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Old Feb 12, 2007 | 12:30 AM
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Most Important; Performance or Appearance

I just wanted to see who we have the most of on the Forum; People who are more concerned about performance or more about appearance.
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Old Feb 12, 2007 | 12:46 AM
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Its all about speed. You can make it look good, but a great looking slow car is still a slow car.
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Old Feb 12, 2007 | 12:49 AM
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75% performance 25% looks.
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Old Feb 12, 2007 | 12:52 AM
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Originally Posted by Matty
75% performance 25% looks.
I would say that is close, depending on the performance. If you are gonna look fast you better be able to be even faster IMO.
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Old Feb 12, 2007 | 12:58 AM
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I would say 50/50. I like a good looking car that matches it's performance.
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Old Feb 12, 2007 | 01:01 AM
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I go for performance way more than appearance. I'd say 70% performance, 30% appearance. I'm more of a sleeper builder than anything else.
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Old Feb 12, 2007 | 01:06 AM
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I geuss it all depends on what you think looks good.. I think we all want are cars to look a certain way.. I likde mine clean and simple.. I am thinking about stripes though and thats mikes fault
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Old Feb 12, 2007 | 01:10 AM
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I'm mostly a performance guy but I do like some show too.
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Old Feb 12, 2007 | 01:16 AM
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all go no show. give me a primered grey chevy with a 572/720R and im happy. but it doesnt hurt to look good. i choose performance over looks.
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Old Feb 12, 2007 | 01:18 AM
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i liek go, a lot, but when u ahve go i think u need some looks
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Old Feb 12, 2007 | 01:28 AM
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hey i bought a good looking car so i didnt have to worry bout that aspect! all performance baby!!
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Old Feb 12, 2007 | 01:31 AM
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performance inside stock outside
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Old Feb 12, 2007 | 01:31 AM
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I think this question is like "good looking or intelligent". Both are important, but you cant deny that the first thing to grab your attention is the looks, the rest keeps your attention.
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Old Feb 12, 2007 | 01:43 AM
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There needs to be a healthy mix. It's a 60-40 mix in favor of luxury (appearance included).

We all bought Cobalts over cheap-ass old POS cars because they look nice. Now if they had 2 hp, we would have laughed and said "**** that," but we balanced an economy car with some good looks and got what we wanted. My 2.2 ain't fast and won't be getting there too soon. I have a ways to go in buying rims that look good (steelies suck) and other basic improvements. Eventually, I'll think about how fast I really want to go. For me, all I have are good looks and a good sound system. That's enough for me to be pretty happy until tuning comes out.
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Old Feb 12, 2007 | 02:08 AM
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Originally Posted by NinjaHampster
performance inside stock outside
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Old Feb 12, 2007 | 02:11 AM
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x2
I knew you'd agree with that. If you could, you'd rock a SBC in your Aveo, and that would kick ass!
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Old Feb 12, 2007 | 06:41 AM
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Originally Posted by Matty
75% performance 25% looks.
this said it for me!
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Old Feb 12, 2007 | 06:55 AM
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until i start going to tracks performance isnt that important to me...i can get to the speed limit just fine w/o stg 2 or n2o or w/e


suspension is prolly the most important thing to me accually
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Old Feb 12, 2007 | 08:45 AM
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I have got to have it all! The SS/SC is my daily driver. It has a nice combination of performance, economy, low price and fun.
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Old Feb 12, 2007 | 08:46 AM
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95% performance, 5% appearance. Could care less what the car looks like, as long as it goes and handles on rails it's fine by me.
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Old Feb 12, 2007 | 08:48 AM
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im going with the 50/50 decision
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Old Feb 12, 2007 | 08:54 AM
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im more for performance than looks... like most of the other members that posted, and most of the other members on the site in general... I was thinking about a body kit or something along those lines, but I don't want to do that until I'm a lil faster...
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Old Feb 12, 2007 | 09:14 AM
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dont give a **** about looks until performance is finished.

id rather have a 12 sec beater then a hot 15 sec car that looks like a 12 sec
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Old Feb 12, 2007 | 09:26 AM
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i think looks are just as important as performance, cause you could have some piece of **** car that goes fast but it still looks like ****, personallty id be embarresed to be driving around in some of the cars that go fast that ive seen, i think it should look good and go fast :
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Old Feb 12, 2007 | 09:50 AM
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Originally Posted by omgshesaboy
i think looks are just as important as performance, cause you could have some piece of **** car that goes fast but it still looks like ****, personallty id be embarresed to be driving around in some of the cars that go fast that ive seen, i think it should look good and go fast :
x2 that about summed it up
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