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Originally Posted by TkrPerformance
Not to be mean i have not been in a few years now i could really care less if i go and hang out in a parking lot now days. Also most people have moved on to other cars now days mitsus are dying out. I dont see many new young people buying them. Hell wed night meets have split up into small groups. Just 4 of us go to surly every week now days and the style cruises have taken a hit. I gave up and did the spring cruise a month before hand and there is no talks about a fall cruise right now. People are married now and have babys. Alys and my time is all abou the twins coming soon so car sit and the dd's get worked on not the fun cars any more.
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There is no doubt that the folks who call Mitsustyle home have moved onto other cars or might not put their Mitsus on the top of the priority list. That part is accurate, but to say Mitsu cars are dying out wouldn't be accurate. Its just the local Mitsu community is more leaderless and disorganized and that is why events are suffering. In 2012 the Cookout had record number of cars with 176 registered and over 40 of them were EVOs. MAP really helped spread the word and EVOMN seemed well organized and there was real momentum. Last year and this year, some of those elements just don't exist.
Ron at RS has put on some nice Auto-x events on Friday nights, but that seems like the only real Mitsu events going on. But there are a ton of EVOs out there.
Another good example of what I'm talking about is the 3G Eclipses. They have a very passionate and active core group and they have been able to create a very large group at the Cookout. They've got 17 signed up this year. And you can make fun of their performance and what not. But they have most of us beat in the "enthusiast" department.