I'm from the Max Power era where people were doing up smaller hot hatches or engine swaps etc. The thing that always ruined them was the small number of people who turned up and started driving like idiots, drawing unwanted attention from the locals who would call the police. The overwhelming numbers of bought not built cars with big power out of the box and the ridiculous pops and bangs map people get, plus this culture of people showing off while leaving, which is the cause of people gathering all over the roads just put me right off The heavy police presence of meets is a function of the constant dangerous behaviour of some of the people in attendance. This is compounded by the fact that everyone has a camera and insists on filming everything and posting it on social media. I miss the old car scene where it was just a bunch of like-minded people who wanted to park up in a car park and check out each other's cars, chat about them and eat fast food. Most of the people there even took a dim view of the meets being ruined by the minority who arrived to race, do burnouts, rev their engines and flame their exhausts etc. We didn't want the police moving us on.

@Generalkenobi325

6 ай бұрын

I think your right there ,there’s too much available that you can buy new with big power on finance deals etc therefore can be bought by anyone whereas years ago if something was built and heavily modified the chances are the guy who’s car it is can drive

@90vanman

6 ай бұрын

I could not agree more with you, as previously stated on here, I have taken part in club rallying, noisy properly tuned car driven sensibly, also to and from work, and on motorcycles, also noisy, but keep quiet round the old bill. It's about time lawbreakers were sorted out!!

@craigkearns6425

6 ай бұрын

My local car club is very old school, a few modified classics but mainly yank stuff and the majority of us with grey hair. We all behave and just chat and drink coffee (usually meet at the drive-thru Starbucks on the edge of town).

@turbonutters69

6 ай бұрын

Sadly social media and videos make people do daft things. I too remember what I would call proper car meets. Modified car enthusiasts meeting up to talk about cars. None of this driving like a tool for a video nonsense.

@90vanman

6 ай бұрын

I am afraid that the likes of Adam will propagate this activity as he earns a lot of money from it. Shame he can't do something useful like help the 'bladerunners' get rid of the ulez cameras and citizen khan !!!

It’s definitely for the better, meets will go back to how they used to be with less showing off and more of a healthy atmosphere

@danlowrey1472

6 ай бұрын

Spot on, stopped going to meets because of the unhealthy atmosphere, they use to be brilliant where ever you went

@Wrenalyth

6 ай бұрын

@@danlowrey1472exactly! No one talks to each other at meets anymore it’s all about showing off to get on camera at the exit! I bet most people with bad intentions go to these meets just to cause the biggest stir when they are leaving and don’t actually care about meeting new people or seeing anyone else’s cars. It’s sad

@joemiller4718

6 ай бұрын

Sad that i have to agree. Even a few years ago you would have car parks full all over the country. A few revs but nothing stupid. Hope we go back to this

@UndermobzRec

6 ай бұрын

its not for the better as in my country they would impound my car because of a lose interior wire and a possibly too loud exhaust

@Tim-944

6 ай бұрын

Meets never going back to normal, thank social media for it.

My friends nan got mugged outside her house, her neighbour got a picture of their face off their ring doorbell and the police still told her they wouldn't even bother investigating it, but they will send 6+ officers to film some cars parked in a car park? What a joke.

@RegiyThornton

6 ай бұрын

Wow shocking

@ChainsawChuck13

6 ай бұрын

Welcome to modern government. Someone is killing & stealing, arrest the victim if they resist and do nothing otherwise. Someone is having fun, arrest them and ruin their life. That kind of mentality is why I get kind of angry when I hear a British accent or see a UK/AUS sticker on a car here in the US.

@shia_labeouf

6 ай бұрын

You beef should be with the dickheads revving and doing burnouts etc. If it wasn't for them the police wouldn't need to attend and the funding for traffic police could be spent on other areas of crime. You're complaining about the fire alarm instead of the fire.

@edwardmullins2716

6 ай бұрын

thats england for you mate even our goverment is a joke full of prats

@matthewwain9958

6 ай бұрын

Same, when 3 young underaged drunk school kids jumped me after getting off the bus. Cops didn't care, didn't do anything, and told me I should have beat them up as a lesson. I even knew where they went to school, and they could easily have got the camera footage from the bus company. (I didn't because they were underage, and I would have been the one to get in trouble if I did). I wasn't badly hurt at all, stayed on my feet, whilst they had a girl trying to hold them back LMAO. Was ridiculous. This is that happens when you move council estate people from a bad area into a nice one. Welcome to Plymouth and the moronic city council.

