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Are DSM's contagious? LONG probably

Alright, I have to drive to and from Chicago every 2 weeks and I manage to do a lot of thinking during this time. Today I had a long self discussion with myself about whether DSM's (or cars in general) become contagious. What do you guys think.

I'm sure Cottage Grove isn't the only city that went from having 0 DSMer's to having many DSMer's in a short period of time. I remember back when Santa bought his 90 Laser because it had a turbocharger on it. I remember browsing autotrader and carsoup looking for ANYTHING that had a turbocharger on it. From old Z cars to 300ZX twin turbos to turbo probes and MX6's, and we even went and looked at a old Z28 "project car". Then we came across the Laser, some dude with a fucked up name and really fucked up eyes told us 500 dollars. We bought the car, and it became a NIGHTMARE. It drove, but was in kind of fucked up motor shape to start out with. Battery kept dying, car sputtered, it was quite frankly a Piece of shit. We had to tow it home, and then the learning experience began. Within 3 months the car had new plugs and wires (probably the culprit to the problem of sputtering, and if I remember correctly, it got an alternator. Then we did the free mods and drove it, well, Kevin being the young kid he was managed to break the tranny. Within a year, me and him could do a tranny in like no time at all. Then I learned about actual Mods and he got a downpipe and shit, and blah blah 13.4@111 on race gas blah blah.

Now we fastforward a few years, and it seems like everyone in the town that was young and in to cars now owns or wants a DSM. Me being in the DSM community noticed this and was like "damn, these cars rock". Maybe it is the same with Honda's and other cars, but DSM's seem to really hold people's attention. Maybe it is the fact that they are turbocharged or that the mod's actually make a huge difference. It seems like 230-250whp is only about 500 dollars away and possibly cheaper if you buy used/get good deals. Now everyone I/me and Kevin hang out with seem's to have a DSM. I can honestly say I am one of the few people that doesn't have/had a DSM anymore. I just cant do it through college as I said earlier.

Has anyone else/town/city/area had a similar experience, where the "plague" just spreads and spreads until the world is full of DSM's? I mean shit, I went from liking neons to loving DSM's to loving anything that has capability of being fast. I am as much a domestic boy as I am an import boy, as I know just as much about V8 performance as DSM/Honda performance, and I would love an LS1, but DSM's are more practical, even if not as reliable at similar power levels. Maybe it is the fact that many people have never experienced an AWD launch and it just kind of grabs you when you get one finally, or the fact that a turbo spooling is just awesome. Who knows, not me, thats for sure.

Alright, enough with my "thinking". Anyone else had similar shit happen? Do you know who got you in to DSM's?

I'll start: Kevin wanted a turbocharged car and found one for cheap, so he bought it, now I am addicted but without, kind of like a crack head in jail.