• @avg@lemmy.zip
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    3521 days ago

    It’s not that the car is relatively affordable that has made him poor, it’s the mods. I’ve seen people spend multiple times the MSRP of a car in mods alone, which is a poor decision to do with this car because it’s entire purpose was to be an affordable sports car.

    • @vodka@feddit.org
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      1221 days ago

      Couldn’t be me.

      Totally not waiting for a ~4000eur parts delivery for this exact same model of car tomorrow.

        • @vodka@feddit.org
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          421 days ago

          Nah, I want it to stay completely legal (turbo conversions would either be illegal or cost tens of thousands to get TUV approved here) It’s just a bunch of NA mods, headers, new exhaust, flywheel, all that

          • @Lommy@lemmy.world
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            220 days ago

            That’s awesome! Ah, the TUV. Fortunantly we don’t have that here yet. I hope you recieved everything in good order today and wish you a lot of fun installing and driving!

            • @vodka@feddit.org
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              119 days ago

              They arrived in time, and fitted perfectly! Now to wait for Fensport to do some remote tuning :)

    • y0kai
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      421 days ago

      I managed to get mine on height adjustable coil-overs and aftermarket wheels without breaking the bank, but yeah, I’ve seen some folks that do pour money into engines and cosmetics. Fair point lol

    • While I’m sure there are people modding cars thinking they’ll get their money back most of us understand that it’s not a good financial decision

      I had about $3500 in parts waiting for me to take delivery of my Alltrack