I really enjoy this type of meet as it's more about the people and the cars than people showing off with crap driving I went to a meet at merc Benz world and we were allowed to show off on the mini track there

@mrwick7961

6 ай бұрын

Well u can thank ppl like Adam for that. Ppl are only showing off because they want there 5 min of fame on utube. Wen we use to do meets we wud park up, have a gd chat and leave sensible

@problemchild1976

6 ай бұрын

@@mrwick7961hmmm - don't 100% agree but car modding is directly linked to extrovert people who love to show off whether it's a crowd or a hottie at the bus stop ;)

I was born and raised in mainland Europe, been living in the UK for about 10 years now. We didn't have this culture growing up in Scandinavia. What the UK has is epic when it comes to car and bike culture. But this sort of behaviour, and pops and bangs tunes are really forcing the public to take action (understandably so). Keep it respectful and continue this fantastic culture the UK has!

As these meets become more & more like the street takeovers (read criminal activity) you see in the US, the more I am actually for the police presence. Sad, I know, but it's only a few high-profile incidents involving pops & bangs Fiesta's away from ruining enthusiast car ownership for the rest of us.

@LePedant

5 ай бұрын

It's not criminal for us. We have the right to gather, and poorly defined "anti-social" laws were deemed illegal. Cops can only give a dispersal order, if a riot is declared. Anti-social laws were deemed too vague and went against our freedom of expression. Disorderly conduct is the closest thing to antisocial laws we have, but you have to be a real jerk to be charged. While on private property, like parking lots, we can do all the burnouts, and be as loud as we want. We just have to be like 500ft away from residential buildings, and stop by 10pm. Only the owner of the property can force us to leave.

Proper cars will become even more expensive to both insure and buy fuel for in the very near future. Government mandates on net zero will force the matter sooner rather than later. Treasure these days where its still relatively affordable to go out and enjoy your ride, as the days where most will have to save up to use it are just around the corner.

@AI-Records24

6 ай бұрын

If you don’t fight against it then yes, but there is more of us than them. Say no. Civil disobedience is imperative.

@OMEGOOLIEBIRD

6 ай бұрын

I agree, but if you try, they will take your car and your money... that's how it works.@@AI-Records24

I can remember proper car meets where everyone was sensible as you say the idiots have taken over and after some serious accidents the police and local authorities have clamped down on all car meets. They are trialing acoustic cameras that lock onto a noisy vehicle and video it (and yes they get the registration), sadly we had a meet in my hometown and innocent bystanders got hurt now anyone arranging a meet will face proceedings the minority have ruined it for everyone else, a friend and some of his other friends have some military vehicles and said they'd love to get some cars to drive their tank over at shows

All part of a bigger plan to restrict people from socializing whilst driving cars off the road, people are stronger together and more difficult to control.

@humanbean899

6 ай бұрын

100% - You sound like a man who is very much aware of Agenda 21 / 2030 and the rest of the global scams being foisted upon us

@jlfc9024

6 ай бұрын

It's crazy you actually believe what you've wrote hahaha! Nothing to do with people doing dangerous driving and there is even people being killed at meets by idiots who try to drive beyond their ability to show off

Used to be meeting up down the carpark every night, cheap night out, then Fridays we'd go to Harlow for Burger King burgers and McDonald's fries. A couple of times a month we'd convoy to Southend and drive around the prom which has been stopped now. Then once a year head up to Santa Pod for the Ultimate Fast Car weekend run what you brung down the strip.

@Chilled_Mackers

4 ай бұрын

I relate to BK Burgers, McDees for fries and milkshake - if milkshake machine is working = buy lottery ticket \o/ Southend was great in late 90's - so was Maidstone Bridge.

In Ireland my friends and i had an event much like the wangan run of japan. Was great until inexperience car people got involved threw internet. The best meets are the ones people will never hear about.

Hopefully we can get back to more mature car meets.

