Import tuner "fad" will die out?
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Originally posted by SC400-V8
I would have to agree. There are many times Ive driven all the way from school to home (66 miles) and there was only one, flat straightaway where it was safe to actually hit 100, which I could only achieve for roughly 10 seconds until slowing down again. Sometimes this road is too congested to even do that anymore.
I would have to agree. There are many times Ive driven all the way from school to home (66 miles) and there was only one, flat straightaway where it was safe to actually hit 100, which I could only achieve for roughly 10 seconds until slowing down again. Sometimes this road is too congested to even do that anymore.
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SC400-V8 hit the #1 reason why the import tuning fad may NOT die out, but why, in general, speeding WILL.
Congestion.
In more and more areas it is just becoming physically impossible most of the time ( besides being unsafe ) to do triple-digit speeds. And you certainly can't do stop-light drags when you have stoplights and 4-way stop signs every block. And, last, speeding tickets are going to become prohibitively expensive....along with more and more places outlawing radar detectors. My home state of VA outlaws them now....with NO warnings.
Congestion.
In more and more areas it is just becoming physically impossible most of the time ( besides being unsafe ) to do triple-digit speeds. And you certainly can't do stop-light drags when you have stoplights and 4-way stop signs every block. And, last, speeding tickets are going to become prohibitively expensive....along with more and more places outlawing radar detectors. My home state of VA outlaws them now....with NO warnings.
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i think the new fad in a decade or so are kit cars. the import trend right now is basically trying to make production cars look and feel more like race cars with the carbon fiber wings, lightweight rims, stiffer suspension, etc. hell, why not go for a real race car... that's also street legal! i'd have a corolla for a beater and one of these...
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