Anybody who condones the "it's your car do what you like" mentality is as much a douche nozzle as the perpetrators of the theft of yet another car to be appreciated in the future.
Where did i call you a douche nozzle?
He just subsumed himself under your legal Definition of a douche nozzle in the car nut field. Did it all by himself. ;)
Yes... and my feeling isn't hurt... Plum Crazy, Matte finish hood is a favorite color combo on a B or E body coupe for me... on a more open minded viewing of the car the interior isn't too bad and great color, buckskin? don't know my colors that well. This could be reversed into a nice cruiser. I love Daytona's and SB's so the wing tribute thing that I hate on this for sale model... still sucks.
If this kid showed up at a show and was enthusiastic and loved his car, I bet you would encourage him to keep loving it and if not to your taste, you wouldn't want to crush him and chase him from the hobby. You might even want to help mentor him as he matured into the hobby and recognized the beauty of the stock form of this car. It would be more about his attitude and love for his car.
The fact that he did all of this and wants a payday from it deeply affects my perspective of the car. While fixable, this fickle little bastard has decide to cash out with a profit. In his social circles he very likely thinks himself an automotive genius and the next reality show star waiting to be discovered. I liked listening to the OCC idiots yell at each other... mild form of the reality I worked with in many shops... but those guys couldn't fix a sandwich. I try to watch the new shows as I notice them... its hard and they usually don't keep a spot on my DVR for long. The car flipper shows suck and drive stupidity and prices. In what universe is Aaron Kaufman a "Master Mechanic"? As bad as that show became I continued to try to watch just to keep up with the dumbass ideas the younger people were influenced by... then he pulled out a white board and lab coat and gave a lesson on the insanity of a old ford and left hand lug bolts he couldn't figure out...This, several seasons into his show and several dozen left hand lug nut cars later... DVR cancelled that day. Love Foose's creative work... the one week build format didn't leave enough time for anything to fully cure... how many body and restoration guy's have had to explain the time process to customers because of that. How many camshafts did the GMG guys wipeout on air, and they don't build their own stuff. As far as I can tell these shows make more from TV than cars, watch GYC and tell me how anything gets done... clowns for the camera and on air F-ups to provide dramatic effect. I love the Mopar stuff and sometimes there is good information, but how many people now think they need to install their subframe with a fully built driveline on old B and E bodies, or that a 3 man team should accomplish 2-3 hours worth of flat rate in a day?
The tuner group was an interesting sub culture when it began... performance upgrades to economy fwd cars... then the FNF movie came out and killed it... all about looks or the "10 second rice rocket"... and poor kids trying to make a driver do this stuff. I liked a Civic that could take a corner and had a 10-20 HP bump... seemed like a fun car the way 50s 60s sports cars were. The latest trend I'm seeing is too small tires stretched onto wide wheels and cambered to the sidewall... good idea kid, what function could that have other than a tire that will self dismount at anytime? When I shop for a used late model that cold air kit automatically disqualifies the car for me. It might be ok, but chances are you did something stupid I don't want to fix. The more open filter element of oiled gauze type filters allows more fine dirt into the engine, so at very least life span has been affected. And how many kits replace a nice plastic, heat non-conductive induction system with chrome metal or grab air from a hot roadway or behind the radiator? Why doesn't that compute for so many people.
If you love your car, enjoy it and make it what you want. If you think there is a return on investment to be had... you're a flipper. If you do dumbass things to follow a trend and then try to flip... I hope you go broke.
Sorry for the passionate rant...
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