02-12-2007, 12:06 PM
Procharged5.0 Wrote:Yes, I'm an american musclecar fan. I like german & italian cars too, just not quite as much.
I seen a few nice Jap imports. Supras, WRX's, Lancer EVO's can all look nice, and with some work can be pretty fast too.
Unfortunately too many suffer from being "riced out" with 20" rims, blue lights in the hood, ridiculous 2' tall spoiler, etc. That keeps real people from respecting them.
Several weels ago I saw a seriously hot-rodded EVO! VERY NICE! All black, polished 18" billet wheels, upgraded intercooler, etc. Very clean & very nice.
That I can respect. Sad part is it's like 1 in a 1000. The rest of the boy racers out there are putting on stickers (worth 20hp each I hear) and doing other silly "Bling" mods that at best slow the car down. I can't respect the average ricer.
I absolutely agree with you. If I was going to a tech school or working right out of college I would have a V-8 RWD something for sure. It's just that being in college and such I just wanted/needed a realiable car that I am not going to need to spend weekends home wrenching on right now. I have a VW and I am happy with it. It's FWD, so not too much money is going to get dumped into it. It's black, black tinted windows, smoked corner markers, etc. I will probably lower it a little bit this summer and sometime go from a 17" silver wheel to an 18" black chrome or gunmetal. Right now it is probably puttin about 200-210 or so to the ground. I have a few more small mods in mind that will get it to about 250 or so whp. IMO that is fine for a daily driver FWD car. When I am out of school I can almost guarantee that there will be a car being built.
