wannabe racers started showing up to the races with their 1994 Honda accords and things started to get out of hand. Also, these wannabe racers would also race in the middle of the daytime on busy streets to show off, and unfortunately they started getting into accidents and killing people.
So, to make a long story short, the Government started cracking down HARD state wide. So for example, in California (the mecca of street racing), when it use to be that the cops left you alone, or just showed up to break up the races and sent you on your way, now they block off the whole street and start issuing tickets and taking cars.
And when I say they take your car, they take it and they send it to the junk yard to be destroyed.
Also, I know in places like California, it’s now illegal to cruse like people use to do going way back into the 1950’s. It’s really sad man, a whole sub culture, and a positive outlet for young men and women is now lost.
On a side note, you can still race sport bikes because nobody can catch them if you know what I mean. The thing is, they are so dangerous. My best friend was killed on one about 3 years ago.
^^ wow that was a lot… Sorry, I couldn’t help it.