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Originally Posted by Bullitt
Now granted, I think some of this stuff is pure crap like the spoilers for front wheel drive cars and resonators for lil 4 bangers that only put out 120 hp, and POS's that have rims that are worth more than the car, blah blah blah. But its all part of the culture of car customization and if you don't respect it, then you have no right to criticize it. Period.
Personally, I own a '03 Civic stick and i love driving that thing.
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Posting is a car customizer. For example, five years before it was standard in Detriot, I built and installed an electronic ignition in a Ford 6 banger. Did I improve the car? No. Experimented numerous times and failed to improve performance. But learned significantly from the experience. Other problems with late 1960 and early 1970 cars that I would learn of later due to that experience. Knowledge possible because I gained much from customizing.
A difference. I customized with the intent of trying to accomplish something productive. One question that got answered - why could a teenager do what Detroit could not?
Others customization that apply to that question. Intermittent windshield wipers (that I never successfully integrated to the 'beat' of music). Burglar alarm (attempted multiple designs - some succeeded whereas others did not). Investigated but failed to make an anti-lock brake system (getting reliable valves became difficult). Played with various adjustments to the steering system (and will never go back to any car with that obsolete 'even in 1960' worm gear system such as in every Camaro). Discovered why drum brakes should never be on the front wheels of any vehicle. A system to measure instantaneous fuel economy.
So you tell me what the difference is between this car customizer verses a joker who pays $400+ for a rear spoiler or big bucks for headlights that look bluish but provide less light. A most stupid modification are those who spend a hundred to replace orange rear turn signal assmblies with inferiour red rear turn signals only because the light assembly is pretty -highlighted by aluminum foil. A major difference exists between a true car hobbyist verses a customizer with too much money and no fundamental knowledge.
In the meantime, no one was available to teach me any of this. I had to find and obtain information - in the 1960s when information was harder to locate. Again, is there a difference between this customizer verses one who spends $1000+ on wheel rims? You betcha. Big difference. So do I have the right to be critical? I am simultaneously amused and melancholy at what I see. Its an absolute shame to see so much money and labor spent with no intent for improvement and no real respect even for simple science.
For the same reason, anything with an automatic transmission becomes so much more difficult to drive. So again, I am so amused at those who fear to learn even simple things - and therefore insist they cannot drive a stick.