6 Reasons Why Being A Modified Car Owner In The City Sucks

1. You Scrape. Everywhere.

Because your car’s modified, I’m willing to bet all of my worldly possessions that you’ve lowered the ride height quite considerably. You’ll therefore be familiar with the butt-clenching sound of your exhaust kissing the tarmac over the speed bumps and broken roads of any city. And at the back of your mind, you know that one day something expensive will get ripped off…just pray that it’s not your sump plug.

2. You're always worried about vandals

You’ve spent a lot of money on making your car unique, special and perfect for you. And while that’s cool to people like us, there are people in the world who won’t appreciate the effort you’ve gone to (otherwise known as sub-humans).

It’s these people who accidentally walk past your car with their keys in hand, or who brazenly damage your car because they’re simply jealous of your awesomeness.

3. Locked diff = life of awkward skipping

If you’re a drifter at heart, and if you’ve got limited funds, then you might have attacked your diff with a welder; that’s great for the track, but not so clever in the city where turning left or right (forget three-point turns) will see your rear wheels skipping awkwardly.

It’s not a pleasant experience…

4. Kerbs love to eat splitters

Your car’s low enough to scrape on a leaf, and you’ve added a nice splitter into the mix, because race car. Unfortunately, however, the city isn’t a race track, meaning that you’re 99.9 per cent likely to catch it on a kerb on an off day of driving.

5. Your four-point harnesses aren't city friendly

Not only are four-point harnesses cramp inducing to put on, they also make life in the city very difficult.

Want to lean forward to see if the coast is clear? Forget it. Want to turn around while you parallel park? Tough luck, buddy, not even God can help you now (unless you unbuckle, but then you’ll spend five minutes getting buckled up again).

6. Cops love you for all the wrong reasons!

City streets are usually crawling with cops. And while you might not be doing anything wrong, a slow day for the rozzers might make you more susceptible to being pulled over for a chat. You know the drill: “Have you declared these mods to your insurer?”…”Do you partake in any illegal street racing?”…”Gallo 12 or Gallo 24?” etc.

Granted, they might be friendly petrolheads themselves, but your already slow commute (because of speed bumps and potholes) just got a lot, lot longer…

What else about being a modified car owner in the city sucks?