Just make sure what I'm saying ... there is a difference between a mechanic, a ricer, a hobbyist, and an actual import enthusiast.

Don't get all bent outta shape if you think you're being called a ricer even though you can rip apart a B18 and put it back together. If so, I'd consider you a great mechanic. But a mechanic does not have to be an import enthusiast.

I'm good friends with Dwight at Auto Solution. He's 35 or so and I consider him to be a master import mechanic, but does he know that Takata only makes kelly green harnesses, heck no. Could he run circles around me when talking engine blueprinting, heck ya. I'm not a master mechanic, just like anyone that can tune their fuel management system isn't necesarily a ricer because they don't about the JGTC circuit.