Tonight in Burnaby, B.C. a couple hundred cars from all over the lower mainland will convene in the parking lot at Market Crossing. This is a fact. I didn’t even need my Magic 8 Ball to predict this, because it’s a Thursday and that is what happens every Thursday night in Burnaby. Well, at least during the summer.
Most cities have a weekly weeknight car meet. In Burnaby it’s Thurdsay, in Saskatoon and Vegas it’s Wednesday, and the list goes on. If you live in a big enough city, it’s a pretty safe bet to assume there’s a car meet happening weekly.
If you’ve followed DODOlogic for any portion of time, then you know I’m from Saskatchewan. Most people outside of Saskatchewan don’t bother to remember if I’m from Saskatoon or Regina — they just know I’m from the prairies. I’m essentially a tourist everywhere I go, which means I usually have to do some homework in order to find car meets.
My homework has been getting easier with each trip. To be fair, this time around Anthony Bell of Death Squad did my homework for me. In any other situation it would probably be weird to meet up with a guy you know from the internet in a dark parking lot, but that’s apparently not the case when it comes to car enthusiasts.
I spent most of my time walking around the parking lot snapping pictures. Anthony spent his time fulfilling JDM part orders for people (it’s a handy service if you need something from Japan). A new experience for me was having the people in attendance asking about or wanting to see my photos as I took them.
The Circuit Soul Rocket Bunny FR-S was sitting in the corner. At the last SEMA event I came up with a slogan: “No Rocket Bunny, no care.” Essentially it meant in a world filled with FR-S’, I only cared about the ones with Rocket Bunny. Obviously this over-simplified my feelings about a car I really like, but it sounded funny at the time. Still, it was nice to see a Rocket Bunny FR-S in Canada.
This Supra caught my eye as well; it’s not too often you come across a nice looking MK3.
It’s a nice thing when Euro cars and Japanese cars can come together in one parking lot.
It’s cool to know that in a scene as big as Greater Vancouver’s that car groups aren’t always segregated.
I feel that any post by me without a S-chassis would feel somewhat incomplete, so I’ll leave you with this unit.