San Francisco State University student Gabriel Allen could be heard outside of the Humanities building on Oct. 1 asking the same question to students walking by: “Do you like cars?”

Allen was bringing attention to a car show hosted by Gator Greasers, the automotive club at SFSU, where members showed off their vehicles and motorcycles from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m on an extremely hot, sunny day.

A light blue Porsche, a black BMW and a gray Lexus led the line of cars displayed, alongside vehicles of many different styles from various time periods.

“There’s a lot of people with cars on campus and so we’re here to be a community for all of them,” said Allen, founder of Gator Greasers. “Nice cars, shit cars, no car at all, we’ll take anyone.”

Allen did not bring his car or his truck but he brought his motorcycle instead, a 2019 Triumph Bonneville Bobber. The stylish motorcycle brought a unique look to the table, with a shiny purple color and the engine visible to the outside world. Gator Greasers are trying to build more motorcycle representation within the club, according to Allen.

Other members of the club were present at the event, including the president of Gator Greasers, Hudson Moss.

“I started as a member, I became really close friends with the people that were running it and they wanted me to help out,” Moss said. “I really appreciated the club because I was new to the school and I really wanted to make more car friends and I made— at this point— hundreds. It’s been amazing getting to know the community.”

According to Moss, this is the third car show that Gator Greasers has hosted. The first one also took place outside of the Humanities building, while the second took place at Lot 20 during the Spring 2024 semester. The club has been hosting car shows once a semester.

“That way it’s still cool and fun when it happens, but it’s not too overdone,” Moss said.

This event was a breakthrough for Gator Greasers, as they have been trying to host more events on campus since the club was founded in 2019.

“It was a pretty big deal for us because we’re able to bring all the members of the club and show their cars off to the rest of the campus and bring everyone around, which is really nice to do,” said club treasurer Dylan Faulder. “We’re one of the biggest clubs on campus, we have like 400 members in our Discord.”

Faulder joined the club in Spring 2022, back when there were only a few cars. Since then, the club has grown significantly.

“The club is great, I think we have one of the best communities on campus and I’ve been to a lot of different clubs,” Faulder said. “We’re mostly a social club, so in our Discord everyone’s talking and everyone’s really helpful.”

Walker Aguilar, a club officer, also mentioned how the club’s main communication platform has been helpful.

“The other day, there was a kid who is part of the car club whose car battery died and they were in the parking garage and within 30 minutes we had another student jump his car to make sure he could get home or to work on time,” Aguilar said. “It’s definitely one of the biggest perks I would say.”

Aguilar specifically loved seeing the Porsches at the event and seeing all of the students that showed up connecting over something interesting and unique.

“There’s a lot of people who do know about the car club but hopefully, if there’s people who don’t, they figure it out and find out about it,” Aguilar said.