Andre was the very first person to PM me when I joined the boards as svt_contour_r203. Very nice guy, laid back. Appears that he knows his fiberglassing skills very well. He didn't jump down my throat with some stupid remark about "noObs" when I asked who made the fancy bodykit on the white Contour in the "SVTMaxQual" video.
And now, over 3 years later, I'm sure he still knows his stuff. What sucks is that his intelligence doesn't appear to be wanted because it's not the "average" thing.
Preachin' alongside brotha Ray here, tell me honestly, what would be the mods that you people would tell him to do? Lowering? SVT bodykit that's already on 50% of the cars on this website? Enkei RS5s? God forbid, y'all might actually want to remember to tell him to remove that spoiler while you're at it.
The point here is that it's downright arrogant to declare his car "rice" or inferior because it doesn't go as fast as it looks, when in actuality it simply doesn't look or perform the way the overall CEG standard is set at. Do you win car shows by being able to lay down 11s? Hell, if that's the case, I'll go shine up the Sedona and make a plaque that says I trapped at 130.9342 mph last weekend. I'll be a guaranteed shoe-in for the NOPI Nationals!
Bottom line is that it just disgusts me that somebody with such vast knowledge and ability to construct fabulous things for a car that has been gasping to stay alive for several years now, simply because he didn't make it the "normal" order.
-SAV
