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?
Comments
Sorry but democracy wins
You can’t force people to stop ricing (I don’t condone it) Unless people stop buying these ridiculous mods, companies will continue to sell them
Or if a country bans a mods, but that won’t happen unless the mod poses a safety threat to the rest of society
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People modifying their cars in “ any way they want” can be compared perfectly with music, sure you CAN listen to what you want, just if it’s part of the douchebag anthem, keep it the hell away from my ears. For example, no one of any demographic will be repulsed by something like an all black Chrysler 300 srt8, even if they don’t like it, however that gold plated cocaine carrier camaro that is at the top or a civic with patina and flames on top with a fart can will make everybody want to make a u turn
You can do it however you want to, but peoples opinions and the social norms will change that. It’s the reason why people don’t do crazy stuff in public even though it’s a law, or why I don’t wear my MLP shirts in public nearly as much as used to.
You can modify your car how you want, just ignore what other people think.
People deserve the right to modify their car how they like, but also deserve the right to critizise those modifications. It’s free speech.
You can do modifications
Just dont trash talk.
People should have the right to change anything within boundaries of the law.
I don’t have a place to comment about modifications that other people do to their own vehicles that I simply do not like; However, I will always be against modifications that make road going vehicles less safe for those around them. If you want to take your airbags out for “weight reduction”, that’s your own problem. You won’t affect people outside of your own vehicle with that decision. If you want to do a modification that lessens your ability to safely maneuver it should not be allowed.
Yea lowering does bring A LOT of functionality liabilities beyond a certain point, and it especially depends on your location. But that’s were bags come in.