Car Builds....Where have they gone?

Eraser head haircuts were a fad, corduroys were a fad, even the pop groups like 98 degrees were a fad.

Trends and fads come and go with time, eventually being taking over by something or someone more liked than its/their predecessor. There is always a process: someone tries something different/crazy, few people like it, many think its weird, until it starts to spread like wildfire and all of a sudden more and more people are doing "the cool thing to do."

Well as I see it, fads and trends are meant for things like clothing, haircuts and music. Not in the car world. It is amazing how many people now take their auto, slap on a simple bolt-on turbo kit, get a boost controller and then brag about how much horsepower their car has made. Or those who buy 10 12" speakers with no-name generic amps just to reach 100dbs.

Nowadays you see less and less those who put top dollar in their rides and put their creations to use for what they were made for. I have failed to see the time where the car world started spinning backwards making it alright to cut corners when working on your car to make it to your liking. I see this as a direct correlation to the decline in automotive activities, mainly car shows. There was once a time where car enthusiasts drive for miles to enter their car in a show vying for a trophy bigger than themselves with outreagously built vehicles. Don't get me wrong, all of this is still around, its the decline that I am talking about here. Big time shows not to long ago had strict guidelines as to what was the minimum requirements to just be able to register for the show. Now you can see a stockish looking honda and just because it has a k-series swap its allowed in.

I almost certain this isn't the first time this has been said, read or heard before. Hopefully there will be a change soon and I am sure there will be....