dssur
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I agree with grip, the only thing going away is the belief that there is such a thing as a minitruck scene. I have a job, a family and a minitruck. I work so I can play with my truck, my family rides in my truck, but other than that they are all mutually exclusive.
the hardcore guys who scream about minitruck lifestyle and scene remind me of the guys who go to hot rod shows in their piles of parts and use motor oil in their hair for the greaser look, and spend half the show complaining that some guy who works harder than they do at their day job managed to buy a finished and gorgeous hot rod and tow it to the show instead of banging axle for 1400 miles at 4800 rpm.
in fact, i am so inspired that the next time i go to a show and see someone acting like a fool or destroying property like its his birth right as a minitrucker, i may just throw him through the windshield of his own truck. Of couse I am exaggerating, but I really saw that happen in Lawton once and it was awesome, nothing says 'dont misbehave with the strippers" like a full body hammer throw to the windshield.
cliffs: minitruck dvds show .01% of all truck shows, the drunken groping and miles of dragging, the other 99.99% is friends hanging out and checking out rides. I dont have any tattoos, no piercings to speak of, and I dress business casual 80% of the time. If there is a lifestyle or scene, I missed it the last 18 years of being a minitrucker. What I didnt miss was the good times with friends, the show weekends with friends, the online hangout SSM with friends, and maybe just a smattering of actual minitrucks.