ORIGINAL: Foxy
Where I will say people are wasting their money is buying top of the line gear for bashing. More power to them, its nice to be able to afford to do that, but at the bash spot, the difference between the cars becomes largely academic and down to who smashes into more/less stuff.
This.
This is key. Recommendations on "what to buy" must be suited to the driver's purpose. This is overlooked by the "hop up everything in sight and overspend way too much, and pitch it as NECESSARY" crowd.