What was intended as a meet up of car enthusiasts over the weekend, quickly got out of hand. 519 Meets organized a car rally in south London on Saturday in a Value Village parking lot, and it turned out to be their largest ever. “It was pretty awesome, that's for sure,” says Aiden Armstrong who attended the event on his motorcycle.
“But, a lot of stuff went down like burnouts, revving, fireworks”. Reynold VanHerpe owns the Trek cycling shop right next door. He was called back to his shop after his alarm went off when someone was banging on the glass and urinating on the exterior of his business.
“I was ok with the rally next door, but be respectful,” says Van Herpe, who estimates there were a few hundred cars and motorcycles. “There was cars everywhere. They were lighting fireworks on the Value Village roof.
Pedestrians blocked off Wellington completely and they were doing donuts in the middle of Wellington Road.” Fireworks were set off on the roof of Value Village in South London, Ont. during an illegal car rally on Saturday Sept.
21, 2024. (Source: Dread Head Media/519_meets) “I heard the noise and it woke up my daughter,” said Allan Tipping, who lives just down the road on Dingman Drive. “So I came over to see what was going on.
In this parking lot, all you could see was cars and hot rods - it's a great rally until it ends up one does something smart, and that's what happened”. The aftermath of the event showed tire marks from burnouts all over the .