So I paid to get into a car meet...

"TheDutchTexan" (TheDutchTexan) 09/14/2016 at 22:11 • Filed to: TheDutchTexan, Endless Car Movement, Car Meet

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The meet I am referring to is the Endless Car Movement Meet in the Colony, TX. This used to be a free for all event on every Sunday of the week.

As time went on the meet grew larger and one day they invited Evan Shanks to come. He is a local automotive YouTuber as yours truly, with the exception that he has over 145K subscribers at this point in time (I got 3.5K). That pulled people from all over the state and pushed the total cars in attendance over 2,000. The local law enforcement was involved, and soon the city was as well. The meet was shut down. Not for the obvious reasons, but for the fact that the gathering was just too large without proper permits and law enforcement in place. The meet itself was self policed. And somehow just worked. No burnouts, no excessive revving, no stupidity no nothing. Red tape brought this meet to its knees.

We were told the meet was cancelled via Social Media and that they would be back. Fast forward about 2 months, and it was back on, turning the meet into a single event per month, on the second Sunday. Proper permits in place, law enforcement in place and in the same awesome location of the Nebraska Furniture Mart. But all that came with one downside... That $5 cover charge. Everyone was saying that no one would go. The result? See for yourself:

Lots of people showed. It looked as busy as the last event. The people were awesome, the cars were awesome and the atmosphere was great. This is what a car meet should always be like! The cover charge and the resulting lines to get in is a minor setback, but the charge is per car, so you can pile a bunch of friends in there and be out exactly a buck a pop. And the lines? They started opening additional lanes, and I fully expect them to open all entry points to keep lines down further.

So is $5 too much? I personally think not. If it allows the meet to continue we’re all good. I’d gladly pay it knowing people won’t act in a manner that shuts down meets everywhere. This is legit, on the record and with permission from everyone. I am already looking forward to next month!

Trunk Impaired 318 > TheDutchTexan 09/14/2016 at 22:24

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If you can add in a bunch of free coffee to that $5 cover, and with that many cars it shouldn’t be, I’d be all over that. Even without free coffee, $5 is totally reasonable.

Übel > TheDutchTexan 09/14/2016 at 22:41

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Shit, we have shows here smaller than this that charge $10 a head.

PatBateman > TheDutchTexan 09/14/2016 at 22:58

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Not a lot of exotics. Complete opposite of my thoughts on the Dallas area.

E92M3 > TheDutchTexan 09/14/2016 at 23:06

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We have a similar event here, that’s still free for spectators now. The off duty police officers, cleanup crew, etc... are all paid for by sponsors. Everyone from garage flooring companies, food trucks, to dealerships pay to promote at the event. There’s plenty of on-duty officers to police the nearby roads and shutdown any hooning.

TheDutchTexan > E92M3 09/14/2016 at 23:48

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That might turn out that way in the future I am sure. But for now it’s $5 to get in.

TheDutchTexan > PatBateman 09/14/2016 at 23:49

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There were a few supercars, but as they pulled out my camera decided to overheat. I was about ready to toss it in the weeds in frustration. So they are there!

TheDutchTexan > Übel 09/14/2016 at 23:50

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That is probably the reason why it is $10. They have to cover costs, and with fewer people the “taxes” go up.

TheDutchTexan > Trunk Impaired 318 09/14/2016 at 23:50

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I thought so too!

Scary__goongala! > TheDutchTexan 09/15/2016 at 00:22

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$5 is totally fair. Hell I’ve probably got $5 in quarters in my car at any given time to pay for parking

Leonardo DiCabriolet > TheDutchTexan 09/15/2016 at 03:06

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I heard this went pretty well, aside from one guy in a Neon acting a fool. You ever go to any of the TexasImportsToday meets back when they were still regular?

TheDutchTexan > Leonardo DiCabriolet 09/15/2016 at 21:49

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No, I have never been to that one. Went to a few Coit meets in Plano, and some other impromptu stuff, all of which got shut down by police.

In the Netherlands I actually went to Saturday street race meets, filmed a lot of it. The footage of that stuff is long gone though. Shame, I keep hoping to find it somewhere. That is a decade old now, at the height of the fast and furious craze!

Leonardo DiCabriolet > TheDutchTexan 09/16/2016 at 02:27

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They used to have it in one of the parking garages in Southlake Town Square, at its height the entire garage was completely full with people there for the meet. Yeah I heard about Coit but never got a chance to go to one before I moved.

That’d be pretty damn cool if you could find the old footage, I don’t think I’ve ever seen anything about street racers in the Netherlands, or Europe for the most part actually. Besides the Swedish street racers that 1320video has been posting on their YouTube channel recently.

TheDutchTexan > Leonardo DiCabriolet 09/18/2016 at 16:42

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Not overly fast cars mind you, but still plenty quick! It would indeed be awesome if I could find it!