Originally posted by ctmystique:


What I don't understand is this, I've been reading all these posts and threads about a whole bunch of mods and speed enhancements that everybody does to their cars, but to what end? So they can drive to work faster?




You're right. I'm selling my car and getting a moped. Then I can drive it to the limit every time I go to work.

There are different kinds of car sickness, just like there are different flu viruses every year.

Modding is its own pursuit. Some people mod for the fun of tinkering.

Speed is its own sickness. Some people buy cars that are fast in the first place, and then never track them.

Some people have the mod-bug and the speed-bug at the same time. Watch out for these guys. They're really dangerous.

Then there's those of us who are stark raving motorsports crazy. We'll sit around reading and discussing rulebooks for hours, and then try to figure out which motor oil is going to give us that extra .01 hp, because we don't want to leave any advantage on the table.

Function before fashion. '96 Contour SE "Toss the Contour into a corner, and it's as easy to catch as a softball thrown by a preschooler." -Edmunds, 1998