@1990JohnG

6 ай бұрын

they exist. Just not in retail carparks lols..

Scooby spoiler is horrendous

Car scene is the same as it always has been, just different cars and people. It'll never stop. It's been 22 years since Section 59 made an appearance ... it was exactly the same then, it'll be exactly the same in 22 years. I hope!

@andrewmeadows2596

6 ай бұрын

I managed to get a section 59 in a 8 seater minibus at work😂

@BenExell

6 ай бұрын

Not in Birmingham it isnt with the street cruising Injunction.

the UK police seem to be more friendly. Here in New Zealand, the police wouldn't film or take photos, they would just block all entrances to prevent people from leaving and check all car modifications which half these cars in the video would likely be taken off the road for being illegally modified.

@georgegently3026

6 ай бұрын

That's going to happen here. They will be turning up with dvsa inspectors after showing them footage. Most of these will get some fine or other

Personal I think that police involvement in meets is a good thing. Roads safety and the safety of the general public is the most important thing. More people can get involved and appreciate the cars (even if the have a ragit sticker on)

Tbf it looks like the meet went a lot better than the reading one normally does! No one messing about really & not got someone popping & banging constantly, Just people enjoying each others cars & chatting. How a meet should be

Everybody likes a good send, but they ultimately lead to high police presence and shut-downs of some great meets. The many are always punished for the action of the few. I personally hope the culture continues, especially when we need community nowadays with so much hate. Reign it in a touch, do not give 5-0 reason to be suspicious, and there is no reason for interention!

Haven’t been to a meet since I was 18. I’m now 38 and haven’t even considered going just because of the idiots driving like bellends and the massive police presence that comes with it. It’s just not worth the hassle.

If they drove in properly and left they would be left alone what do you all expect 🤔

I think that meet will he heavily policed for a while. Pretty safe to say the 3 crashes caused it, it was only a matter of time before someone wiped out and "mustanged" into the crowd, or someone doing a flyby hit a pedestrian crossing the road.

I haven't got a problem with them being there it's good if they get involved with another part of the community (petrol heads) however getting everyone to move on with a dispersal order is not the one, or giving warnings for just attending.. that has been happening a lot latey... deal with the troublemakers, but 90% of people aren't doing anything wrong. we just wanna meet up with friends, make new friends, and see cool cars or shitboxs!

@jamesbye1088

6 ай бұрын

This is spot on honestly. Sometimes it's just a good way to catch up with people whilst barely any shows or events happen.

It about time, the chavvy little bellends that ruin meets can now do one. People that actually appreciate and care for cars can return 💪😁

20yrs ago i used to be a streetracer so i cant say i like a police presence i remember the maxpower days and the guildford cruise,Southampton cruise and reading cruise there would be 100's of modded cars doing burnouts and drifts and nobody got hurt it was just fun. Ive mellowed alot as ive got older I'm in my 40's now but I still enjoy a good departure send. People who complain about noisy cars have nothing better to do with their time. As for the police they are just looking for revenue, bunch of tax collectors these days.

Fantastic Video Bud 👍👍Great sights and sounds 😀😀Police not as bad as some of your videos watching rather than stopping cars 👍👍

Hello AdamC. Here is Flo from Germany. I love your cars in the UK. Your Chaser is a mutch nicer car then any BMW M5 in germany. Its a shame that the Chaser dosen't exist in germany. I love your white Chaser really. Everybody love the white Chaser . I Look forward to every video from you. Kind regards Flo

Last meet I went to there was loads of police but ultimately the police came round asking nice questions and were genuinely pretty interested in the cars. I think people do need to chill out and not worry so much about other people but about their own conduct at meets and remember you’re not gonna get in trouble if you behave like an outstanding member of the car community but unfortunately some people like to ruin it

Nuneaton Japanese meet! Last Saturday end of month 9am till 12 cv11 6rt

If there wasn’t so many people standing on the central reservations and lined up on the side of the road like rally spectators with some (not all) people driving dangerously and at speed they wouldn’t be needed but unfortunately with the amount of accidents at meets like this in the past few years have drawn them out a lot more

