I am very excited to show off my car, however, I need someone to PLEASE help me out! I was reading the rules and regulation and so forth, and one of the rules was that I need to keep my hood open at all times for final inspections by "authorities".... Does that mean the Police will be there or some sort of law enforcement? Because my car has no CATs and if that's the case, then I will have to have my stock headers and s-pipe put back on, which will suck cuz then I'll have to drive around like that for a week and the engine bay won't look as nice...

 

There will be the police there no doubt, but who really looks at it is the fire marshal, to ensure your battery is disconnected... you got to leave it open or at least unlatched, or else risk towing for sure.

But, if you paying to show at a show as large as HIN, don't have stock headers, or stock much for that matter... It's tough as hell to be competitive with a tC even like mine, so you'll need to pull everything out of your bag to hold your own there... it's a tough, tough competitive crowd at HIN.

 

or... just be there to be there... don't expect to win anything.

 

OMG are u kidding, 99.9% of the cars there dont pass smog lol they just check gas to be sure its under a quarter tank and that ur battery is disconnected.....um yea u dont have to worry about that. just worry about when ur leaving. c u there =)

 

Congratulation's on going to this event. What they are referring to is the event officials (and fire marshal as pointed out above). I assume you are being judged as part of the event and as such, the judges want to be able to move quickly through the field (and not have to wait for an entrnat to open up their car to be judged.)

Police may very well come by but it's more to check out your ride as an enthusiast versus look for violations.

I'd strongly suggest ensuring you have a fire extinguisher as part of your display. It is something that bit my Dad at a concours event (dicked several points).

 

Where is a good spot to look for pics of this even (after if happens)? Normally they have bad ___ pics.

 

Congratulations for u and ur car on getting in im suprised not to sound rude u have a nicer car then mine but i figured they would beable to find cars with more mods then what u have idk how it works but good luck representing the tc's out there show em what u got

 

HIN is tight, I wont best scion at dallas HIN

 

I really think its more about going and having a good time then trying to win. but thats just me.

 

Make Sure you have no more than a quarter tank of gas when you arrive, or tap the gas gauge if so. I had no cat and I was fine, however, sometimes they inforce that rule. Just as he said above, don't expect to win, just have fun.

 

but the tC does have 2 cats - how would that work if they said you have no cat and you made them look under?

 

This may be a dumb question but I am askin anyways, what the deal with the quarter tank of gas? I dont get that. Of course I have never been to HIN, I wanna go this year though, to that after hours one in Chicago.

 

if there's a fire... 250 cars with a quarter tank of gas is less explosive than 250 cars with full tanks of gas ^^

 

Thats actually what I figured, but didnt want to sound dumb assuming that. Thanks Neothin.

 

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At 50 bucks to show, and around 80 for power (if you use it), plus travel, food/drink all day, and the time spent cleaning/waiting/having the car sit there... just to sit there?

Maybe I'm too cheap... it's too much for me to go, if I don't stand a chance... waste of cash I could use for modding!!! think... it's at least a hundred bucks at the least... that's a TCover there for ya!

 

agreed^^^ but damn, i was lookin at the instructions for the TCover and it looks kinda confusing! i would like to get one of these tho! badly!

 

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watch out guys im bringing some new heat!