Things that Make you go "Hmmmm...."
 

Okay, I'll start.
Do you ever wonder if cars came from the dealership looking like this....

Some would fix them up to look like this???

Hmmmmmm.....

Put down the pipe...

Ok, that settles it, this guy has to be the fourth coming of Bluesky/Zeblien.

it does!!

Ok, maybe you guys think that was crazy, no? But if you think about it it makes perfect sense. For example, clear corners are "stock" everywhere but the US, right?! Some go way out of their way, time and financial wise, to get the car back to the Japanese Domestic Market (JDM) specs which is "stock" in Japan. I think, people change their components just to be "different" form their locale. That is, in Japan, JDM is not a big thing because its STOCK there. I'm sure somewhere, amber corners are all the craze.

Furthermore, most of the parts that are being replaced are not only funcitonal, but optimal for the car's overall "health." When you add HP you are inadvertantly taking "something" away somewhere else--reliability, longevity, economy, etc.

So in a weird way, if cars did come "stock" with a high flo exhaust/intake, lowering springs, body kit, etc. Those "tuners" who love to tinker (I used to be one) would find ways to alter the car for other purposes. Just like the first person to look at an econobox and say..."I can hit 13s with this thing." There are stock cars out there that do 13s, but there is something inside the innovator to take a commuter car and turn it into a race car--my logic is the opposite.

OOHHHHH MAN THE WALLS ARE MELTING! I'M FREAKING OUT HERE!

wow this is my favorite thread!
yea, phantom menace, i thought you were way out there at first, and i was actually laughing while reading this. but then you came back with a really interesting point of view.

that implies that others are welcome to post more "Things that Make you go "Hmmmm...."

who is next? :smoker: :suspect: :iwstupid:

Man you are funny........

Dude,....... I swear to god, but Ive thought that too!!
no joke.

its funny cuz even my dad once told me that a while back.
He told me, "Why do you want black Rims? If the car came with black rims from the factory, you would want to change them to the ones you have now!"

its such a trip cuz its so true.

and it IS only because we want to be diffrent than the group.
we want to have something that makes us, "US"

thats why people in the "Rice" scene are so into adding random funky things to their car because that makes them, THEM.
if you find a True Riced out car (A True One), you probably wont find another thats Just like it for that same reason. They have custom work, custom decals so on.

I useto be a "ricer" and I loved it.
but im "sleeper" now, haha. anyway, the man has a great point! thanks for the thread.

-RoMeO

/puts down the pipe.

Nevermind...not getting into this argument.

Those pictures made me sick to my stomach. :(

It's just my gift to the RX-8 community.

First of all, thanks. And if you really think about it, by trying to be "unique" people modify their cars, right?! But the thing is...they're putting--basically--the same components (e.g. intake, exhaust, larger rims, video equipment, etc.) Thought the make and sepcific styles may not be the same, they are following a "pattern," Stage 1: intake & exhaust, State 2: Full exhaust sytem & ignition timing, pulleys, etc.

Secondly, yes. Rims did/do come stock in black. Then people started putting hub cabs on them. Look at a stock civic, for example, the have black steel rims. They are light, plain, & cheap. They should be ideal for racing. But people put larger, heavier rims on. This has multiple ramifications, for example:
1) Larger rims make speedo readings inaccurate
2) The excess weight/rotating mass takes away from acceleration, handling, etc.


So by staying "Stock" you maybe unique, no? Okay, now that my point is made and people don't think I'm on crack--lets get some more deep HMMMMM's going?

Thanks Romeo for being open-minded enough to read and relate to my post...

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That's so true. People just want to be different. I remember when I had my Ford Probe GT, those come with red rear turn signal lenses in the US. In Europe, they have amber turn signals. So naturally, many people in the US were hellbent on getting the European light assemblies, while a lot of Europeans liked the all-red US lenses and some people even swapped theirs even though red turn signals are illegal there.
:crazy:

when i had my Plymouth Gran Fury, i swiped my passenger side door across a steel pole to be different. lol stock passenger doors are for n00bs

Gawdammit!! Once again I find myself agreeing with Ike. lol.

So anyway. Things that make me go hmmmm -

my GF when she sits on my face.

I just like to browse threads for Kimberly Lynn's avatar.

<humps leg>

Heres one that makes you go hmmm

Does this guy ever put his volume on max?

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f167/dremd911/rx8.jpg

why??!!

look at those monsterous rims :Eyecrazy:

talk about over kill

jajajaja.. That is what I was thinking..That's why I'm keeping my 8 completely stock. Then, maybe 5 years from now, I'll be one of the few with an RX8 as it was when it came on the ship !! :ylsuper:

Well that's the first gift of the season I'll be returning! :)

Hmmmmmmmmmmm...

I always wondered why anyone would buy a mustang...