You have to look at the objective facts. These meets DO result in accidents (3 in one night on one occasion as Adam pointed out) and they are undeniably accidents resulting from people trying to show off. Yes it's the minority but just imagine if the police did nothing and the next accident killed some innocent family who happened to be passing the exit. All of a sudden it would be "there'd been accidents and complaints for years, why didn't anyone do anything!". Well here they are, trying to do something. I love our car culture in the UK, but this is the worst side of it. As Adam said at the end, a meet should be exactly that, a MEET. Chat to people, look at their cars, talk about mods, have a coffee and a laugh. All the obnoxious revving just feels like insecure kids trying to get attention and, ironically, makes it hard to actually have a conversation. The police are treading a difficult line. I feel like they went in hard last year to make a statement, particularly about this meet which is especially problematic. Hopefully it will be enough to deter idiots and meets like this can go back to being about enthusiasts just meeting up and hanging out.

As long as everyone behaves and have all their paperwork in order, I don’t have a problem with it

its soo nice to see 7th gen celicas that are actually modified properly. sounded boosted too which is not common :)

In the long term I feel its for the best having a police presence at this type of meet. As the dickheads have always put me off attending, however I do attend a lot of classic car meets as the behaviour there is a lot less, err antisocial...... and as you say, the car scene in general is a very social thing.

Hopefully it changes, I get annoyed at the people who ruin it for many others

Even in our worst days we always said, "never s**t on your own doorstep"

They died years ago!! Nothing special about financed bmw's and pops and bangs

It was the same in the late 90s at car meets , the organisers need to work with the police and the police need to work with the organisers and those that turn up for the meets , the problem being is people see a wheelspin or a drift on a roundabout and reports go in about antisocial behaviour and dangerous driving, this is when the police turn up and have a presence including the filming etc , many moons ago a friend at a meet got a section 59 2 weeks after the event due to the video footage that was taken , we all have a love of cars and if we can all work together then these meets will still go ahead ? If you want drive like you stole it then book a track day

I travel to Thailand a fair bit and go to car meets/events there and they’re next level compared to the U.K.. a much more grown up jdm vibe, but they also have a great scene for German and American cars too it’s so diverse amazing car builds!! food, drinks, party’s hot models. Atmosphere is 10x better and much less chavy and dangerous outside the exit, honestly it’s top draw!

never the end, just gotta find different spots

@problemchild1976

6 ай бұрын

Or just be better behaved and enjoy the cars not the anti social driving :)

@jameshoath83

6 ай бұрын

​@problemchild1976 how is it antisocial if everyone there is into cars and wants to hear them rev up

@problemchild1976

6 ай бұрын

@@jameshoath83I'm not talking about that - I'm talking about the awful driving that brings other people into the fold. How many close calls have we seen at car meets? AdamC makes whole vids about it ;)

1:07 Nice to see one of that gen Civics, rarely see them around now, not seen one here in years its a shame there is such a heavy handed police presence now but after that meet that had 3 crashes I really can understand why, unfortunately the dangerous driving of some people at these kinds of meets is having this affect on them of a much more heavy police presence and even the risk of these meets not being tolerated at all which would be an awful shame.

Organised hows should have a zone that people can do a send before they get to the road

Wokingham borough council said in the bbc news last year that they are trying to shut it down. They are filming because there is a car cruising public spaces protection order in place to reduce the meet apart from that nice chaser 😊

"Then again its the winter" lol No snow in sight and it aint -20C. Late autumn and sport car weather 8D

Didn't expect to see a VT Commodore @1.26

I was thinking of starting an invite only club old style where people would only be told the location after being part of the group to stop idiots ruining meets. Is the car scene still alive enough for something like this to pop off though...

@oilburner8548

6 ай бұрын

That's exactly how we did it in our small group of owners 👍

I like when everyone sends it at the end of a car meet just to finish off the night

@joeedwards627

6 ай бұрын

And that’s what fucks it up

7:05 FINALLY AN INGIS SPORT!!! MY BABY

I think it’s a good thing Adam it was getting so unruly and out hand I actually don’t go anymore but if it calms down I’d love go and enjoy it again . There a place for burn outs and driving like a twat and it’s not at a tescos car park meet go to track and do it properly ! But that’s just my opinion and I’m an old and a grumpy twat 😂

So many accidents at the moment and now with Garages being fined for illegal exhaust & mods and insurance companies making it harder to insure anything other than a 1ltr it’s definitely not helping. Problem is social media is basically telling the cops where the meets are 🤷

The German chaser is the opel omega b the body kit eaven fits 😂

There’s always one chav revving the nuts off his little civic 😂

9:23 that pothole has been there for 20 years and still not repaired! Maybe spend less money funding police standing around pointlessly and more funding to fix these annoying pot holes!

