Around here nearly everything you posted would be considered "ghetto" and/ or "rice." Personally for me, Performance over Appearance. And when I do finally get to appearance, its going to be what
I like. I may ask people opinions as far as experience w/ certain brands or products, but thats it.
This went from personal taste to comparing apples and oranges, you can't compare an accord to a bmw(on the luxury side) or a Corvette (on the HP side), you have to compare them to cars in their catagory. I'd much rather lose to a BMW or a 'vette than to another accord, yet at the same time, i would much rather have my car look more like a luxury car than a F1 car. Its your money do what you want, not what everyone else is doing...in your posts more than a few times you were thinking about doing things because "that seems to be in now?"
BTW....American cars suck...you may pay more for a import than a domestic, but at least you know it will start every morning and not have to blow all your money on gas because you have to fill up so often. :fawk: BTW....anyone know the Acronym for P.O.N.T.I.A.C? I seem to have forgot

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