Why We Do What We Do?

[Super Bleeder!!]

its a machine, machines are interesting to me :)

[JET]

Originally posted by 92tsiawd84@Oct 12 2004, 11:42 PM
:headache: Because I made a bad choice. I wish I never got into them. I have spent thousands of dollars on the damn things so they can sit in the road broken. I wish I still had the old integra and all the money I have wasted on DSMs. I have too damn much money tied up in cars now. My weekends free time turns into working in the garage. I made a dumb choice and am paying for it (literally).
Bah, it's just money. What else would you do with it if you didn't spend it on cars?? It's just a hobby for most of us. We get joy out of fixing stuff and seeing it run (that is why we chose DSM's :P ) or we feel good for making more power than the engineers got out of it.

[Phaze1ne]

I've been thinking of getting out of the whole car deal altogether. At sometimes I just get so sick of people talking about cars, and these shitty ass ricer cars, POS with fart cans, neons, etc... At other times I love cars and love modding them.

[JustROLLIN]

I have a serious competitive side that loves to take anyone on in just about any arena. Speed is the best drug known to man, believe me on this one. ;)

[At-Least-It's-An-Evo]

I hate cars, but I don't think I'd be able to live having a slow car and not being able to pass people with 5% throttle especially with my road rage/driving skills ;)

[dumb_ricer]

To be honest I have no idea why I got into cars. I know part of the reason (as gay as it is/sounds) is the fast and the furious. For some reason it just pulled me in and I have been learning ever since. When I first watched the movie I had no idea what a turbo was or what a intercooler or what any of the engine codes they blabbed off were. I didnt even know what a supra, RX7, or anything else were.

After a while I got tired of everyone saying all the cars were the shit and I started researching about the import scene. I learned about rice and how I really only like the performance shit. Then I wanted to learn so I could correct people on things they said wrong. I have always been wierd in the way of correcting people if theyre wrong, its just addicting. Then I joined neons.org and got hooked on neon performance because that is what I knew I was getting when I turned 16. Then I learned about DSM's and was torn on whether to buy a DSM and let my dad keep the neon or take the neon. I decided to take the neon for reasons of cheap parts and handling. I now know I made the wrong and the right choice. I love my cars handling, but Ive also learned that N/A performance is retarded when you can turbocharge and make so much more power. It was beyond me that a 2.0 could make 600hp and still be streetable.

Now I'm torn on whether to turbo the neon and turn that into a money pit or to buy a DSM and build and turn that into a money pit. Choices, choices. I also want an LS1 but insurance and cost would own me.

[Emcee gsxtc]

I was never into motors, I never liked cars. I just always got sick of what everyone else had. They bought Nikes, I bought Adidas. They bought Coke, I bought Pepsi. I hated the gran' dams and the grand pricks (no typos). I first heard about modding cars 2 years before fast and the furious and I was hooked. I had plans to buy a civic, get a motor from japan, build it, turbo it, and go v8 stompin. Then F & F came out, I like the movie, was all about the concept of the 10 sec show car with custom graphics represent yourself and all, but it created the RICED OUT people that came in droves with altezzas on trucks cars and the like. I realized, I wanted performance to stay away from that crowd. Loved the idea of the 2g eclipse and searched until I could find one that was black 5 speed, without the gray interior. Then from there the whole boost feeling consumed me. Now I am addict with my own small dsm parts yard.

:dsmrule:

Im still not much of a mechanic, ask Mike, my car arrived tonight at QPR.

[95tsi]

Completely surprising the person in the other lane.

[DSMkel]

Originally posted by 95tsi@Oct 14 2004, 06:36 PM
Completely surprising the person in the other lane.
:lol:


I've been into cars ever since I was little. I lived in a really small town when I was growing up, and It was a special occassion when my family went to the "City". My dad would always buy me a Hotwheels or Matchbox car, and for that reason I can say it was him who got me into cars. As I got older I was always in the garage watching my dad work on his 1965 Baracuda.

When I got my drivers liscense I bought my own car, which was actually a pickup for $200. It was the biggest POS I have ever owned. It was a 1986 Dodge D50 (a.k.a. Mitsubishi Mighty Max). It had a blown engine so I ordered a Japanese take-out engine not knowing what I was getting myself into. I rebuilt the entire truck from the ground up installing every performance goodie I could find or make. After 2 years of headaches and about $3000 later it was finally mechanically sound. I stumbled into street racing on accident one day when one of my friends in his Civic (after watching F&F for the first time) challenged me to a race. I never expected to win but did. That was it..........I was Hooked on cars and tuning from that point.

.....................That was kinda long!!!!! :toast:

[curt_gendron]

He who dies with the most toys win. ;)


For me its about the speed. Wheter its blasting down the drag strip or a on ramp. Its a rush. I also love just cruising around on a nice summer day. When I was younger, it was also about picking up the chics. A 3/S is good for that. ;)

later,
Curt