Originally Posted by blackout

first off... consider the fucking source. i don't understand why it's come 3 pages and no one has brought up the fact that the person who sparked this thread drives a fucking z06 vette. if you want to start talking about why everyone can't afford the icon of domestic performance vehicles, then i'm sure it's going to go a lot deeper than your average 'import vs. domestic' thread. fucking ridiculous. there is no other excuse for bringing up something like this unless you feel threatened or somehow attempting to justify your lavish expense by attempting to reinforce a well-known fact that a stock civic was not engineered to outperform a z06 vette/viper/ford gt, as this guy put it. again, WHAT a fucking assclown.

second, the popularity of imports can be attributed to their affordablity and availability. it seems like most of you forget that the majority of people on this site do in fact know a thing or two about performance and those that don't that have any aspirations of remaining on this board for more than a couple days are making an honest effort to learn. talk to people. random people on the street don't have a fucking clue what's going on with cars. i had a guy come up to me at a meet and ask me if my car was turbo. i looked at him like the God damn fool that he was and said yes. he acted like he didn't believe me, because he 'couldn't see the turbo' in the engine bay. i pointed at the intercooler and blow-off valve and said '9 times out of 10 if a car has one of these, or these, it's most likely turbo'. the fucker still acted like he didn't believe me, and walked off shaking his head.

THESE are the types of people ricing the fuck out of shit. but guess what? these type of people are no more than common annoyances and occasional entertainment. they are simply falling victim to the trendiness of a fad. this has been an indisputable truth since june 2001, when the fast and the furious was released in theaters nationwide.

now since your question has been answered, continue seeking the attention and self-satisfaction your overpriced piece of machinery is not giving you, and leave the rest of us to do with our cars as we will.