Auckland street racers...you are famous!

[taranaki]

See article in this week's Listener...(JAN 26 - FEB 1)


How much of this is true and how much is BS?

[Setanta]

Any chance you could let us in on the goss?

[Moppie]

Is it worth reading? I saw the add for it out side a few shops today, but a lot of those stories are total and utter crap. If it shows a bit more journalist integrity than, saw the TV1 news I might buy it and have a read. But if its just a lot of John banks is sucking my balls and promising to give us lots of "grants" then I wont bother, and you can assume its all crap.

[taranaki]

Originally posted by Moppie
Is it worth reading? I saw the add for it out side a few shops today, but a lot of those stories are total and utter crap. If it shows a bit more journalist integrity than, saw the TV1 news I might buy it and have a read. But if its just a lot of John banks is sucking my balls and promising to give us lots of "grants" then I wont bother, and you can assume its all crap.

It is nowhere near as judgemental as most mainstream articles on the subject,but I thought it was a bit light on substance,and a bit heavy on the romanticism.Any journalist who can write about streetracing from a first-hand perspective is worth a read though,IMO.

But thankfully they didn't interview Banks.Or any decrepit old coppers.

[taranaki]

Originally posted by Setanta
Any chance you could let us in on the goss?

Idon't think the article is available on the web yet,but I might try and get an e-copy from the author for your interest.

[Oz]

Que? Could you just give us the gist?

[taranaki]

it's a good few pages long,and I don't recognise any of the racers as AF people,will see what I can chop out of it for ya tomorrow maybe.

[Integra-F20C]

am I in it?...since i got pulled over by a police cause i was with my friends in 2 400hp silvia's and a turbo civic and blah..and police stopped me and gave me a $600 ticket for causing an annoyance...and also cause i was at the back of the group..but we were doing..55km/h?..lol.which i think u guys heard of before..i'm still fighting back and if they still don't get my points..it's court time!

oh well..i think the people who write abt boy racers only interviewd immature kid with homo boom booms and 17" wheels on their 76kw smoke machine..and then the best they can do is pull hand brakes..and so makes the inerviewers think that whoever modifes cars are all like that..which is pretty gay...screw the police and screw banks..they should go back to there drawing board and do some more reasearch!..

[Judge]

didnt it have alot of skylines or something?

[tazdev]

Originally posted by taranaki


It is nowhere near as judgemental as most mainstream articles on the subject,but I thought it was a bit light on substance,and a bit heavy on the romanticism.Any journalist who can write about streetracing from a first-hand perspective is worth a read though,IMO.

But thankfully they didn't interview Banks.Or any decrepit old coppers.

a BIT light on substance? that artical had no substance at all.
I just brought it for the pictures.

All the car pictures in the article were of the same car.

[[TWUBLE]]

Funny enuff the guy they intervied was an old friend of mine. I know that car anywhere... he's a bit of boyracer... but a good guy still.

Most of the stuff they wrote about wasnt substance or fact at all... the guy was basically telling a story of what went on THAT night!