Seriously ... what is the point of taking a useless car and braging that you "killed" a expensive car. I just dont understand it. Can somebody please elaborate on this? And as far as im concerned, the person that "kills" the expensive car, looks even more stupid than the pesron driving the expensive one.
Dont get me wrong, its nice to see a POS car destroy a fancy car, but in the end, its just stupid spending massive amounts of money on a POS, aka Cavalier, Civic, Geo, Fiesta ... ect.
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I guess it has to do with the fact that the people who bought the little cars are basically jealous of the big expensive cars and they try to make theirs faster in an attempt to feel better for having not been able to but the big expensive car in the first place.
I think that pretty much sums it up.
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eh whatever that person likes.....what's it to you
if you have a fast geo, good for you, pretty sweet and all to have a sleeper like that if you ask me
would i spend that much to make it that fast? no, but you still gotta kinda respect that if they did all the work themselves
If you make a car "nice" or fast spending alot of money, what makes it so much different that a car that has a high MSRP and come from the factory "nice" and/or fast?
And if you have a daily driven Geo that runs 11's, it may be a POS to you, but maybe not to another equal amount of people.
Someone dig up that clip of the Geo Metro with the twin turbo Supra engine w/NOS in it
because anybody can buy a stock fast car but not everybody can make a slow car fast...
people mod what they can afford. granted they could save up the money the spend on their car to get a better car but people tend to mod as the funds become available. generally, people that mod their cars want them to display some personality/taste/etc of theirs.
personally, you show me a cavalier/focus/metro/whatever that will out perform a ferrari for even half the cost and you'd have my respect... to some people it's not about the "status" of having a ferrari/lambo/insert expensive car here but rather the performance the car offers.
It's all in the mentality. Most people who have a Continental GT, Lotus Espirit, Maserati Quattroporte, and the like, are generally stereotyped to be rich snobs, snubbing thir nose at regular people. While that may not be true (except for the being rich part), most people feel that way. And alot of people feel better about themselves if they can somehow triumph in some way over someone viewed as "superior" to themselves. For auto enthusiasts, that may be taking your $500 beater, scouring a junkyard, and with less than $1500 invested, commence to leave ZO6 Corvettes in the dust (see also:Turbo Dodge)
For me, the plesasure of beating a supposedly faster car (wether it's more expensive or not is irrelevent) is worth it's weight in gold in the shock factor alone. "That's a Sunfire?!?!?! I didn't know they could go that fast!!!" ect, ect, ect.
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I guess here is the way I look at it. If you take a brand new cavalier (only because i know the price) for 20,000 dollars. A year later you add 6,000 dollars worth of engine parts to make it run 12s. What I am basically saying is that why wouldnt you just get a more expensive car, like a GTO or a Mustang or even an IS300 ... ect. Those types of cars have respect.
Urban, By no means am I rich, I am very very far from it, trust me
Do I hope to own a porsche one day ... hell yeah!
Is it fast ... yes, is it made with respect and pride ... yes, and it its a damn good company that will pretty much bend over backwards to please their customers.
dan
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IS300 is as fast as a stock ecotec.....they are not known as performance cars at all, especially for like 30 grand
and by the way, i just bought a brand new cavalier for 10,800 +6000 in all engine work = 16,800 would put me mid 12's to low 13's
what newer car can you buy for 16,800 that would be that fast??? It's just the poor mans way of having a fast car man
by the way im not trying to start a flame war here, just stating pretty much why i respect people with the cheap cars that are fast.
Dont get me wrong, I respect people that have fast cars. Especially when the engine work is done very well. I guess, for me atleast, id rather take that money and pay off bills.
dan
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urban wrote:
You can buy a cheaper, and modify it anytime
you have some money to spare after all those bills.
That's how I get 'er done
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I wanted to upgrade to a little bit faster of a platform this year, but with all my current bills I realized there is no way I could mod the new car and I'd never be happy with it. So the Cav stays another season, and more engine mods get tossed onto it with leftover money.
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What I am basically saying is that why wouldnt you just get a more expensive car, like a GTO or a Mustang or even an IS300
Because some people have FUN working on cars.
I guess the best way to say it is: it's not always about being fast, its about how you got there.
Alot of times its about being challenged; not everyone can overcome the challenge of making a 10k Cavalier run 12's. Doing so brings alot more pride knowing you accomplished something. And in the end it makes you HAPPY (the whole point of it all)
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the person that "kills" the expensive car, looks even more stupid than the pesron driving the expensive one.
Thats a dumb comment in a way, because they probably are 1) smarter when it comes to cars 2) saved alot of money (financially smarter you could argue)
and I guess one last thing is, not everyone can afford insurance or parts for a BMW with similiar performance of, say, a turbo cavalier (when I say parts, i mean broken parts that u buy from a dealer)
