Quote Originally Posted by 87 Turbo II View Post
I found the thread:

http://tsxclub.com/forums/1st-gen-en...at-sensor.html

and I think it is funnier that not only does the guy not get it, but the first reply is to take it to a shop. This is why people who TUNE brand new cars, especially expensive ones, are usually stupid. They have the money to have other people do the work, and because of it they are hard to respect/ You have an 800whp EVO? well that's cool, did you build it, or drop it off at a shop and give them a big check and tell them to "make it fast"?

Not saying you are stupid OP, you know what you're doing, but the more expensive a modded car is, the less likely I can respect the owner. If you do the work yourself, or at least pick out the stuff to go on it then cool. But paying people to make something UNIQUE to call your own, I'm sorry but that's your job as the owner.
imo it's not always about that...

1) it's harder working on many expensive cars (ex. 911's) than cheap ones that are usually 4 cylinder (ex. integra) which make tasks like building an engine seem extremely difficult

2) if you just paid 50k or 100k for a car you might not want to risk messing something up in your motor during a build attempting it yourself....but if you mess up a b18 you're only out a few hundred bucks...big difference there in price

3) If you have the money, why not pay someone else to do it? I understand you learn a lot from working on your car, but honestly sometimes working on cars is just a pain in the ass...there have been many times I wish I had $$$$$$$ so I could just drop the car off and let someone else figure out what's wrong and fix it.

With all that said you're statement is probably generally true, I'm just pointing out other factors which could be incentive to let a shop du werk.