I'm surprised this meet hasn't been shut down completely to begin with. People need to just be sensible and not hoon at every opportunity

Great vlog Adam 👌🚘

Obviously need a rematch on a dry summers day

I used to go meets in the 90s when it was R5 turbos , RS turbo escorts, scoobys , nova’s and loads of Pug Gti’s. I had a pug 205 1.9 gti for a while but we didn’t cock about too much because the cops were on us like vultures if you so much as put your front spottys on

Car meet's in the 90's will never be beaten as we were genuine enthusiast that often did all the modifications by ourselves and there were plenty of cult cars around at the time such as Golf Gti, Peugeot 205's, Renault 5 Turbo's, Escort RS Turbo's, Cossie's etc. Today cars at meets are often 400bhp out of the box, financed up to the hilt or funded by Mummy and Daddy to the snowflakes.

we need an intro for the Chaser, ''HI IM ADAM C - WELCOME TO MY WHITE JZEE''

we need more adam B

Bring back the oldskool cruises sod "car meets" as they are known as now

@AdamC3046

6 ай бұрын

Both have similar antics

It could get crazy back in the day but its not bad at all now. They will be preventing accidents when people launch their cars leaving though. A lot of the police probably like the cars tbf.

I think it's fine, it stops people driving like bellends on the public road. Car meets are for car nerds to check out each others cars, not to see who can do the biggest burnout or poorly-controlled drift.

5 year old grandson just watched this video and now only wants to watch Adam c videos 😂

Maybe the police are collecting images of cars with blurry number plates for later identification.

I feel like I am leaning towards it being for the better given some cops can be proper horrid to us mere mortals, however as other people have said it looks like it might go back to how they used to be. The days when you could make friends and have conversation with the dude next to you.

>being photographed as you notice a nice peach, i saw that zoom in Adam

@AdamC3046

6 ай бұрын

Timestamp?

@S.ASmith

6 ай бұрын

@@AdamC3046 Gimme a mo EDIT: 10:41 You're welcome 😉

imo those officers were very good at deterring people from doing stupid shit unlike some who hide and try to catch people

Old bill turning up to a “meet” of this type is for the better! When you have racing up and down the dual carriage way outside what do you expect?? How many vids did you see last year of someone planting there Vauxhall corsa into the crowd. 🤷‍♂️

Adam C are you due up to Scotland for any meets over the next season? Also will you be at Ultimate Street Car @ Santa Pod in August?

@AdamC3046

6 ай бұрын

It's a bit far so too much of a risk for a Meet or Show to be non-worthwhile

@eddiesandeman6989

6 ай бұрын

i will be down to Santa Pod first weekend in august, hope to see you there, I will be in my Juke NISMO, You can find more on my build @eddie's antics on you tube thanks for your reply

Reading Japanese meet isn't really Japanese anymore is it. Looks like less than 50% are actually from Japan in the video

@volvo09

6 ай бұрын

Looks like it had just turned into a "party" meet. BMW's and random cars showing up.

Car meets will continue but they'll probably become more secretive and professional so as not to attract a wrong crowd you find better cars at such meets anyways

@Risk0s

6 ай бұрын

my experience is the exact opposite. public meets with police presence tend to have high quality cars attending them, while "underground" meets, as cool as the idea sounds, are just a bunch of stock-ish cars doing reckless burnouts while teenagers in skinny jeans film them.

@DougalR

5 ай бұрын

15 odd years ago, thats exactly how it was. A simple text message, yes text mssage was sent around the network of 3310 Nokias belonging to cruisers with literally a postcode, sometimes a time. Off we went!. was great,

There a difference between giving it a boot when you leave to rolling burnouts doughnuts etc. Always one or two trying to push things too far. And they are the ones going in and out doing multiple flybys etc so it looks bad.

