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Originally Posted by Bagged370z Why don't these treads usually go well? It's usually because we find it offensive to take a capable sports car and reduce it to a stanced

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Old 08-07-2015, 04:22 PM   #11 (permalink)
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Why don't these treads usually go well?
It's usually because we find it offensive to take a capable sports car and reduce it to a stanced out garage queen.

My personal feelings are very mixed on the subject. I understand the offense, however, I also understand that it's not my car and I don't get to tell people what to do with it. On the other hand, I never understood the appeal of the whole herra-frush movement. I don't know what makes it cool or what makes it look good. Is it just to be as close to Marty McFly as possible? Are we going back to the future? Perhaps an amphibious vehicle a la James Bond? It's not even that the wheels are matched to fit the wheel wells and seal up gaps. It seems to have gotten beyond that point. The requisite now is to simply have the chassis on the ground and shove the wheels in one way or another. I'm glad you chose a responsible method by going with bags. Most people chop springs or worse.

The funny thing is that the only other place where I see a chassis on the ground and the wheels at those angles are junk yards, and that's where I think these cars belong... And given how often these cars are destroying themselves going over bumps. It won't be long before they're in a junkyard anyway.

An analogy that I just thought of is that you took a capable sprinter (not world class, mind you) and you broke his legs and stuck him in a wheel chair. Now he's lower to the ground, slower than before, and getting over minor bumps and ramps are a pain. Your car is a paraplegic and airbags aren't going to make him as good as he was before.
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