Cop car steals show at 'S'pore's biggest underground car meet' in Woodlands basement carpark
It was like a scene from The Fast And The Furious: Tokyo Drift.
Then a police car stole the show at the underground car meet in the Woodlands North Coast basement carpark on June 23 evening.
Called Singapore Afterhours, it was purportedly the "Singapore's biggest underground car meet", according to a YouTube video of the event uploaded on July 6.
The 14-minute video starts off with a glimpse of supercars like the Ferrari 458 and Lamborghini Aventador in their exclusive colourways.
"The best part of this car meet is you get to hear all the pops and bangs, literally like everywhere you go," said the person taking the video.
Besides continental makes such as BMW, Audi and Mercedes-Benz, the video also featured several modified Japanese tuners. Car fans would be able to spot the classic Subaru WRX, Honda Civics, Mazda RX-7 and RX-8s, Nissan GTRs with aftermarket exhausts and blow-off valves.
A Korean Hyundai Ioniq 5 got a loud reception from the spectators, contrasting with its silent electric transmission engine.
Motorcycles were also seen performing tyre burnouts in the video.
Some time in the night, the police car appeared and turned on its siren. It was a real police car, not a "polite" car.
"The police just went down, patrolling the basement carpark. This is insane... It's pretty much over at this point. Everyone is leaving the basement carpark," said the video taker.
"Definitely one of the craziest car meets I've been to this year."
Stomp understands that the police had received a complaint about the noise.
The organiser of the car meet lamented on Instagram that the ending was "bittersweet".
He said: "I'm really disappointed to see the meet ending so abruptly due to the massive chaos that started midway throughout the meet.
"While I do believe in the special essence of night meets having a sense of 'F*** it! Let's go all out!', I hope you do put yourselves in the shoes of the organiser that tried to keep everything under control so it doesn't ruin it for everyone."
The organiser was more specific about what happened in the "Singapore Car Meets" Telegram channel.
He wrote: "Footage presented has shown that burnouts were done in the carpark during the meet itself.
"This is highly irresponsible and disrespectful to organisers and the property this was done on. We highly prohibit such actions especially at car meets.
"On top of this, reports of people running around, multiple near accidents and more irresponsible behaviour done were made. We also prohibit these actions too."
He added: "By adhering to rules and having basic respect, we can make meets more friendly and accepted by the general public.
"Agencies like Traffic Police and LTA (Land Transport Authority) have been clamping down on such issues in the past and present, but we don't wish to give them a reason to red-light everything."
The organiser said future car meets will have Traffic Police and other government agencies to improve on crowd control and those who do break the rules may be reported to the authorities.
