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. 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?