# Pittspeed Is Dead **URL:** \ **Category:** PittSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [July 13, 2010, 3:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pittspeed-is-dead/205151 "2010-07-13T15:26:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 147
**Author:** ![tjZ28](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9de0a6/32.png) [@tjZ28](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/tjZ28)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2010, 5:12am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pittspeed-is-dead/205151/147 "2010-07-22T05:12:59Z")
> [@not new](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/not-new/42339/7): > > WOW at all teh BS in this thread… > > To all U people who have “grown up” and “moved on”…been there done that… > > If you are really a true “car guy” or “gearhead” it is in your blood and it never really goes away. You just supress it because you have been told that having a wife and kids is “more important” and therefore since now you are now “more mature” and you have other responsibilities, you don’t have time for that silly car hobby any more. > > Well guess what…20 years from now, you will regret all the time you wasted NOT doing what you really wanted to. And if you don’t feel this way in 20 or so years, then I guess you were only a poser and never really a true gearhead. > > As far as “hanging out in parking lots” I suppose you just progress to “hanging out in parking lots at car cruises”. Ever notice that most of the folks at cruises are older? (even older than me) 🙂 I’m sure there are some people there who just go out and buy a car because it is “the price of admission” and they just like to hang out with other people their own age and BS about most anything. But most people go because they JUST LIKE CARS, they like looking at cars, they like sitting and bench racing, etc. It’s in their blood and will always be…and there’s nothing really wrong with it. At least they are doing what makes them happy. > > So…don’t ever give up something that you enjoy doing and/or something that makes you happy, for someone or something else…you WILL regret it later on in life, I promise you that! > > Jagger had it right: > > [https://youtu.be/-aW-IlMsWsg](https://youtu.be/-aW-IlMsWsg) Well said. This sickness we have doesn’t just go away with age, and we need our support groups to deal with it. 😉 When we’re younger maybe it was hanging out in a parking lot late at night and setting up a few runs. As we get older we gravitate towards Sunday morning, slow cruises, and coffee. Or for me, I’ve moved towards track days and such. The community feel at track days is just as strong, if not stronger than any Saturday night in Crafton was. We do our fair share of BSin’ between sessions, and usually we all get dinner and drinks after a day of racing. Sure we talk setup, we bench race, talk about how we “would have run a blah blah if we hadn’t gotten stuck behind that slow car” etc, but we also BS about completely non-car related topics. That’s just how it goes. I’m not even sure I really think Pittspeed is all that different than it was years ago when I lived in the ‘burgh. Maybe its’ a bit over-moderated, and maybe there aren’t as man meets. But overall it seems pretty similar. The Bench Racers events seem like they’ve gone really well, and show Pittspeed is alive and kicking. And honestly I think message boards have somewhat contributed to the decline in car type get-togethers. The stuff people usually BS about the once a month or week or whatever they all get together are already discussed ad nauseum on the boards. There’s no more seeing a car-buddy and asking what they’ve changed on their setup, what they’re running these days, what they have planned… all that is already covered in 80-page threads on 5 different forums. So sure, we all grow up and have more responsibilities. Maybe we can’t spend several nights a week standing in parking lots. But most of us still make time for the hobby we love. And I agree those that say they’ve “moved on” are just lying to themselves and us. The passion for cars is something you can’t just turn off. Maybe life dictated they don’t have time and money for cars right now. That’s reality for lots of people, why can’t they just say that? That’s respectable and honest. Hopefully some day they’ll have the time and funds to get back into cars… why do you think so many folks at those Sunday “cars and coffee” type events are retired dudes? -TJ --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pittspeed-is-dead/205151)._