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Originally Posted by Synner
Not directed at anyone but this is my opinion:
Its just as bad to think your self worth or your car is measurable by a time slip as it is on a dyno. Life isn't measured in 1/4 mile increments or while strapped to a barrel. Or the number of mods in your signature is a competition or bragging rights. Or the mount of money you did or didn't sink into a car.
I build my car for me and my own personal enjoyment and use. I could care less what other people think of how it looks or how fast it is. The only measurement that matters to me is how big of a smile I have when I drive it. The rest is just someone elses insecurities or inferiority complex and their attempt to project it on me or my posessions. I don't have any friends that think life/possessions are a competition; they're not my kind of people.
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I have to agree.....To each their own.
If I thought my self worth, or my financial worth was soley judged on a my car, I damn sure wouldn't be driving a crapped out 4Runner as my daily driver. I mod my car the way I want it sound, drive, and look. I have several mods and have had my car on the dyno several times. Never bothered to register the exact HP numbers. Besides, when someone asks I sell it short and say about 450
. Maybe from now on I will add to my approximate number and people will think of me as more manly, or a better provider. I will admit, the adrenaline rush I get when I do race my car far exceeds the one I get watching it spin a couple rollers.