Parking Lot Pimps, a revving successful
Promoters of Sandz and MAPS threw their hats into the modified car scene ring with their latest venture — Parking Lot Pimps, last Friday at 2C Ruthven Road, St Andrew.
“It was a successful event. The turnout was exactly what we expected. The modified tuner fraternity came out early and the party crowd followed later,” Cadeem Mullings, co-organiser told Auto.
Unlike other parties where patrons park outside or in a specified VIP section, at Parking Lot Pimps they were be able to park inside the venue as part of the party. However, it wasn’t a free-for-all as Parking Lot Pimps exercised some quality control to ensure that patrons get only got the best vehicles for viewing. Mullings had already handed out 150 parking passes to as far as Montego Bay ahead of the event.
“We didn’t expect everyone we gave passes to come, so those that did show up on the spot and made the grade got any empty spaces available,” he said.
The event saw a high quality grouping for vehicles for auto enthusiast and party patrons to browse through as car clubs including Kingston’s Skunk Nation made an appearance.
“We were asked to come onboard,” Nick Lue, Skunk Nation co-founder, said.
Lue said due to his club’s lack of activity for 2015 and he used Parking Lot Pimps to give fans a taste ahead of their own major event for this year, their annual charity drive in December. The party also featured two hot exclusives, the only BMW M6 and Lexus FSport on the island.
“In all, we had a high variety of cars,” he said.
Mullings explained that the genesis of Parking Lot Pimps was from a personal experience.
“A few of us were just hanging out as usual at a popular gas station with our rides and we thought it would be cool to make the cars and patrons part of the event,” he explained.
With the positive feedback, high plans are already in place for a second staging in February.
“Even before the staging, patrons had already fallen in love with the concept. The party people needed something different, something unique, and so did the automotive industry,” Mullings added.
