Negative views of tuning

[CSR]

When I was first looking for the perfect R32 to buy, I stumbled upon a few modified cars which at that point were a 100% no no as I had to buy a car that would not "upset" my father (even though it was my money, I still needed his "approval" in a way).
In the end I decided to sneak one past him and bought Big Yellow's R32 which was flashed and lowered and had an aftermarket exhaust. Dad eventually found out because I was bragging to colleagues about it and flipped out, talking about how irresponsible it is and how bad for the car it is (ignorance..).

Anyway, long story short, today I drove with him to drop his BMW into HP-F for a flash on his 530d (which is a tractor at the moment). Most ironic thing I can think of in my short 20 years of living so far..

Anyone else face problems with people giving you **** for modifying your car? I suppose this question would probably be targetted towards the younger guys who are under the thumb so to speak .

Looking forward to seeing the car tomorrow, flash offers good things for the diesel but I still don't think it will ever become a race car...Maybe i'll drop my car off for a dyno run after his is done .

[Blitzen]

Best thing to say to a person who has a problem with you modifying your car is '**** off, it's my money and I'll spend it how I want...' I don't care if it's my parents or some random, it's none of their business what I do with my hard earned...

[Jace]

My old man patronizes the **** out of me about everything, i just tell him to stfu these days.

Life's too short for ****s like that.

[mikinoz]

Sorry guys, if it's not OEM, your not welcome here.










































Oh sorry, wrong forum.

[zbeasty]

Just about every male in my family and wife's family are into cars so they don't cause any grief. The only person I know who has told me not to touch my R is a long time family friend who is also a mechanic. He builds some tough motors for customers and also builds sprint car motors for his son. His is currently building an Ultima GTR race car with a supercharged 7.0 LSX Chev which dynoed at 1100hp at the crank. When I turned up at his workshop the day I picked up the R his first words were please leave it standard. I said of course then proceeded to tell his son what plans I had for the car.

[Water Boy]

The more I modify my car the more my Dad loves me...

[h100vw]

Yeah Woody! How about you tell him he spends too much time on cars and you want to go for a walk on the beach for some "Dad time" LOL

Gavin

[hazrd]

Best thing to say to a person who has a problem with you modifying your car is '**** off, it's my money and I'll spend it how I want...' I don't care if it's my parents or some random, it's none of their business what I do with my hard earned...

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I get rubbish comments from all angles. Couldn't care less what they think!!!

[kaanage]

Anyone else face problems with people giving you **** for modifying your car?

The guys who serviced my 1st car (old Fiat) used to always tell me I was wasting my time and money modding my car. That didn't stop them from accumulating as many Lancia Integrales as they could get their hands on.

[Ben_GTI]

The only people I've found who dont appreciate chirping third are the gf's..... lol.


Come to think about it, they dont like power-off oversteering as a method of negotiating a corner either...