Re: So why is it?
Posted: Thu Jan 02, 2014 12:27 pm
That's when you challenge them to an Initial D-esque race to defend your honour. 

Welcome to the f**king old FTO Australia forums!!
https://www.ftoaustralia.com/v3/
That goes on in this very forum as well. Dare to profess a fondness for anything other than stock and you have no taste. Or the minute someone new asks about bodykits or rims, they get steered towards the same thing everyone else has. Can't like Veilside, can't like chrome rims, have to like facelift, has to be stock, have to like spoked rims, etc.bjk wrote:Preconceived ideas, group-think, etc.
Thats trueThat goes on in this very forum as well. Dare to profess a fondness for anything other than stock and you have no taste. Or the minute someone new asks about bodykits or rims, they get steered towards the same thing everyone else has. Can't like Veilside, can't like chrome rims, have to like facelift, has to be stock, have to like spoked rims, etc.
For some reason, the majority of car enthusiasts - especially in this forum - seem to want their cars to look the same as everyone else's. I don't get that line of thinking.
Up on bricks..silverGPX wrote:Everyone just wants their cars to look like mine![]()
rock_it wrote:Up on bricks..silverGPX wrote:Everyone just wants their cars to look like mine![]()
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thats the stupidest thing I have ever rear in my whole lifeDaniel2019 wrote:Well, thats the same reason I will never own a Big Ugly Soap Box Racer..
Love them. Absolutely awesome cars in their own right... but I don't want to be associated with the community behind them.
Why? Majority of people that own them are just douche bags and they're everywhere. I like FTOs because they're a bit different and not all that common.Sahin wrote:thats the stupidest thing I have ever rear in my whole lifeDaniel2019 wrote:Well, thats the same reason I will never own a Big Ugly Soap Box Racer..
Love them. Absolutely awesome cars in their own right... but I don't want to be associated with the community behind them.
Why do you care what anyone else thinks?Daniel2019 wrote:Well, thats the same reason I will never own a Big Ugly Soap Box Racer..
Love them. Absolutely awesome cars in their own right... but I don't want to be associated with the community behind them.
Sahin wrote:Sirions are sick! Lol
It isn't necessarily other people's opinions, it's more the fact that I dont like the community behind them.95Xena wrote:Why do you care what anyone else thinks?Daniel2019 wrote:Well, thats the same reason I will never own a Big Ugly Soap Box Racer..
Love them. Absolutely awesome cars in their own right... but I don't want to be associated with the community behind them.
I would never let anyone else's opinion stop me from having/doing what I love. If I did I sure wouldn't be covered in tattoo's & piercings, and driving an FTO in my 40's![]()
And Dwayne, I wasn't aiming that at anyone in particular
I certainly respect the need to have different opinions (I have plenty of them lol), I just don't respect the need to tell people, consistently, their taste is wrong if they don't like what the 'majority' like.
I think you'll find that most of that community has died out now. I recently purchased an R34 GT-T and have been to a few meets, the community seems fairly similar to the FTO group. The true enthusiasts are usually friendly, so that shouldn't put you off.Daniel2019 wrote:Well, thats the same reason I will never own a Big Ugly Soap Box Racer..
Love them. Absolutely awesome cars in their own right... but I don't want to be associated with the community behind them.