Yo man if this has been your 4th NOPI you should already know this.

So why complaint,...

I dont like NOPI.. I think it sucks but the event is fun and i see diffrent things and i have contracts with some companies.


You see all of that. you shouldve known..
Just my thought..


I saw Guggans accord **** is nice..didnt know it was his till now..

I wanted to meet bumnah.. to bad i didnt know who they were..

I think the SHOW WAS SICK..FUN..and the Honeys were hot..

 

Did you show man? I was looking for your car. I was interested to see it after hearing you were getting published.

I'm not necessarily complaining, just expressing my disappointment really... I was really looking forward to it and I feel let down.

 

I feel..you shouldve just got drunk.. =]

My car was in the BFGoodrich booth..

 

hmm.. I must have just not been paying attention then.. I lost interest waiting in the 1 hour line with my friend trying to get his tickets he registered for 3 MONTHS AGO!

I would have been drunk cept my wife came too... she didn't want to drive in the craziness so I had to grin and bare it...

No wonder you didn't mind NOPI.. you were drunk.. haha! :chuckles:
I prolly woul dhave liked it too then.

 

i agree fully.. that is why there are car shows, and car races... they cater to two differant crowds completely...i used to be so excited to go to events like HIN, but then once i really started to learn about, performance, and how a lot of these cars were pure eye candy and nothing else... ehh i realized ti was not for me...

nitros kits for show, body kits that make your car look like a space ship, rims bigger than the rims on our SUV on econo box imports do NOT float my boat...just my opinion

 

:rofl:

Nicely put! :chuckles:

 

I was there.. i saw 2 diffent skylines, one was white i think an R34 and the other looked smaller and it was red./ white... both bad ass.. and as for rice.. it was all over..... i only saw 2 clean lookin hatchs there.. and there was a nice lookin bomex 92-95 civic hatch with a rear wheel off the ground... kinda set up like a motion shot.. i took 75 pics there.. ill post if i get them scanned/ developed.... Hey.. Did you get to race the auto cross out front? At gate 15 there was free auto cross . tire compairson by BF goodwrench .. i got to drive 2 rsx's, 2 is300s, and 2 wrx's.. shiit was better than goin into nopi.... the rice factor was high.. one of the coolest things i saw was a (custom) twin turbo S2000 ... witha full veilside kit.. i about lost it over seeing that.. it was nutz... peace...

 

:ugh:

 

I've been to Nopi Nationals from the beginning. Yeah they are a lot of rice there, but to me the good outweighed the bad. Yeah it was hot as hell, but isn't hot almost every year at Nopi. To me Nopi has one of the best arenas for car enthusiats to unite and actually converse, observe, and scrutinize all types of vehicles import and not import. I am a fan of all types of modified cars whether it's a big block or an Escalade on 24s. I give respect when it is deserved. I loved the dyno contest. I was actually able to ask specific questions to vendors and real drag racers like Jojo, Steph, and Chris. Getting autographs and pictures wasn't close to the half of it. Many of the top import mechanics were on hand with their own cars giving advice. There was a free dyno for god sakes. To me it can't get any better than that. There was a Lamborgini Diablo, a Hennessy Viper, the 1st ever Skyline, Ricky Chu had his right hand drive out there. Arospeed and I think Advan had their real Civic Type Rs. Plus look at all the true cars that were in the parking lot. I stood on the main road leaving NOPI after the show and heard a plethora of N/A tuned, turbo, and supercharged monsters on the street. It was held in GA for crying out loud. Look at the number of spectators, look at how far people drove to be there. NOPI NATIONAL no where close to sucked. It has the fan base to keep on going for a hella long time. We as an import community are finally getting respect in the main stream and we can't even be remotely glad that there are events like this. I live in GA, and I frequent shows in NY and FL and I still like the NOPI NATIONALS. It may not be the best but it works for a lot of other people out there.

And no my car wasn't in the show. I don't believe it is at a show stage, but I would have entered the show just to be able to dyno my car for free.

And P.S. I have a N/A tuned Honda Del Sol that runs faster than 15.8 with a single cam vtec, and I have had a 95 Si that ran faster than 15.8 with a single cam vtec. NO TURBO, NO NITROUS, NO SLICKS, NO NOTHING. Just plain old me, my tools, my garage, my friends, and a Helms manual.

And a lil extra I am 17 years old attending high school working a part time job at Old Navy. My parents have not given me one cent for the purchase of both of my Hondas nor have they given me one cent into the build up of my Honda. And I have had many mechanical setbacks. So quit with the sob story.

Sorry just had to vent

 

That was just another one of my $.02.

Thanks for having my back Nomad

My previous post was not intended to flame either WestCoastStyle or Crucial Si.