- Tue Dec 17, 2024 6:27 pm
#290123
I've gone to a few cars and coffee in my area/Northern Vermont. Most of the cars are tuned shitboxes and it's a circle jerk amongst the owners. Some cool stuff shows up and they're largely overlooked.
Here's how a conversation goes:
Them: Yeah I've done all these performance mods.Do you like the "stance"?
Me: Does your car go any faster through turns with 10 degrees of negative camber?
Them: not really, It's kind of nervous too. I do go through tires often, thats why I cheap out on tires.
Me: Isn't that an "anti-performance" mod?
Them: Whatever bro.
No thanks.
There was a Jensen Interceptor at a C&C I went to in August, with a heavily modded Chrysler lump. Balanced/blueprinted, ported, polished, you name it. Very nicely remade interior with terrific leather. Paint was Aston Martin quality. It was super cool. I wound up talking to the owner, no one else did.
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Black as the pit from pole to pole,
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