For those of you with heavily modified cars, would you do it again if given the chance to start over?
Posted by downinCarolina@reddit | Autos | View on Reddit | 6 comments
I'm in a good situation where I have my own garage, some spare change, and an itch to buy and modify a car to my own liking. But, with expenses, insurance, reliability, etc etc, if you could go back and say yes or no, would you still build that car?
VenomizerX@reddit
This is why you should only modify a vehicle you won't drive daily. The hobby of getting all these shiny new parts, testing them out and planning for the next stage of the project is a lot of fun, albeit quite expensive. But more than likely, the vehicle would spend more time in a garage getting modifications done, without much benefit, if at all, in terms of city driving anyways. So, no I'd still keep my modifications as most of my mod choices have been strategic from the get-go anyways and actually serve some purpose other than "looks or sounds cool."
CommandersLog@reddit
Do you have a separate, reliable daily? Then sure.
boondoggie42@reddit
This. I'll never daily my project car again. Upgrades and repairs are much more fun when you can just put the tools down and close the garage when you get tired/frustrated. Scrambling to get your car back together on Sunday because you need it to get to work in the morning sucks.
Seymour_Tamzarian@reddit
It’s definitely car dependent.
My STi is fully built, easier to list what is oem than mods and will I enjoy it, it’s not worth money that was invested and wished I stopped at stage 2 looking back.
I have a E36 M3 that I added exhaust and supercharged and suspension and I absolutely love it, transformed the car into something better that I do not regret.
Same with my C5 Z06, I did bolt-ons, tune and suspension and I can’t drive a stock C5 anymore…. I bought a stock low mileage garage queen C5Z to go with it and was too underwhelming so I sold it.
2point8@reddit
I think that beyond a certain point the fun goes away, and you introduce too many compromises. I had a heavily modified Subaru at one point and by the time I got to full intake + exhaust + suspension + tune + seats + harness bar + a bunch of stuff it just became annoying to drive, and it wasn't even my daily. Next moddable car was a Golf R and I told myself only thing I could do was a tune as I got to the end of the warranty and wheels/tires. That seemed like a better formula because the day I got the tune the car felt new/fresh all over again, but when I didn't have my foot down it was the same car, no compromises.
Large_Letterhead_130@reddit
As opposed to keeping it stock, 100% yes, but no in terms that I’d do it right the first time lmao