My personal opinion is it’s for the better, most of the ones I’ve met over the years don’t want to nick people A you need to be legal and B be sensible as people being reckless makes them want to close them down

I'm a huge car enthusiast, but have no time for idiots driving dangerously and behaving recklessly..

Be interested to know if motorcycle meets get as much police presence.

Car Meets are dead becuase too much 💩boxs keep showing up, you see cars with just tints showing up to modified meets. Also another reason why police come is because undeclared mods mostly by young drivers coming to meets in their first cars with temu mods that no one cares about.

That Subaru wing is an mot fail so the police should know that

With a 6 week paycheque gap, Christmas, NYE and people coming from afar I don’t think many people came to this one better luck next month 😅

I’m surprised he glossed over the vt commodore like that, I’ve never seen one in the UK before

@iuanterry6642

6 ай бұрын

I take it back he talked about it on its way out. Didn’t expect it to have a club sport bumper though😎

Where do people even find out about meets?

Meets has to keep going

love that the police are spending their time filming cars that smoke up their tyres a bit leaving a meet instead of solving actual crimes. so many of them necessary to film as well it seems!

wait is that a holden commodore at 1:25

So that's where my taxes are going

The problem is we are in an attention society with anything. People can't rock up at meets and socialise anymore. I just go to knockhill these days and send the car. These meets are for fools.

Sure yellow 350z roadster are rare too but hey there's always the wrap option

@AdamC3046

6 ай бұрын

OK, not sure of the relevance here

@richardpalmer219

6 ай бұрын

@@AdamC3046 white e39

@AdamC3046

6 ай бұрын

@@richardpalmer219 Took me a while, but I see what you mean. I doubt I'd ever wrap a car white 🤢

I scrapped my white e39. It was made of filler and the paint bubbled 6 inches high for some reason. Shame really :(

you should ask the police man with the camera if he has a t Chanel XD

I hope so, with the way these clowns drive in and out of them

You had a meet with 3 collisions, no accidents. It is a pretty simple equation really, idiots lead to incidents and injunctions.

@AdamC3046

6 ай бұрын

None of the collisions were on purpose, so were also accidents by definition.

Absolutely love the sound of a 350Z, maybe one day !

Could you ask the police where my stolen van is, seemingly as they have a lot of time to go to car meets

Car/bike meets have always been the same, look at the history of the ACE CAFE. My Dad was what they called a Ton Up boy, they would meet at the Ace Cafe then race round the North Circular(a406). Me i started with a '56 chevy Belair, smoking out the Kings road in the late 70's early 80's. then capri's, cosworths, Skylines,supra's, various Evo's etc. I'm now in my mid 60's, still going to meets/shows (rarely car park meets) with my mustang v8 or my MX5 turbo (360bhp) . Still doing burn outs etc when i leave. Just keep it out of the Babylons face, they will get fed up and give up attending. In every decade there's been crack downs, They then give up if they aint getting convictions. Trouble now is all the people filming and splashing it over social media etc.

Shouldn't be intimidated by the Police at these meets if you're doing nothing wrong. Like a lot of people have said, hopefully there will be less drama and it can be more social and relaxed.

I would love to meet you

I live near The Motorist in West Yorkshire, they have weekly meets for people who just want to show off there pride and joy, look at other cars and chat. Not seen any bother at all, i suspect the Caffeine and Machine is exactly the same which is how it should be! These car park meets atract the wrong attention these days I go nowhere near them.

We from Denmark can sadly relate. Here the police shows up in huge numbers to car meets just to seize our cars, and hand out tickets for nothing. times are changing......

Not if i have anything to do about it

Car culture died when financed reliable cars were introduced with decent enough power, looks, etc. Now, there are massive amounts of people on the roads at all times now. Unlike in the 90s to early 2000s after seven or eight pm, the roads were dead! Many did all the crazy shit you see today. Just fewer people were around to witness it (or film with phones). Fuel was super cheap, so much so you could burn a tank a night and not see the bank balance break sweat. Loved the glory days in the UK. I would suggest looking at other countries if you still have the passion for how things used to be.

The "BELLEND BRIGADE" strikes again