The meaning behind Forum Battle



Car forums have come along way from ?my (insert car make and model) is better then your (insert car make and model).?

It sounds familiar to a iconic race series we have here in Australia. But it was after Will posted his Forum battle Competitor Entry, that he nailed the meaning of Forum Battle on the head while sharing his feature on OZMAZDACLUB.

?The whole concept of the Forum Battle revolves around ?love?. We are all coming together to appreciate the entire spectrum of car scenes and have an awesome time. It will be a big event with television coverage as well. If you want to attend one of the largest forum events in Australian history, this is it. Make sure you don?t miss it and again, if you are interested in participating, it is not about winning? ? ttshark
?Coming together to appreciate the entire spectrum of car scenes and have an awesome time? Forum battle couldn?t of have said it any better. Look past the name Forum Battle, the categories, and point system and it?s a show, a festival and a celebration of what online car forums are about offline.
In the real world, where the keyboard is as useful as using a hammer to take off a 12mm bolt, all that really matters, is driving our cars, meeting up with mates and catching up, to outsiders looking in, instantly we fall under the ?hoons, reckless rev heads? label, and it?s time we make a difference and start using the power of the media to make a change. Charles Kha, Chief Editor of Speedhunters, puts it perfectly (he?s also been recently featured on Zen garage)

?It?s not easy to be a modifier these days. While our scene has finally gone from underground obscurity to mainstream acknowledgment (modified cars have infiltrated television, toys, video games, movies, fashion and music), we are now facing a growing number of obstacles??

??Then there are the seemingly never-ending pressures from society. While our car culture may be recognised by the mainstream, it doesn?t mean we?ve been accepted. The media continue to circle above us, waiting to pounce the moment there?s a car crash involving a modified car or young driver. This in turn compels politicians ? vying for the public?s vote ? to put pressure on the Authorities to clamp down on us with stricter regulations and harsher penalties.? ? Charles Kha, Autosalon Magazine, Issue 85, 2010.


How do car forums and the car scene move forward and stamp out this ?hoon? image? Do what we do best: get together and have a good old time enjoying our cars the way they were built for, and show the media, the outsiders, that not all of us are ?hoons? but are brothers, sisters, sons and daughters with one passion for cars.

We?ve all at one stage or another, seen video clips from the U.S , Japan and UK of epic car festivals. A field of 300+ cars show and shine, 9 sec drag cars, blistering fast time attack machines and drift cars that pump smoke effortlessly. Events like this are also not a new thing for Australia, with one recently being broadcasted across all the TV networks news show. But not all of us own or are interested in old school muscle and carby v8 powered cars (Even though I understand and recognize its importance) a utopian like event still doesn?t exist.

It?s time to embrace the lifestyle we love and work so hard for, cause car culture is here to stay and so we should be proud of it.

Forum Battle Team