car scene in Louisiana
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car scene in Louisiana
Hey guys I might enroll at Tulane University next year in fall. I really like the school and New Orleans seems like a really great city. I'm wondering what the auto scene is like there though. Are there many meets and auto cross events? What are the laws on modifications? I am really excited about going to school there and I really hope I can continue to be involved in the auto culture there :-)
-Drew
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the car scene is good in south and central lousiana. I would check in on the Scikotics web page. I know the Baton Rouge and Acadiana chpaters are very active. Since I', not a resedent of the New Orleans area you can contact on of those members to get the low dwn on events. State wide there are many car shows and a few auto crosses through the year. hope this helps
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Re: car scene in Louisiana
Originally Posted by x_Batman_x
Hey guys I might enroll at Tulane University next year in fall. I really like the school and New Orleans seems like a really great city. I'm wondering what the auto scene is like there though. Are there many meets and auto cross events? What are the laws on modifications? I am really excited about going to school there and I really hope I can continue to be involved in the auto culture there :-)
-Drew
-Drew
I can answer any questions you might have. I lived in Baton Rouge for 4 years for undergrad, before moving up north for post-bac stuff.
Meets- Very regularly at the Lakefront, which is on the north side of the city, bordering lake Ponch. They also have 2 or 3 weekly meets in BR, used to be at BWW, but it's since moved around.
Autocross- Very strong. The region is officially DELTA, but they do a lot of stuff with CENLA, which is the BR chapter. They had a mirrorkhana (sp) at Zephyr's stadium about 3 weeks ago, and just wrapped up their annual Christmas classic. We also have a TLAC, which is a trans-louisiana-autocross challenge... where they give regional trophies to the best drivers in the state. In total, up to about 15 events per year, and with the option of driving to Biloxi for the mississippi stuff.
Laws on modifications-
As a state, VERY lenient. If you're out in the country, no one gives a rat's ****.
If you in a city, though, it's a bit tougher. In BR you MUST pass emissions. I believe in NOLA now, you must pass emissions. It's generally subjective though, with the usual (tint, colored headlights, WAY too loud exhaust).... but as a whole, it's not too bad.
They don't care about the usual modifications (no CARB requirement) and visual inspections only involve the presence of what looks like Catalytic Converters, without regard to how many the car's supposed to have. I even passed smog with a megan header, back when I had one.
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In all, you'll find a welcome home for your hobby.
www.sportsnimports.com is a good place to start. I've known most of these guys for coming up on 6-7 years now.
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wow thanks a lot for the info guys, now I'm even more excited :-)
lol yeah I'm not running any cats but maybe it wont matter since it'l be registered as a MI car... though I really should add one anyway.... hah
lol yeah I'm not running any cats but maybe it wont matter since it'l be registered as a MI car... though I really should add one anyway.... hah
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Originally Posted by x_Batman_x
oh no I just found that Tulane does not allow freshmen to park their cars on campus!
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The car scene in general isnt really "all that", especially around the boat launches. Most of what you will see is either completely riced out or just poorly done. Though, on the rare occasion, you will see some clean cars. 10k+ HIDs and marine audio seem to be most popular mods. The tC doesnt get much respect down there just becuase there have been so many owners who rice it out and tear our rep to shreds. SoutherntCs is a group of owners though and are a ton of fun to hang out with.
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The car scene in general isnt really "all that", especially around the boat launches. Most of what you will see is either completely riced out or just poorly done. Though, on the rare occasion, you will see some clean cars. 10k+ HIDs and marine audio seem to be most popular mods. The tC doesnt get much respect down there just becuase there have been so many owners who rice it out and tear our rep to shreds. SoutherntCs is a group of owners though and are a ton of fun to hang out with.
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Originally Posted by breaux_tC
^ i wasnt talking about just scions, i was speaking of the "car scene" in general
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there's a lot of scion haters in the nola area, but hell, i think thats almost everywhere these days...
check out www.nostreetracing.org/ for the car scene in the area... domestic and imports site... there's a lot of clubs in nola from the scion only, imports only, autocross lovers, and the regular ricers..
no matter who you hang with, i'm sure you'll have a great time...
check out www.nostreetracing.org/ for the car scene in the area... domestic and imports site... there's a lot of clubs in nola from the scion only, imports only, autocross lovers, and the regular ricers..
no matter who you hang with, i'm sure you'll have a great time...