So Why exactly are you modding your car???

[Lars325is]

someone make Scott314 a moderator. he'd be a lot more intelligent than any of the ricers or poseurs now in such a position...

shit man. fucking smart. Scott, you pick up quick on the whole idea. props for being able to do your first DE the right way

[alex]

So who's the other idiot that clicked "mommy gave me the money"?


I'm going to guess it was Charlie...

[RCWells]

yeah, you *think*you can drive, you mullet-wearing redneck son of a bitch. hahhahahhahahha. fuh race ricer!

No wheeter, I KNOW I can drive, and I don't own a mullet. pansy.

[Charlie]

So who's the other idiot that clicked "mommy gave me the money"?


I'm going to guess it was Charlie...

I know nussink.

-Charlie

[echothreezero]

'cos its fun.

Better than watching TV all day. My mum drives a '97 plain-jane Nissan Pulsar. She thinks its great as it never breaks down and is cheap and gets her from A to B.

She doesn't get modding cars.

If you don't get it, that's the end of it.

Some of us get it - that's all.

My Dad didn't "get" it til I asked him why he spent $100k fixing up his old boat.

Now he takes a genuine interest in what I'm doing.

And no they don't fund my obsession - my four years at University and subsequent job does.

[Iain]

For this whole "run your car stock first" argument, I'm going to throw up a differing point of view.

If your car needs maintenance when you first buy it, serious undercarriage stuff like sway bar end links, brake lines, steering rack leaking, blown-out shocks, etc, why not upgrade it before you run at the track?

I guess its one of those America vs Australia differences, but I know that my stock 325 coupe would have not passed scruitineering at a track day out here because of many of those worn out componenets, so I replaced them with upgraded equipment before I took my car to the track.

I sure as hell wasn't going to drive on the track and place blind faith in 20 year-old parts that were close to breaking.

[PeaveyBassist]

No wheeter, I KNOW I can drive, and I don't own a mullet. pansy.

on the street. You've never been to the track. I've never driven on the track but trust me, if you act like you are a good driver on the track your first couple times, youll get your ass handed to you.

Will

[RCWells]

on the street. You've never been to the track. I've never driven on the track but trust me, if you act like you are a good driver on the track your first couple times, youll get your ass handed to you.

Will

I have been to "the track" even if as a passenger, and I realize it is quite a bit different than being on the street. That said, I've been driving a car now for 23 years, longer than most of you kids have been alive. I DO know how to drive a car. I was doing J-turns before I even knew what one was. I have experimented with car control and car dynamics in more ways than most will experience in a lifetime. No, I'm not a professional and don't claim to be, but on the other hand, I'm not some punk 15yr old kid who just got his license and added some new springs/shocks/wheels/tires to his car.

I will eventually spend time behind the wheel of my own car on a track, it will happen. Eric and I have been talking about hitting Barber some next year as my brother lives in Birmingham so we'll have a place to crash. I will be more than happy to post up my initial lap times vs. my times after instruction from a professional driver. I don't doubt there is much for me to learn, but the pro's don't stop learning either. I would wager w/e wheeter wants to wager that I can run him down on any track on any given day. And next year, after I get some bills caught up (I'll finally be earning a nice paycheck again) I'll be willing to back that up on a track.

[alex]

I've never driven on the track but trust me, if you act like you are a good driver on the track your first couple times, youll get your ass handed to you.

Will

And you know this because? We should trust you because you have no experience on the subject?

Actually you've been on track Will. Last year at Putnam when I gave you a ride, remember you focker?

[hamann318is]

Here's a fun fact. I don't care if you track your car. No one does. That goes for everyone.

[RCWells]

Here's a fun fact. I don't care if you track your car. No one does. That goes for everyone.

Oh, do I ever agree, for everyone. But I do want to drive it on a track and enjoy the fruits of my labors the way they were designed to be enjoyed. ;)

[Iain]

Here's a fun fact. I don't care if you track your car. No one does. That goes for everyone.

But how will you know how massive and dangley your e-dick is, then?

[hamann318is]

But how will you know how massive and dangley your e-dick is, then?

I apply all that sweet track knowledge to my street driving y0h! Apex it!

[bmwm3n528]

Well, I believe the general consensus concerning driving schools is that they typically reveal how little you know about driving dynamics. I think that's pretty much all that needs to be said...

[Iain]

I apply all that sweet track knowledge to my street driving y0h! Apex it!

VTEC just kicked in, yo!