Owning a Performance Car

The term performance car is not as literal as it sounds, and it can mean many
things. While you might be tempted to scoff at the little economy car with
pretensions of being a performance car, innovations in the performance
aftermarket industry allow this benign platform to match conventional per-
formance cars. Even the owner of a Ferrari F40, a benchmark if ever there
was one, may have modified it for even better performance than a stock F40.

But there’s no free lunch. Performance often goes hand-in-hand with compro-
mise. This can mean the expense and time needed to purchase and install the
shiny new go-fast part, or the compromise can be that improving one aspect
of a car’s performance means that another aspect has to suffer. For example,
the suspension part that allows the car to corner faster and more confidently
may also make the ride rougher. Likewise, an exhaust system that looks and
sounds great on a car, and maybe even adds some power, might become
obnoxious on longer trips or draw the unwanted attention of local police.

Owning a performance car may mean different things to different types of
drivers. This part of the book explores what it is that drivers are really after
when they choose to modify their cars, how they set realistic expectations,
and how to know whether they will be happy with the finished modification.

We will talk about modification on next session.Stay tune dude :)






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