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Old 02-03-2015, 06:37 PM   #422
MikeM7
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Originally Posted by Celadrielas View Post
What if he loved the look of that hella stanced ride but the best he could afford was the old-fashion "Cut the rung of springs" for lowering, he really wanted the $500 5AD spoiler but had $80 between feeding his kids, or wanted to splurg on that sick underglow he just saw in import tuner but the best he could muster was autozone's vomit comet?
If someone's that hard on their luck, maybe they shouldn't be spending their money on car mods at all? Should I respect plastic clip-on Walmart rims because some people are poor? I don't get it.

I'd rather have nothing at all than something that fails miserably at being what I want it to be.

As for function over form.. I don't think anyone is hating on professional drivers that mod to make a living, or even a causal track hobbyist. There's a reason behind that ugly. Ugly for performance is fine, what we have trouble grasping is destroying function for ridiculous aesthetics that only a tiny community will appreciate and the rest will mock. What's even more difficult is when it's their only car and it can barely get them from A to B.
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