Saturday night was the third and final one of ‘Scarborough Meets’ big events in the east end of Toronto. Amazingly, the organizer has permission to host the event in a church parking lot, probably so car hooligans could run from the cops and seek asylum inside the Global Kingdom Ministry building.
The meet got started at 6:00 pm just as the sky began to turn purple. Car clubs arrived, rolling up in packs and trying to find space to park together. The smart ones arrived early, parked, and went to the Tim Horton’s across the street until things properly kicked off.
By some estimates, nearly 1,000 cars made it out to the event, probably because the organizer labeled the event a ‘season closer’ and gearheads are afraid of missing out. Many motorists couldn’t get in, and filled up the industrial buildings’ parking lots nearby. The good thing was some of the coolest cars arrived early, including a mint condition VW Corrado on lowering springs along with thee usual assortment of late-model ‘tuner cars’.
As usual, Demaras Racing’s prized stallion, the Synthwave SVX was on display. This time it was in the roped off VIP section right in the middle of the show. Yes, for $10 you could reserve a spot and arrive up whenever you felt like it. Quite enlightened!
For those who like ‘old school’ cars, these meets are great. There was more than one MK 4 Toyota Supra Turbo at the event, plus a slammed E30 BMW cabriolet with a 5-speed gearbox. A perfect California cruising car.
Once the sun set, the mood changed. The well behaved crowd started acting rambunctious under cover of night. The revving of engines, exhaust ‘tunes’ crackling and popping, and smoke filling the air as hooligans started doing burnouts. As drivers were asked to leave, they drove through a crowd of hundreds, provoking them to ‘rev it’.
One unfortunate soul in a red Toyota Supra revved so hard that he burst an oil line and set his engine bay on fire! The crowd roared its approval.
At least he has the entire off-season to rebuild the car.
Karma.
To make it worse, the car had dealer plates. Might have been a Supra for sale at the boy’s family-owned used car lot. Imagine burning up such a nice car. Explains THAT one to dad!
That kid is screwed… unless he “borrowed without asking”. Could the dealer plates been a dodge against traffic cameras?
Someone on a social media post commented that its a way to avoid registration and licensing. If the dealer plates are real, the charge for the traffic cam / speed cam tickets will be mailed to the shop owner. But anyone with a mechanic shop can get dealer plates for the purpose of transporting a vehicle, and therefore never have to register.
That is diabolically ingenious!