Jasper Jones
Posts: 26
Joined: 12/30/2004
From: Shelby Township, MI, USA
Status: offline
|
Well I've got to correct some things that have been said. First off, not all 16 year olds do the same things to their cars. In a matter of a year, I have helped my friend pull, rebuild, and reinstall the engine in his '91 Toyota Supra Turbo (7MGTE), began a complete restoration (down to the bare unibody) on a '69 Camaro R/S, and helped my other friend begin the overhaul of his '72 Austim Mini. All this arguing about American vs. Import is dumb, because it comes down to preference, budget, and purpose. Modded cars also can not be discussed, because money always wins. By the way, I am doing the majority of the work on the Camaro, but sheetmetal work is being done by a shop because it is a unibody, and the engine is being built by another shop because my dad is stupid  (I really want to build it).
If you can't tell by the cars that I have worked on, I don't really hate any general type of cars. I do hate kids that drive slow cars with bad exhausts that think they are the fastest thing, be it an import or domestic. I do, however, dislike Pontiac Grand Ams and Grand Prixs, as every teenage kid I see driving one thinks he is fast. For the most part, I never see a single fast import on the streets, but I see plenty of fast domestics, but, during the summer I cruise Gratiot (a major cruising strip in the Detroit area) and I have seen some fast imports on there. But, my idea of fast is slightly skewed, because I am lucky enough to be able to drive a heavily modified '69 Camaro Z/28 that is also a show winner, and it gets driven plenty. Is it a bad thing that we bought the car that way because a friend needed to get rid of it?
I have to say that I do like domestics more, just because it is part of our American Heritage, and there are lots of fast ones around, unlike imports. Most imports are kids who want to be fast. It's what you like, and what you want to drive, and it is going to be as fast as you can make it for however much money you have, no matter if you do the work, or someone else does. If you want to argue about your car being faster than someone else's, stop talking about how much boost you are running, or how much NAWZ you have, and take it to the track. Oh, and my friends and I are all 17 
< Message edited by Jasper Jones -- 1/27/2005 2:58:38 AM >
|
Printable Version
All Forums >> RC Cars, Buggies, Trucks, Tanks and more >> RC Drifting >> RE: stadium truck to TT-01 drifter 
RE: stadium truck to TT-01 drifter - 
