Free Reign: Should People Be Able To Modify Their Cars However They Want? #blogpost
While the car community can be inviting and friendly, it can also be rather polarizing. There are a lot of de facto rules as to what you can and can’t do when it comes to car modifying.
While the car community can be inviting and friendly, it can also be rather polarizing. There are a lot of de facto rules as to what you can and can’t do when it comes to car modifying. Engine swapping cars such as a Porsche 911 or a Mazda RX-7 is considered taboo and donk culture isn’t widely accepted. Should car enthusiasts have free reign as to how they modify their cars or should there be guidelines as to what you should and shouldn’t do? I’ll take both sides of the argument for free reign of car modifying…
Live And Let Live
It’s ironic that car enthusiasts want to break from regular social norms but then set up social norms in their own community. You rarely hear people smack talking about someone’s choice of spouse at a wedding, so why do fellow car enthusiasts hate on certain cars and car modifications? Some people should just mind their own business, who cares if someone put chrome rims and a body kit on a car? It’s their car, they should be able to do what they want with it, even if it means putting a Corvette V8 into an RX-7. Haters gonna hate.
Don’t Be Stupid
Sometimes, car modification might go a little too far. Big trucks lifted up into the stratosphere, cars that would bust open their oil pan going over a normal speed bump and car stereos that can be heard in multiple counties. Laws that ban exhaust sounds above a certain decibel rating aren’t too bad of an idea, same goes with speaker sound. If your only car is 1 inch off the ground and you live somewhere with snow and ice, you’re pretty much screwed if you want to drive it 12 months of the year. People don’t wear clown suits everyday, so why drive a ridiculously modified car on your daily commute?
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I absolutely agree with you.
Live and let liveee….. say, LIVE AND LET DIE guitar solo
Guitar solo goes on forever…
I’ve never seen any trash talking outside of the Internet. You could have the most riced out car in a sea of Corvettes, but nobody would even care. As long as you’re having a good time, it’s all good.
That’s because the people that would hate on someone’s build are usually not seen outside of the internet. It give those kind of closed minded people a voice to spew negativity and hatred without risking the logical consequences, Otherwise yeah in the real world car culture is a very positive and outgoing one.
Agreed I’m all for letting people do what they want, but there are some that go way to far
Yeah, I bet you see trucks with 24 inch lifts all the time lol
No
Why
If you like your modifications, why do you care what other people think? People are entitled to their own opinions, you cant force others not to say bad things about your creation.
The reason i care is because theyre taking a car that i may want, ruining it, and making it less lilely ill be able to have one.
It just comes down to respect for the car IMO.
Yeah, but it doesn’t mean people have to like it
Cars with clear chassis/suspension modifications should have to undergo a moose test and braking test. If it’s deemed that the car under-performs (doesn’t meet safety guidelines), it should either be declared offroad/show only or restricted to roads that do not exceed a certain speed. So you can still drive your stanced car around your neighborhood under 40mph, but not on the highway where you endanger anyone else. Also, a tipover test (non-destructive, as in tie down the wheels and tip the platform until one side detects no weight applied to the wheels) to determine if the center of gravity is below a predetermined safe height relative to track width (A wider car can have a higher center of gravity without suffering in terms of stability). Quality/performance parts can be pre-approved by government testing on the company to avoid hassle for reasonable modders. There should be no restriction on what you can DO, but there should be one on what you can drive on public roads.
Have a beer. Smart idea
That’s actually a very good idea!
agreed a roadworthy test is a good idea mostly for the high rider trucks. their headlights are too high most of the time. standard and low riders not so much. where i say no is the govt approved testing. your asking people who have no idea about cars or mods. then to ask them to say yes or no to something based on what they think is over the line. you will have them saying no to 1000hp cars that are street driven.
I love lifted trucks
same here, but I dislike when people lift diesel trucks 12 inches for a daily driver. I DO like lifted broncos though