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Go out west to Uxbridge, West Drayton, Ruislip or further out towards Staines and there’s a car cruise somewhere nearly every night of the week.
I used to work with lads who regularly partook in them, going back to the mid 1990s and earlier.
Like @M_V says- smashing your body panels and getting it ready for the next one is the price you pay. One lad had a fire breathing Skyline that looked like it was stitched together with zip ties and pop rivets. I don’t think they involve insurance companies if it’s friendly fire.
Not uncommon to have a good car and a beater, depending on the event they’re heading to.
As it was out West you can throw fistfights, cocaine and laughing gas into the mix as well.
I guess Alleycats were just our much cheaper and less disruptive equivalent- backwards circles while drinking a cider are much quieter at least..