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| Not pictured: The 10-inch footstool Vin Diesel is standing on. |
By Joe Parello @HerewegoJoe
The original Fast and the Furious changed my life when it came out in 2001.
Ok, that may be overstating the impact of the under-the-radar hit that made tuning cars mainstream, but it was easily one of the most influential movies of my high school life. All my friends wanted to add "skirts" and "neons" to our cars (We were losers), and, of course, each of us "lived our life a quarter-mile at a time."
Though I know my fiancee and I should choose a fuel-efficient family car for our next vehicle, I would still give up a big toe to own Bryan O'Conner's orange twin-turbo Toyota Supra or Dom Torreto's red RX-7. That was the beauty of the first F&F movie, it was simple. Bad-ass cars racing each other, and a few minor heist scenes you didn't really have to care about. They were stealing stereos and running from Johnny Tran's gang, but the focus was on the cars.
