A week and a half ago we had our first ever “Car Meat.” I have no doubt that when we changed the event name from car meet to car meat, people may have thought I was illiterate. If you were ever to go back and read early posts on this site, it would probably reinforce the idea of me being illiterate. But no, the “Car Meat” title was intentional. We here at DODOlogic teamed up with Regina’s most notorious food truck to make local car meets a little more delicious.
On a cloudy Thursday night more than 60 cars gathered for the event and prayed the rain would stay away. With space at a premium in this city, the Rugby club of Regina was nice enough to let us hang out in their parking lot.
A few longtime friends of the site got there early and were first in line for the food.
Cars would slowly trickle in and trickle out over the course of the night, but it wouldn’t be a car meet in Regina without some Subarus and Nissans.
Speaking of Nissans, the other Ryan in DODOlogic, Soup, finally attended a meet with a working car. This is a huge accomplishment for him, as it’s the first time in 4 years he got a picture of his car on the site he helped create. Also, it’s a GTR on Nismo/Rays LMGT1, so it was a well-deserved photo.
I even brought my Celsior out for one last real hoorah. Soon this car will most likely be posted for sale and I will begin a new chapter in the short book of cars I’ve owned.
Anastase Maragos brought out a little piece of automotive history. He holds in his possession a legitimate Veilside Fairlady demo car. It’s definitely reminiscent of a certain era of Japanese car culture. What’s even more crazy to think is this car — seen here sitting in a Rugby Club parking lot in Regina, SK — once sat on the showroom floor of the Tokyo Auto Salon.
As the night went on, more cars started to show up. There were some I hadn’t seen before. I am starting to lose track of local cars in the scene and to me, that’s a good thing; it means the scene is growing.
Here’s a real throwback: Kyle Ermel and his Type R. This thing rarely sees the streets, and what’s even more surprising is it still sports the very first DODO sticker — that skeleton bird.
All and all, I got what I came for: a chance to converse, take pictures and fill my face with delicious food. We’ll probably do this again sometime in July, so keep your ear to the ground Reginans.