Well... it was pretty much what I expected. I was disappointed in the lack of Altimas/Maximas that entered the show but there were some nice Z's that showed. I took over 190 pics and also took video. Atlantic City was pretty crazy that night.. for those that went to HIN know what I'm talking about.. lol

Attached is a pic of a nice 2K max with full kit & rims driving by..

 

hell yeah it was nuts down there! i was also disapointed with the lack of altys/maxs as well...a huge turn out of bimmers though...especially the S/C'd alpine one...

 

This pic is an interior shot of Tony's 99 SE..

 

how did tony do?

 

Here's another pic of Tony's max..

 

Anyone get caught in the left lane on A.C. Expressway like I did? Waited nearly an hour to get through that crap. Not to mention the time to find parking and the time spent on the ticket line and entry line. Well, ticket line wasn't so bad if you ordered online. But I sure felt sorry for those buying at the door.

 

yea it took soooo long to get over the bridge.. we parked accross the street in the hospital parking lot, also... we crept into the front of the line and got our tickets (whoops) I saw some nice maxes on the way there, but 1MAX2NV was the onlyone in the show

 

here on the west coast, they have the show in Long Beach. The streets are jammed packed with spectators. They have the days show in open Irvine and the traffic wasn't neearly as bad. If you guys are die-hard car freaks like I was, walk in with a show car. I think it costs $40 to register your car and you can bring in a crew of 5 or 10 people (I don't remember which).

 

the traffic was crazy going down...the theme of the night seems to be:
Z3 style fenders
indiglo gauges
loud **** exhaust
LED lights for the washers
coil over or cut springs (some w/ stock wheels..some w/ aftermkt)
Honda and Acura badges that light up
people w/ loud horns
HID looking headlight bulbs
Altezza style lights
STICKERS!!!

that was just the cars on the way there..

in the show..
get a bunch of hot girls on your car and you'll get everyone to crowd you.
for some reason i though the show would be better..but the place seems to be empty or too big and the layout was kinda bad.

 

if i see one more set of those i am going to flip the hell out...i swear every honda/acura and neon had those on them...people were purchasing them at the show too...i guess they felt left out

 

Hey, hot import nights is comming to south florida in december. What is the link to the website where I can read about it and order tickets so I'm not stuck in line. Any info would be greatly appreciated. thanks.

-custom-

 

http://www.hotimportnights.com/express.asp

Its better than waiting on that damn line!

 

I can't agree with you more...took me over three hours to get to AC(usually 2 hrs) and another 1 1/2 hrs to get home, just to look at all the hondas. The only thing I was glad was able to see a blue new M3 in person and took a picture with her. In my opinion, the M3 looks better in stock form than all those Honda show cars...

The only fun part was on the parkway racing my way home, with a TL and an Audi 1.8T. BTW, I got **killed**, bad, by the audi, every time from 70 and up, even with all my mods(intake, ypipe, bpipe, UDP, CAT). I have a 98 5 spd. But I think he must have NOS, otherwise there is no way. He just passed by me everytime, even after I downshift to 3rd, as if I was standing still. It was the worst kill I had, even worst than the GS400.

 

having those 3 girls there didn't hurt either. It was disappointment though as the huge AC Convention Center did worse than the Meadowlands HIN from last year, very poor layout of cars and booths and a lack of well known import models.

 

...but it was still fun. I'm glad I snuck in and didn't pay to see all those hondas with park benches on their trunks. I couldn't locate anyone in all the darkness and swarms of oriental people(no offense). The highlight of my night was that big a** subwoofer with the 2000*F lamp near it that burned ya when ya got to close. Oh yah, and toastin all the bottled up rice mobiles around the city in my friends 5.8liter stang.

I saw one real nice black maxima by Culmones(bar). Dropped with eibachs and no ground effects.

 

Thats a teeeeeeeite 5th gen!

 

I pity all those waiting in line! I got there at 3:30 pm and there was at least 1000 people waiting to get in. I had about 2 hours to get a bunch of pics before the normal crowd was let in... overall, I got 300 pics. I left around 8:30 pm, headed over to Bally's Park Place, played some craps, took home $200.. drove by about 2.5-3 mile traffic jam on the AC Expressway coming in.

also, was there anyone in a white 4th gen Max, shaved rear emblems, stock wheels, on the side of the Route 9/Garden State Parkway taking a **** on the side of the road???!! LOL I drove right by you around 3 pm hehe

 

it was fun seeing at the hooked up cars tearing up the streets...
i meet 1max2nv, drummer, stillenmax and quansung. (dont know the spelling of the last guy) he has a nice white max...
i think one of the nicest cars was an eclipse toward the back but his car was in the dark...
i got many pics with me and the ladies..
it took sooo long to get there on the expressway. i cut the line a little... there was also a white max staying at my hotel with an smx grill.

 

it didn't have dual exhaust did it? i snapped some pics of a white 4th gen...smx grille, clear corners, lowered, rims, body kit ive never seen...i was like cool...then i got to the back and saw duals...it was nice though...

 

dave.. shouldn't of botherd you much.. since there was gambling down the street but from what we saw.. the show was downgraded from meadowlands.. glad i bought tickets online though.. them lines looked hard to navigate in a inebriated state

 

ya know and i bet they made a ton of money from all the people who went..and the price gouging at the local parking lots. MOTHERFLUCKERS! normal day - 2 bucks HIN night = 10 bucks!

 

yeah i was kinda pissed about that too...i always park at caeser's when in ac...i pulled up and gave the lady 2 bucks and she cleared her throat and was like "sorry sir, it is 10 dollars to park in this garage." i was like wtf?!?! i park here everytime i come down and its 2 dollars even on sat. nights. she was like "well it's 10 dollars tonight unless you got a VIP card." i woulda parked in the street but there was a huge line behind me...

 

oh belive me i asked what the hell is going on..she said "oh we're very busy tonight"..umm yeah ok.

 

yeahhh.. very busy making money.. you don't even have to play a single round of black jack an they already makin $$$ on you..

maybe if more models.. then it wouldn't be as bad for the price, wait.. now i got an idea

 

I parked at Trump Plaza... said I had a Trump Card when I didn't have it on me. She didn't even check me! $2 and a nice cosy spot on the 4th floor. Just glad it didn't rain. That 4 block walk would have really sucked.

 

i didn't look. it had a kit on it and all the rest. i saw it from 10 floors up in the parking lot of my hotel. it was right in front of my window.
also it was really bad what the casinos did with parking...
i walking from the hotel to the show.. 5 mins, not bad..

 

You shoulda borrowed my Ceasar's VIP card!!



/aac

 

That was probably Jeremy from the DC/MD area, he was at the Infinity booth.

 

You think I went for the show? Downgrade is not even the word to describe it since I think they only had half of what they had on the Meadowlands. Good thing we got tickets online too cause at around 11:30 there was still a line!

 

Could it be due to the fact that there hasn't been an Orient in 200 years?

 

FYI "oriental" is a type of food not a type of people ... please get it right. I think the word you were lookin for was ASIAN.

 

Actually you could use the term "Oriental" to describe people, but I believe it is a degrading term to use. It's like using "Negro" to describe African Americans. Nobody use those terms anymore. It's just not PC. I believe the term "Oriental" was used during the rail road building day for the Chinese rail road workers. I'm not a history major so maybe someone with a better understanding can enlighten us.

 

Oriental is used now pretty much to refer only to objects, not people.

The shift of Oriental to Asian came about, I believe, because Oriental means "eastern" and so identifies Asian countries/culture/people by their location relative to Europe. Kind of euro-centric.