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Originally Posted by 2point2
Kace,
Maybe I'm misunderstanding presidente and yourself but it sounds a lot like you guys see modifying vehicles as something that is immature and/or financially irresponsible.
Maybe souping up ford escorts wasn't your thing but for a select few board members modifying and/or racing vehicles can be just as fulfilling as spending big dollar on sports..
If you mean "out-grown" as in the club, scene, or lifestyle... than I fully agree with you - it's all a bunch of nonsense to me too.
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Paul, I may have not full explained myself. But you hit the nail on the head.
I will still continue to hit the lapping days with my car (and future cars). If I feel that modification is required to assist me on the track, aka suspension, then I will do it. But what I meant by "out-grown" is the part where you modify something so that when you pull into a parking lot for the first time people say "Wow!!!". Then after that initial "wow-factor" the modifications are somewhat "useless". Maybe it's the fact that the scene took such a big direction into modifying your car for other people. And even though a lot of people have, will and still do deny that they ever modified their cars for themselves only, that's not true. Just look at how fast and big the whole JDM scene took off. One year people were drooling over 17" and 18" wheels and the next year those exact people were drooling over 15" Spoon SW388's.
The "scene" just became very fake and I think a lot of us realized that. I really hope that the newer, younger members here and at PSA can do something about that and have great sucess with it.
Also, I will never directly insult someone that is modifying a Ford Escort right now. In fact if they were to ask me any questions about it, I would be more then willing to help them out. It's just that I personally don't find that hobby as fulfilling or entertaining as I once did.
Now, on the other hand, the thing I miss most about that hobby is the people that I have met and the friends that I have made. A lot of you guys on here and PSA are friends, in fact a lot of us have been friends since the first year of VM. It is tough to keep in touch with a lot of these friends without VM or other car related activities.
So Paul, I didn't fully explain myself and what you said is what I meant.
