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Originally posted by Mustangbelle306
I, too, want to confirm that we are talking about RICE...did we even once mention imports that are truly FAST? No.

That was my point... they were stereotyping all imports to be ricers... never mentioned the truly fast ones that AREN'T glittery and all stickered up.

I really love my Honda...but I would never mod it. Most people like to modify a car to make it faster correct? Then why start with a dog like my Civic??? A Supra or a Rx7...totally understandable. A Sentra? Sure, you can make ANYTHING fast...but at what cost? I've seen the amount of money that people invest to make something like a Neon run faster...to HANG with a fox body GT or a Camaro that would have cost THOUSANDS less...I guess that's what I don't understand...WHY purposely start with a lesser base? Yeah, lemme buy a Kawasaki ZX6e and try to make it as fast as a ZX6r....riiiiiiiight.

I had a V6 Mustang and I toyed with it, but I NEVER tried to make it fast..that's plain retarded. I just waited until I got a faster car. I guess part of modding a econo car is to be "different"...lemme tell yah its pretty hard to be different with a PRODUCTION CAR. I figure for the money you spend on that 4 cyl to make it run 13-14s, you could have made your V8 run 13s-12s, AND redo the interior

I'll always think little Civics hauling *** are cute as heck, but a big waste of money for the end result...BUT...to each their own

Here I COMPLETELY AGREE with you. If someone intention is to build a fast car, why not start with a fast car that is meant to be built up that way. Hence, there are a lot of imports to respect just as much as Mustangs, Camaros and Firebirds.

However, one thing to keep in mind is that if someone was in the market for a car with $x, they could either spend $x on a non-sporty import and $y on mods to make that import fast. This $x+y amount could get quite high. I am sure that they have the sense to realize that they would have been able to take that initial $x and buy a foxbody Mustang, and mod it up to a 12 sec car and probably still have money left over from $x. But why didn't they do that? The answer is because they also want quality. I'm sure that majority of you guys who mod a real race Mustang, also drive a second car as a daily driver, like a Ford minivan or something. But first and foremost I think the reason is quality, luxury and reliability.

I am confident (many people would disagree with me here) that the newer versions of domestic cars will probabably last as long as any import and be just as trouble free. But to date, no domestic has shown those traits yet, so imports will still be up ahead as far as having all the qualities of reliability and power potential... maybe not as powerful as a bare bones Mustang + $5000 in mods, but they feel that a little more money spent in mods, is worth the extra quality that they get overall.