"Be patient, I'm lowered"
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dtmpower said:
Why does the our society automatically think that tuning/modifying/making individual one's car makes the owner mental ?
Cause some people will always be set in their ways.Hate speed bumps with a passion, especially as I live on a road with them. You either have people up your arse practically pushing you over them or you have people who feel the need to do walking pace when they have a good 2 foot of ground clearance under them.
I inch over speed bumps - my car isn't lowered, but it does have a decent chunk of cash tied up in the exhaust - I don't really plan on clipping it on a speed bump - you can just sit and wait behind me, thanks. Call me selfish, but my car is worth more to me than you being 5 seconds earlier to your destination.
I stayed in a residential are of Glasgow, there was a road notorious for speeding so they introduced speed bumps. They were these huge things, the right idea but unless you had a 4x4 or large car you scraped the underside.
What really annoyed me was the huge Porsche Cayennes/ Range Rovers and X5's which were totally unaffected by them.
What really annoyed me was the huge Porsche Cayennes/ Range Rovers and X5's which were totally unaffected by them.
I lowered the crap out of my first car, dropped it 60mm plus added a bodykit (on 15inch wheels) so couldnt even get a toe between the bodywork and ground, was fun for few months but had to sell it when I got a new job on a road with ramps, which meant I had to stop at every ramp, everyday to lay down 2x2foot planks to get over with my bumper and valance intact. Was far too embarrasing to keep up so got something more respectable looking 
Always look at it though as an experience with a giggle.
Always look at it though as an experience with a giggle.
kambites said:
I tend to crawl over speed humps regardless of what car I'm in. More a question of mechanical sympathy than comfort or risk of grounding.
Depends on the vehicle, my suspension reacts far better to speed bumps on the high speed circuit of the dampers - in fact the body barely moves if you don't slow for them at all.Dave Hedgehog said:
yonex said:
Dave Hedgehog said:
all part of being dropped on the head as a baby and going to special needs school
Of course you never modified any car and always had peerless taste? 
It's only hurting their cars and I would rather have a generation of 'special needs' drivers who at least have a go at something and learn what does and doesn't work.
I've had a nice standard 911, a fisher fury racing car and a caged MX5. Currently driving a 1.7NA 205 diesel with massive furry dice. Massive. Out of the driver's line of sight in all situations of course.
PhillipM said:
Parsnip said:
but my car is worth more to me than you being 5 seconds earlier to your destination.
Bit selfish!, what if me bieng 5 seconds quicker home is more important to me than your car? 
You being home quicker probably is more important to you, unfortunately, you are also stuck behind the knob in the shouty orange car who is going slowly over the speed bumps
I see more and more of this recently. I dont mind cars that are a bit low. I think it makes a car look better, gives it a better stance but some of these VW "Enthusiasts" are a bit ridiculous.
They buy any VW, buy some cheap ebay coilovers, lower the car until its undriveable and then lower some more. Then plaster the car in stickers and drive around at no faster than 20mph as they might smash the sump off on a manhole cover.
They buy any VW, buy some cheap ebay coilovers, lower the car until its undriveable and then lower some more. Then plaster the car in stickers and drive around at no faster than 20mph as they might smash the sump off on a manhole cover.
Modifications that make your car worse are nothing new. Back in the '70s a local car club went on a recruitment drive by telling all the local boy racers (typically driving Mk1 cortinas jacked up at the rear for that drag racing look) that if they joined the club they would be told how to make their cars handle better. When they joined they were told to "take your car back to standard", presumably the STP stickers and 18 feet long whip ariels remained.....
read5458 said:
They slow people like me down from driving at the speed limit and obeying road rules.
What does that even mean? Are you really trying to say that the way to "obey road rules" is to drive exactly at the speed posted on the red-ringed lollypop? Or are you referring to that other road rule, the one I found at the bottom of my first provisional license if I recall correctly ("Tear along dotted line")?Mine is as it left the factory in height and I have to slow down.
Even when I had 'normal' cars I would go over them slowly because I don't like kicking the s
t out of my car.
I have held a few of the "Still do 30" mob up but just relax into the Karma that is the pay back for all the hours of my life that I have lost being stuck behind them and their ilk on the open road.
Even when I had 'normal' cars I would go over them slowly because I don't like kicking the s
t out of my car.I have held a few of the "Still do 30" mob up but just relax into the Karma that is the pay back for all the hours of my life that I have lost being stuck behind them and their ilk on the open road.
pistonpie said:
you do have to be a tt though to stretch your tyres etc...surely makes the car unsafe? to be honest you are a bit of a moron/chav if you do that type of rubbish - looks stupid too
The last car I had was an e36 on AC Schnitzer suspension. Probably lowered the car 40 or 50mm but still gave a nice ride. If you've ever looked underneath an e36 you will have seen the 2 big chassis rails that run along the transmission tunnel. These catch like a bt though to stretch your tyres etc...surely makes the car unsafe? to be honest you are a bit of a moron/chav if you do that type of rubbish - looks stupid tooh on stupid supermarket speed humps and the ones that you have to straddle so I used to slow down for them. Tyre stretching looks great when done properly. To say it's unsafe shows a lack of understanding IMO.
Not sure how any of this makes someone a moran/chav.
I'd suggest thinking that does make you a boring b
d though.Leptons said:
pistonpie said:
you do have to be a tt though to stretch your tyres etc...surely makes the car unsafe? to be honest you are a bit of a moron/chav if you do that type of rubbish - looks stupid too
The last car I had was an e36 on AC Schnitzer suspension. Probably lowered the car 40 or 50mm but still gave a nice ride. If you've ever looked underneath an e36 you will have seen the 2 big chassis rails that run along the transmission tunnel. These catch like a bt though to stretch your tyres etc...surely makes the car unsafe? to be honest you are a bit of a moron/chav if you do that type of rubbish - looks stupid tooh on stupid supermarket speed humps and the ones that you have to straddle so I used to slow down for them. Tyre stretching looks great when done properly. To say it's unsafe shows a lack of understanding IMO.
Not sure how any of this makes someone a moran/chav.
I'd suggest thinking that does make you a boring b
d though.ac schnitzer = chav
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