nab911 wrote:Alright ladies... time for me to jump in
Put them behind the wheel of a 350z and you will get what is sitting at z1 motorsports... and unidentifiable shell of a 350.
I couldn't have put it better. They can have their Corrollas and Civics and Scions. Because I wouldn't drive one if you paid me. A few years ago, I would have been happy to drive a Civic. Decent looks, great quality, good gas mileage. But now, you can't be seen in a Civic, or any Honda--almost and Japanese car at all--without being associated with the rice crowd. I'm getting sick and tired of people insulting my car simply because its Japanese. I haven't thrown any garbage onto it. It has not fart can. It has not cheap-*** body kit. My windows are not tinted, and I have no neon glued underneath. But still, people see it as another Japanese rice rocket. There was a time when people saw me driving a Maxima and said, "Hey, nice car. " or "Good taste, man...good taste." Now, it just draws the same irritated scowls that over-loudened civics do.But it's not a civic. It's a Nissan. It's a Maxima. The only similarity to the rice-crap its associated with is that it has a wheel at each corner and a steering wheel. So please, all those little bastards who drive a car their daddy bought them with custom parts that the local shop put on and runs a "10 second" quarter mile. I earned my car. I took care of it. And I'll be damned if I see it lose the respect it deserves at the hands of a bunch of tasteless kids.