I bet you sang that out in your head while typing it.... hahahaOriginally Posted by Bus Driver J
I bet you sang that out in your head while typing it.... hahaha
....maybe
This comes to mind!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yfArN-e2OU
Hella stock member!
I think the message boards has a big hand in messing up originality. The ONLY, place where its cool to be a hater!
haha...
But the thing i don't get is why do people criticize other dudes cars.
Why the hell do people care. It's not like they have to drive them.
There will always be people that copy other people because it's what they like and it's what is cool.
I Personally prefer my car stock. i don't need to be super low or have an amazing paint job.
stock car is no fun...
i meant to say looking stock.stock car is no fun...
lol.
It is when it's my car. Do you know how many people come up and compliment my Honda over a "tricked out" car? I don't get comments from people just in the modding world either. I get them from folks of all ages. Do you get in your car and drive to a store less than half a mile from your home and get a comment or two every time you go? I do. And my car is stock.stock car is no fun...
For purposes of this topic:
I can safely say I am one of the few who can actually stay "original." I have a car that damn near everyone has said "awesome" about but yet no one wants it. I love it. Me having a car that everyone likes but doesn't want means I will be the lone wolf in the crowd. And, for the most part, no one wants the car because they don't care to lack the creature comforts that cars of today come with. And there's nothing wrong with that.
I can go out in my car, stock or modded, and still get reactions in large numbers.
GO OLD SCHOOL!!!
But i do agree with the "who cares what others think, do it anyway" crowd. I'm guilty of displaying my dislike for some cars posted or seen or town, but I always like to end my opinions/thoughts with a "but don't worry about what I or anyone else thinks, do what you want" comment. That's to let that person know that just because I don't like it doesn't mean he/she shouldn't do it. Later, QD.
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All the vehicles ive owned, when I drive my ghia around I always get asked about it. Old people sharing there vw stories, young people asking wtf is it lol. Its got no trim, dents in it, awful shape and still draws a crowd.
The people who are different or don't care what others think get royally bashed.
There are very few really unique cars on this site. Every Honda on here to me looks the same, is boring, and for some unknown reason Honda owners think they are the shit. That's the stereotype I get from it.
Shit I paint half my cars with a roller just to make it decent, and worry about performance. I track my cars, and spending time and money to make a pretty little car is useless to me, it's made to track, if I crash, oh well, it cost me $30 to paint and a $5 Lowes lip that WORKS.
Get used to having the same look on every car.
This is one of the best written threads I've seen in a while. I fix up my car to my liking. Not anyone elses. If they don't like it I don't care. If they bash me, I don't care. Look at the well done show type cars that everyone bashes. When one of them pulls in to a meet or a show, where does everyone flock to? They immediately circle around that car. Why? Because it is bad ass. They may talk shit about it later but while they are graced with it's presence they admire it. Most of the time it is jealosy. If they had the money they would do it, but they dont. If they were to try, they would have a half assed car with shoddy cheap parts, crappy body work, primer cause the paint job is expensive,then guess what, then they fall into the category of TRUE RICER. Therefore it has became much easier to bash it and say how rice it is, to make their car look better.
PS: Also a lot of the "kids" have never seen a real true nicely done up all out car in real life. It is always more impressive to see it in person than on a forum or magazine where you can't truly see the quality, and appreciate the time and effort put into a car like that.
lol @ ppl calling rubber molding a front lip
LOL @ people like you who don't even understand it's function.
I understand it's function, but ppl like you who do not go out and buy parts from retailers who support the scene are a big reason the scene is dragging!
When you buy a lip from home depot the company that makes lips for miatas isn't seeing any money. So you're buying products from a company that isn't helping the import scene, not advertising in mags, nor forums, nor setting up vendor booths. So you're leaving the company that makes quality parts for your car out to dry and they're suffering, and since they're suffering they haev no money to advertise or to setup vendor booths at local events which perpetuates the cycle.
