jasonslyric00
Jan-13th-04, 8:27 pm
I've come to a realization as of late. :o
I will ONLY do so much to the CL, meaning I won't be gutting it for weight, turbocharging (unless I come into a nice chunk of money), or MAJORLY modifying it past a certain point, which I am near anyways.
:(
With the wedding and buying a house, I will not be chunking bits and pieces into the CL, only to be bogged down by an all-leather interior, power seats, and what comfort it all presents. I mean, the CL is NOT a race car, right??
:surp:
Just recently, my first motion to roll this way was when I decided to for-go the VAFC so that I could put some new tires on Gayle's Montero. The tires on it now are good tires, but they are so small and puny, that it looks wierd. I have realized that I am a person that will put money towards performance over looks any day of the week, but any car I own/drive has to pass a certain standard of appearance. Since we tend to be in the Montero more often, this will serve me well.
:thumbup:
Another reason is that, I don't seem to get any real races lately that warrant more power. By this, I mean the only times I'm really in my car and ready to race are on the way to/from work (which traffic ALMOST prevents anyway, and I can't seem to hit up with someone who WANTS to race, at all), when I take a small jaunt by myself out somewhere on a Sat/Sun afternoon, or to meet up with a friend, which, again presents a field of traffic that is not interested at all in a decent race, and of course, on Fri/Sat. nights, which I realize that Spring/Summer is coming up and these nights will be more affluent with racers than recently, but, it seems that most the cars that WANT to race me right now, I would be struggling with OR without the VAFC. Of course, there is the track, but, to tell you the truth, no matter what I do on the track, I'm only going to beat the shit out of my engine and that car has to last for a while. As much as I would LOVE to have a real reason to swap the eng. for an H22, I still need the cash as well.
In the end, it is not worth it, right now. When the two previously mentioned events in my life have passed by, and things calm down, I will do what I can to dump some more back into the car. But until then, I have to be careful. I feel myself getting pulled back to where I was in El Paso, TX. I was obsessed and could not purchase a mod without realizing that there were 2 more I needed to max it out, and for each of those, 2 more. I am at a point, in the CL, where I am comfortable with what it does in the instances I have to do it, and I have to accept that, at this time.
I'm just going to keep a clean car, that IS modded a bit, and can hold it's own for the most part. I'll always have the one-off thing happening (atleast for now).
:unsure:
I know you're thinking "Who really gives a shit??", but I had to get this off my chest.
:nwai:
I will ONLY do so much to the CL, meaning I won't be gutting it for weight, turbocharging (unless I come into a nice chunk of money), or MAJORLY modifying it past a certain point, which I am near anyways.
:(
With the wedding and buying a house, I will not be chunking bits and pieces into the CL, only to be bogged down by an all-leather interior, power seats, and what comfort it all presents. I mean, the CL is NOT a race car, right??
:surp:
Just recently, my first motion to roll this way was when I decided to for-go the VAFC so that I could put some new tires on Gayle's Montero. The tires on it now are good tires, but they are so small and puny, that it looks wierd. I have realized that I am a person that will put money towards performance over looks any day of the week, but any car I own/drive has to pass a certain standard of appearance. Since we tend to be in the Montero more often, this will serve me well.
:thumbup:
Another reason is that, I don't seem to get any real races lately that warrant more power. By this, I mean the only times I'm really in my car and ready to race are on the way to/from work (which traffic ALMOST prevents anyway, and I can't seem to hit up with someone who WANTS to race, at all), when I take a small jaunt by myself out somewhere on a Sat/Sun afternoon, or to meet up with a friend, which, again presents a field of traffic that is not interested at all in a decent race, and of course, on Fri/Sat. nights, which I realize that Spring/Summer is coming up and these nights will be more affluent with racers than recently, but, it seems that most the cars that WANT to race me right now, I would be struggling with OR without the VAFC. Of course, there is the track, but, to tell you the truth, no matter what I do on the track, I'm only going to beat the shit out of my engine and that car has to last for a while. As much as I would LOVE to have a real reason to swap the eng. for an H22, I still need the cash as well.
In the end, it is not worth it, right now. When the two previously mentioned events in my life have passed by, and things calm down, I will do what I can to dump some more back into the car. But until then, I have to be careful. I feel myself getting pulled back to where I was in El Paso, TX. I was obsessed and could not purchase a mod without realizing that there were 2 more I needed to max it out, and for each of those, 2 more. I am at a point, in the CL, where I am comfortable with what it does in the instances I have to do it, and I have to accept that, at this time.
I'm just going to keep a clean car, that IS modded a bit, and can hold it's own for the most part. I'll always have the one-off thing happening (atleast for now).
:unsure:
I know you're thinking "Who really gives a shit??", but I had to get this off my chest.
:nwai: