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tireburner163,

You're right, of course. In my post about the 383, my main miff was with the builder, not the owner.

Like you, it chaps me a bit when the little rich kid gets the car from his mommy or daddy only to trash it out and not take care of it. Don't get me wrong. My parents helped me out on my vehicles. Mostly because I didn't have sufficient dough at the time. However, I paid them back. I worked, and I took money from every paycheck and gave it to them. I can say that my Mustang is mine. My parents loaned me some extra cash to get it, but it's all been paid back. If there is no work involved in your vehicle, it's much easier to take it for granted. I've put blood sweat and tears into my Mustang, and therefore I take care of it.

Heck, I don't mind people who have money owning nice cars. I wish I was rich. I would have one damned fast Mustang. And if you've got the money, I think it's fine to have a professional do the job right. I just don't take it well when they try to lord it over me and look down there nose at what I've worked hard to accomplish. To each his own. If you want to put stickers all over your car or add a huge wing, go for it. But if you tell me it's fast, it had better be. If you want to send your car to someone to do all of the work, go for it. But if you tell me that it's going to wipe me in the dust simply because you've put $20,000 into it, I hope you know what you're talking about. Money doesn't make speed. Know how makes speed. And if you've got a boosted juiced 383, I don't care how much money you've got into it, it won't got anywhere without tires.

If I race, and I lose, props go to the guy who beat me. I could make all sorts of excuses, but I don't. It comes down to he won, I lost. So it kinda chaps me when a guy loses a race and starts making excuses. Sure the engine may be freight train strong, but it's nothing without the rest of the car to go with it.

--nathan