Ricer Friends

[Mach 1]

Originally posted by speedemn


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.

I agree with you, but I feel that dumping a lot of money into a high performance car is not a wise investment, and you will never get your money back out of it. So, this is why I choose to mod a car like the mustang, because they are cheap and easy.(and also im a ford man)
However, if you have deep pocket books, theres nothing wrong with modding a nice jap car if you do it right,

A guy I work with has a 300zx and he must have $30,000 in mods in the car. the car is sweet and very fast, however I think he took a secong mortgage on his house to do it. Not the best money management ....