Appalled on how we car enthusiasts are portrayed

[tinkerbell]

no thread like this can ever stay on topic.

i think that is actually the law somewhere...

[cacster]

Being a car enthusiasts, I also feel embarrassed when the community has been wrongly represented by these "Hoons" the media choose to portray to represent the rest of the community.

There will always be a minority who decide to wreck things for the rest of the community. These "Hoons" are not true car enthusiasts but merely irresponsible people with a drivers license. These "Hoons" can often be found doing "George Street Runs" on Friday/Saturday Nights through the heart of Sydney with their chrome wheels and "doof doof" machines.

What about those 'car enthusiasts' who crash and write off their cars doing Old Pacific/National Park runs late at night

[l3vnd1]

are you sure that it would be portrayed how you expect it to?

trusting a current affairs program is like suicide - you lose.

I agree.

The truth will be skewed, edited and sensationalised in ways you can not imagine.

Before you know it; words are being put in your mouth.

The best thing I think as an enthusiast club can do is distance ourselves from this.

At the end of the day, ratings pay - and money talks...

[tinkerbell]

What about those 'car enthusiasts' who crash and write off their cars doing Old Pacific/National Park runs late at night

well, you don't have to crash or write off your car to be considered a dangerous hoon...

[tinkerbell]

The best thing I think as an enthusiast club can do is distance ourselves from this.

At the end of the day, ratings pay - and money talks...

exactly,

and as the behaviour of those self proclaimed "street racers" has nothing to do with what we are about, why get worked up about it???