>>213965601
We were already buying riceburners I got my first Civic an 80's POS in 1999, the car culture, the rise of PlayStation and anime and Asian media in general all blended together from 96-2002.
F&F 1 came out around the height of the scene and 9/11 was three months later which started the downturn on tuner culture.
I think it was always a west coast thing, out East it was always about SUVs down South every wanted vintage caddies, and millennial didn't start buying muscle cars until the garbage new body type Challengers and Cameros came out around the 1st Transformers movie