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I noticed Hot Import Nights is coming to Orlando soon and I was thinking about checking it out. Just wondering if anyone has been to HIN and what they thought of it.

Is it more car show or more concert? I basically want to walk around and look at cars, models, and manufacturer's booths if they have them. I could give a crap about live music since I'm not really into the same music as 99% of everyone else into modding cars.

Opinions?

 
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it's 80% cars, 10% girls, 10% entertainment (like girls pole dancing on a stage)

 
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Hahaha, the local HIN was supposed to be about 75% cars, 20% girls, 5% music. But, since our country is so full of preverts and sluts it turned out to be around 75% girl time, 10% follow girls around, 5% taking pictures with the girls, 8% oh-look-at-the-Skyline-R33-GT-R, 2% rest of cars.

So yeah, it was something like that.

 
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yea its good to see the hot girls, the girls are a good thing to see, a lot of hot girls there, taking pics of the girls is fun...oh and yea there are a bunch of hot girls there

 
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Ah! I forgot! My fave car of show: Skyline R33 GT-R. Second favorite: my own car.

 
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sometimes the girls are ugly, but its fun to go at least once. after that its just the same thing over again.

 
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go once and never go again. i just went to HIN in the DC area and i will never go again.

 
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I say it's cool to go at least once to see what it's like.
Myself...I've been once and have no desire to go again unless a bunch of friends are going, someone else is driving, and admission is free. It's still something to experience just to say you've gone.

 
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Cool thanks guys.

My wife will probably tag along just to make sure I don't get pics taken with any girls.

I will probably go if its not mostly music. I do see why you'd say go once and then never again, especially since it isn't free. You can only see the same crap so many times...

So are there booths with parts and stuff you can buy too?

 
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yes, there are.

 
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if you go to the florida section of this site, there is a roll up call where you could hang with the rest of the florida group to HIN Orlando. I been to the Orlando HIN once last year and a few time to Miami HIN. If you go there very early like I do you get tons of free stuff, by the time you leave your hands will be full.

 
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best day to go if you want to get good pics of the cars without all the ppl is to go when its roll-in day..(the day before obviously)...then the day of show, you basically go, check out the girls, eat something , look at the cars, then sit on your *** and think when is this going ot be over (well for me atleast cuz everytime i go my friends cars are entered so i basically wait all night till its over...main point: gets boring

 
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I like what it's become ..haha

 
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i got pics of the shows from the past (cars and hot girls)... check it out

http://simon.fotomaniacs.com

 
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based on simons pics.. U dont have to be pretty to be a model.. u just need to show some or shud i say hide a lil bit of ur skin..... or u can go all out to get all tge attentions.. and one more,. it shouldnt be called hot import nights anymore..

 
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LOL, I'll be showing with my club, along with a couple of other FL 7thgen guys. =)

 
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i dunno im not really a showcar kinda guy. i guess they are fun the first time though, but after that its all the same. i prefer to go to events such as D1 or Formula D cause i'd rather watch cars race than sit there and look pretty.

 
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well first you go.. then next you enter.. after that just stick with meets! hehehehe

 
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Yeah I know what that is like... I go to Old Town in FL every couple weeks. Every saturday they have a car cruise of 73 and older cars. My father in law and his friend enter their cars in it. It's cool and I love going but sometimes it gets boring seeing the same cars all the time.

 
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I've been to two of them.

They're fun, but it's not something I could do more than once per year.

The models are 99% ugly. It seems to me that most of them are just skanky attention ****** that tagged along. With that said, a few of them are gorgeous.

Same for the cars. A lot of rice, but a few shining stars.

There will be a lot of idiots there. A lot of thug wannabe kids and such, but some of them will be big enthusiasts who are cool to talk to. When I went, I met a few guys from 7thgen and they were all very nice guys. We discussed the site, our cars, and the other cars there. It was a great time.

Just go and check it out.

 
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You'll see a good amount of really nice cars, regardless. There will also be cars that make you go "so what." I went a few years ago, it was awesome, I got SO much free stuff, too much to carry even, and the atmosphere was great. Since then, its seeming more cheap and less manufacturers every year.

 
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formulaD and NOPI are more fun than HIN...

 
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I've been to old town a couple of times. It's not that great there, usually a bunch of rice.