I mean my car will be lowered with some boring rims but I'm not trying to make a statement either. I just wanna go fast like Ricky Bobby
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I'M GLAD U ADDED TAHT PARAGRAPH, BECAUSE I WAS ABOUT TO BLAST U. BTW, I SEE MORE PEOPLE DOING 'INNOVATIVE' TYPE THINGS LATELY THAN BEFORE. BEFORE IT WAS ALL ABOUT SIMPLE PAINT/CLEAN PAINT JOBS. NOW I SEE GRAFFITTI HOODS AND NOW BAYS...ALOT OF 'THINGS' TO SET THEM APART. BUT AS FOR ME, I STILL LIKE THE CLEAN LOOK, BUT I STILL ADMIRE THE NEW THINGS THAT COME THRU
People are afraid of acceptance and criticism. Do what you like and love it.
If you are going to look like the rest, do it beacuse you love the look, not because everyone else does.
I agree with mike. a nice clean hatch with slips and lowered, NOT LAYING FRAME. but can still go over speedbumps with out damage!
Hella stock member!
I mean thats just simple and i like it. I dont care if its JDM or CLEAN or whatever. IMO Toms hatch is still one of my favorites. and its just a simple paint job with Black Spoon wheels. Its no uber JDM and has some stupid interior. Its a simple hatch with an R motor.
Its functional.
Hell i liked Buckys EM1. It was nice. I liked the paint scheme, the interior, the bay, etc. it wasnt anything super ground breaking, but it was just well thought out and well done IMO.
I like Jays S2000, its not crazy over done, its got just the right amount of offset, i dig the hardtop (which is getting played out lol).
Bens TSX is subtle but clean. It has expensive wheels, expensive brakes, but it doesnt scream at you. Its also a $30,000 car.
Some of those K Swapped cars at IA were pretty cool. But i guess i just dont get excited at stuff like that anymore, well not enough to drive 3-4 hours for a weekend to go look at them.
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A lot of you in this thread are saying that you think being slammed on the ground is "retarded" and "fucking stupid" and "no functionality." Yet you keep saying "make a car your own" and people need to stop hating.
Well, I think gaudy body kits on ANY car is fucking stupid. That's why I don't have one. Hell, I hated the things when they were "cool."
My car is slammed on the ground, but I like it and I'm "doing me." So don't be so quick to jump on anyone that says they think a certain civic looks terrible because it has a body kit, crazy fiberglass audio setups, and an insane paint job. They may not be "nut-swingers." They might just be someone that hates body kits. Because just as you think laying frame is stupid, I think body kits are stupid.
I'm all for people doing their own thing, and I won't hate on them for doing what they wanna do, but that doesn't change the fact that I hate it. Most of you commenting in this thread make a point to tell OP's that you think their slammed, on Rota's, plaid interior car is "just like everyone else's" and "non-functional" and "fucking stupid." In reality most of the people you are criticizing are just trying to do them with the limited funds they have. If I don't like someones car, I tell them. But I do so with respect to the work and effort they have put into their car.
It's human nature to want to be like someone you respect and have what they have. That's why there is so much bandwagoning going on.
Most people don't have the ability or knowledge to be creative and individualize a vehicle on their own. Or the confidence. They're simply lemmings just doing what someone else has done to feel accepted.
You have bandwagon cars and you have bandwagon mods.
ANY car can be made to look nice and/or perform. You name it, it doesn't matter what it is, it CAN be done. Simple modifications and additions can make a car flow. It's still not going to appeal to everyone though. Nothing will. There isn't a car in the world that will appeal to everyone or even a majority of people in the "scene". That's the way it has always been and will never change.
I respect cars that have quality and function in mind...without shortcuts.
Stance is the number one thing for any vehicle but there will always be people taking things to extremes too...no matter how impractical it may be. Stick on fender vents make me laugh at first, then I get agitated that someone is actually making money off them lol! Same as the LED washer's a decade ago. It's normally the most ridiculous things that become a fad.
