Hey guys! Scott from QA1 here, last June I had the chance to go on Hot Rod Power Tour
where we traveled across multiple states, with thousands of hot rodders
actually driving their cars and really embodying the #goDRIVEit spirit and here's what they had to say.
The whole idea of driving a car is to enjoy the country, see the people.
That's what they're built for is to drive, not haul around on a trailer. I don't even own a trailer.
Get it out on the road. Break it down a few times. You know, pull it up on a curb
to jack it up and you're all good.
Because you need to drive 'em, that's all they're built for.
Very disappointing to see so many people with all these cars sitting in their garages and not driving them.
Take it out on the road and let people see it, people cannot see it in your garage.
Keeping the car pristine and keeping it in the garage is kind of a waste of time, honestly.
It's not just from point A to point B with us car guys.
And if you build them you have to drive them. They do no good sitting in the garage, getting dust on them. Get out and have fun.
Well, because putting all the money they do into them, it aint worth sitting in the garage. Get out and drive them.
I kind of feel what's the use of having it if you're not going to drive it?
They were meant to be driven. They should drive them, like they're supposed to be.
Life is too short for a boring commute.
It allows you to pass on your knowledge and your wisdom to the younger generation.
Get family involved. My daughter is with me today, my parents are here. It's just fun to get out and cruise.
This is a family thing. We deal with the kids, they work with me hand in hand.
They do all the work while I I make sure that everything is done right. And then, you know, it's what we do as a family.
It's a father-son project and we love to get out and drive them.
Part of the enjoyment is to really feel how they run.
And it's a really good opportunity for the generations to kind of connect.
It's really interesting to drive by and see grandpas with little toddlers sitting on their laps
on a tractor as you wave by and you can see them point each one out.
We just enjoy riding in it. It's fun to drive and people enjoy seeing it and we enjoy showing it off.
Go out and have fun and drive their vehicles.
It's something different every time you go to a car show. It's meeting new people, it's meeting new places.
There's a lot of older people, they come by and they give you the thumbs up.
They're just, really you know, they say "Hey, glad to see something older like this back on the road again."
And you can tell a lot of people are are saving those cars and actually getting them back out on the road.
And I think it's important.
I mean the important part of it is actually getting out there and driving, them enjoying them.
I mean everything's on the internet but you got to live it.
I mean if you got a car you got to get out. it's so much fun to drive
the old cars you got people looking.
It's an old car, it's classic, it's the best ride there is.