I'm at peace with my childhood idols as well. I'll likely never own an RX7, NSX, etc. It was cool being around them growing up and seeing friends fix them up, but I'll likely never own one because of the stupid prices.
True story. All my friends had older brothers growing up and the older brothers were the ones who got us into street racing and the Jdm scene of the late 90's. We learned by helping them and them taking the time to teach us. Let's just say those were simpler times before social media and the...
I'm 38 years old and grew up building jdm cars in high school friend's garages before fast and the furious came out. H22, B16, B18, etc motors. Once the movie came out everyone wanted to swap out engines into their hatchbacks and civics ? You can Google it, Toyota stopped selling the MKIV...
Doug DeMuro said it in a recent video that the cars historically who are hated/misunderstood when they are released are the ones that years later become classics. Funny how I was thinking about your 86 comparison earlier today and realized the same thing. I don't get it.
I don't hate the MKIV. I'm 38 years old and grew up thinking it was my dream car. I hate what a popular movie named the fast and the furious did to the MKIV taking it to a hype level never seen before. I would have been ok with the MKV ranked #2. Donut couldn't or the outcry would have been insane.
Predictable from a mile away. MKIV was always going to be ranked #1. Their viewers are typical purists and fast and the furious fans. They would never give the MKV a chance. I couldn't tell. Was the MKIV manual while the MKV was automatic?
The stratosphere blue looks so good. I haven't seen one in person yet. I'm a weekend warrior detailer on all of our cars at home as well as having friends in the detailing business. If you only do PPF on the front hood front section of the car, and ceramic coat the rest of the car, here is a...