As a whole, we have the ability to make the car scene anything we want and we can take it in any direction we want.
I guess......
lol do you agree with me that nightteg is a hypocrite?
ARE YOU SAYING YOUR MAXIMA IS TRULY CUSTOMIZED/DIFFERENT?
NO I NEVER SAID MY MAXIMA WAS DIFFERENT U DUMBASS. PLEASE SHOW ME WHERE I POSTED THAT KIND OF STATEMENT, BECAUSE I DID NOT.
MY CAR IS NOTHING SPECIAL, BUT I AM NOT HERE CRYING ABOUT THE SCENE AND MAKING THREADS ABOUT IT EITHER.
I COULDA WENT OFF THE DEEP END AND STARTED CRITICIZING YOUR RETARDED ASS FROM TEH JUMP CUZ U SWEARING MAXIMA IS THE HOLY GRAIL OF ALL DEPENDABLE CARS AND SHIT AND THAT ITS THE BEST CAR TO MODIFY AND WHAT NOT, BUT I REMAINED CIVIL ADN ASKED U A SIMPLE QUESTION AND GOT LASHED AT...NEXT TIME I WONT CHILL OUT...HAPPY BIDDINGS DUMBASS
YO SON I LOVE MY CAR AND MAXIMAS ARE DEPENDABLE CARS, BUT A FWD CAR COULD NEVER BE A GOOD CAR TO MODIFY FOR SPEED IMO. THATS WHY MY CAR IS 100% STOCK YOU IDIOT....
YOU KEEP PUTTING WORDS IN MY MOUTH AND ARE GOING AROUND POSTING I'M SAYING THIS OR THAT WHEN I'VE NEVER SAID ANY OF IT.
DO YOU EVEN BELIEVE THE GARBAGE YOU POST?
Do you believe you post as much garbage as Sammich? lol! What does your opinion matter if you aren't involved with cars built for speed?
Five years ago there were local daily driver civics running 10's in the 1/4.
I've known of several daily driver FWD's that will tear up most cars in the mountains completely destroying bikes (but everybody knows bikes are slower in turns, especially heavier ones).
The first time I ever ran autocross I was running 1 second behind the STI's on a mid 50 second course and was the 3rd fastest FWD of the day...on 17" wheels with stock shocks and lowering springs lol. If I had run the afternoon session I would have had the fastest FWD of the day. I think I finished 8th for the session and 14th overall for the day while trying to get traction coming out of the turns with an open diff lol...on overweight 17" wheels.
I won't even get into all the SCCA & NASA cars that tear up race tracks every weekend. 151 mph at Road Atlanta in a Prelude is fast.
There is a difference between reading, and understanding what you've read!
I never said fwd cars couldn't be fast, they can be very fast. But I think it is stupid to make on go fast....if you don't like my opinion then fuck you
ok cupcake?
How is it stupid?? lol. There are classes that suit a FWD car more then a RWD car, the list goes on of pros and cons. You don't know what you're even talking about.
What are you getting butt hurt over? You clearly said "BUT A FWD CAR COULD NEVER BE A GOOD CAR TO MODIFY FOR SPEED IMO". I don't see any other way to comprehend it other than "a FWD car could never be a good car to modify for speed".
I mean the OP is like any other integra you see on the road, but hes not stunting in some parking lot every weekend thinking its some car you have to bow down to.
Ive always said its the ATTITUDES of the people that drive the cars that is the problem
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No I do not. Please see quote below.
I did that post, and apparently he said it blends in with every other teg too.....maybe you should re-read that post....
So after you do that, let me ask you again, is nightteg a hypocrite?
I am not an asshole nor trying to be, but there is a difference between reading something, and understanding what you've read...I think some of you like sammich need to learn that
I LIKE THREADS LIKE THIS WHERE WE CAN HAZ FRIENDLY DEBATES MOAR MOAR!!!!!
very true....very true.......
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