those guys are morons a civic vs a mercedes what a joke. thats like comparing a Intel Pentium 4 HT VS a 486 computer, I hate jap cars, every guy that drives a dam rice rocket think his car is so cool. even those guys that drive the STi and EVO VIII.

 

Dragon this might be a stupid Question what does JDM mean?

 

JDM does it mean Japanese Domestic Manufacturer ?

 

very close ... it means Japanese Domestic Market. And, probably the only reason I know is because I had a JDM-spec 92 civic hatch as a teenager - yesr, I was one of those silly teenagers running mid 14's thinking my car was the fastest thing out there... lol

 

Well they do handle better than our cars and can be made to run faster as well.

You will get the same reaction from guys that drive competitive German cars. Do I need to name one of AMG's biggest?

 

hehehehe

 

thanks. i think it's very possible. i think the only others worldwide that might be faster street-legal W203's might be Kleemann's full S8 demo cars and that Arabic F1 driver's twin-turbo C32. i mean there could always be someone guy who never discloses his car on the internet and has a crazy 800rwhp C, but due to the demographics of C-class drivers i think it's safe to assume that it's probably not gonna happen. it must feel good to know you have one of (probably) the 5(?) fastest street c-classes in the world.

and jdm, guys, i think some cars can be great. just because they're japanese doesn't mean they're inferior. some of the fastest and best performing cars are japanese. that said, most of them don't get it done in street trim, but nonetheless, the greats do exist. i think it's sad that there's a perversion of the concept of japanese cars, due to the whole "culture," "import scene," and the whole market in general can be untasteful, not to mention it's extremely extremely rare to find a tasteful (a relative term?) and well-done japanese car, when some are truly great. i think this is because a lot of them are entry-levels, inexpensive access economy cars, which are ruined when someone tries to make something it's not, and going the cheap way. it's desperate and sad. but not all of them. it's all personal taste and prefernece and to each his own - but still, though, i think most would agree that a lot of times some japanese cars can be summarized in one phrase: "WTF"

oh sometimes i will defnitely agree. but i've DEFINITELY met my fair share of people who drive euro entry levels like an e46 or w203 or b5/b6 a4 and think they're the ****. you can just tell by the way some people slouch in their seat, acting all tough behind the wheel thinking they're awesome just cause they drive a mercedes/bmw/audi and act like they're young and all this baller and all that. and lots of those people are haters on other cars too. i think in any type of car brand, you'll come across some damn c o c k y people who are a disgrace to their respective community.

 

I did not make my comment to say a Honda Civic is better or faster than a Mercedes. The original thread is about whether modding a C55 is a waste of money. I made the comment because in theory you have already wasted money by buying a C55 or any other expensive car. It's only transportation and an econobox will do the same job - it just won't put that smile on your face when you drive it.

Did those guys that bought that $90k 7 series BMW 8 years ago waste money considering they sell for less than $10k today?

I say mod the crap out of it Anyway you look at it, your gonna lose a **** load of money in the long run by buying these types of cars.