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flipboi13 · 10-01-2002, 08:02 PM

NOTE: I mean no offense to anyone, this is mostly my opinion and nobody's opinion is wrong, but I'd like to hear other peoples' input on this subject.

Since we're all here talking about our cars how to fix them up, there is no doubt we are car enthusiasts.  But you've seen the movies and you've heard it around (especially in the Honda camp), some people just want to show off their car and couldn't care less about what cars are all about.

For instance, some kid sees The Fast & the Furious (Sorry for mentioning a devil movie), and thinks, "hmm... I should get an eclipse, and beef it up with NOS and be a badass".  Sure, nothing wrong with that, great hobby.  But for this kid, money isn't an issue (he has rich parents or makes the dough), and hears that he can make his car faster by doing this and that, then swapping this for that.  So what does he do? He sends it off to a local shop and tell them to do it.  Great! Nice car, but the kid still doesn't know what they did and how clever NO2 injection is, and we are left with a whole flood of people who don't know how to properly work on their car (IMO almost the entire population of show cars).  I'm not saying that I am better than these people because I spent a year in auto classes and doing 80% of the work required on my car, b/c not many people can be so lucky.  And very rarely will you find someone new to auto mechanics do 100% the work themselves, b/c we all love our cars, and wouldn't want to risk destryoing something that could be quite costly.

But, sometimes, I find it irratating that I see cars everywhere that can boast huge power numbers, some new swap, or really nice body work and find out that the owner didn't do a thing to the car besides have a shop do all the work for them.  Mainly I feel this way b/c when you go talk to them and question them about the problems of fitting an RB into a S13 and converting it into AWD, they don't have a clue what you are talking about, and you both stand there staring into space, and what could have been a great conversation on cars has turned 1 person into an idiot and the other really bored.  What do you guys think about the whole thing? (not the 2 dudes, and especially not about converting a s-13 into an awd rb monster).

10-01-2002, 08:02 PM	#1
flipboi13 Zilvia Member Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 221 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	NOTE: I mean no offense to anyone, this is mostly my opinion and nobody's opinion is wrong, but I'd like to hear other peoples' input on this subject. Since we're all here talking about our cars how to fix them up, there is no doubt we are car enthusiasts.  But you've seen the movies and you've heard it around (especially in the Honda camp), some people just want to show off their car and couldn't care less about what cars are all about. For instance, some kid sees The Fast & the Furious (Sorry for mentioning a devil movie), and thinks, "hmm... I should get an eclipse, and beef it up with NOS and be a badass".  Sure, nothing wrong with that, great hobby.  But for this kid, money isn't an issue (he has rich parents or makes the dough), and hears that he can make his car faster by doing this and that, then swapping this for that.  So what does he do? He sends it off to a local shop and tell them to do it.  Great! Nice car, but the kid still doesn't know what they did and how clever NO2 injection is, and we are left with a whole flood of people who don't know how to properly work on their car (IMO almost the entire population of show cars).  I'm not saying that I am better than these people because I spent a year in auto classes and doing 80% of the work required on my car, b/c not many people can be so lucky.  And very rarely will you find someone new to auto mechanics do 100% the work themselves, b/c we all love our cars, and wouldn't want to risk destryoing something that could be quite costly. But, sometimes, I find it irratating that I see cars everywhere that can boast huge power numbers, some new swap, or really nice body work and find out that the owner didn't do a thing to the car besides have a shop do all the work for them.  Mainly I feel this way b/c when you go talk to them and question them about the problems of fitting an RB into a S13 and converting it into AWD, they don't have a clue what you are talking about, and you both stand there staring into space, and what could have been a great conversation on cars has turned 1 person into an idiot and the other really bored.  What do you guys think about the whole thing? (not the 2 dudes, and especially not about converting a s-13 into an awd rb monster).