I wouldn't buy a used car with a rear spoiler

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I wouldn't buy a used car with a rear spoiler

Post by pete » Sun Dec 17, 2023 1:53 am

...especially an after-market spoiler. Young dudes run the dog chit out of them.

Unless maybe one of these:
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Re: I wouldn't buy a used car with a rear spoiler

Post by Shred » Sun Dec 17, 2023 4:10 am

Some cars do look a hell of a lot better without rear spoilers.
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And there are cars that do look good with rear spoilers.

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Re: I wouldn't buy a used car with a rear spoiler

Post by pete » Sun Dec 17, 2023 6:39 am

These punk kids over here in the states buy these little Hondas, etc and outfit them with spoilers. Then they run hell out of them
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Re: I wouldn't buy a used car with a rear spoiler

Post by Shred » Sun Dec 17, 2023 8:25 am

Same kind of thing happens here.

Take a look at www.barryboys.co.uk there's all manner of crap car mods to be laughed at.

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Ok, this one doesn't have a spoiler, but it's spoiled enough.

Originally that would have looked like this:
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Honestly, why mod it and make it look crap?
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Re: I wouldn't buy a used car with a rear spoiler

Post by pete » Sun Dec 17, 2023 8:29 am

Yup I like cars to stay as stock as possible. If somebody wants to mod, let them knock themselves out. I'll keep mine stock, thanks
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Re: I wouldn't buy a used car with a rear spoiler

Post by Shred » Sun Dec 17, 2023 8:46 am

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There's modders and there's people who should be sectioned (detained under mental health legislation) for their own good.
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Re: I wouldn't buy a used car with a rear spoiler

Post by pete » Sun Dec 17, 2023 10:27 am

This one has to be the most idiotic in recent years: The Carolina Squat. South Carolina and possibly other states have banned ir
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Re: I wouldn't buy a used car with a rear spoiler

Post by Shred » Sun Dec 17, 2023 10:28 am

That is a moronic mod, you're right.
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