Mark Mason

Any of you bikers do this? If so, why?

First off…if you love or own one of these things, relax. Know I hate it…but respect your right to love it. Hey, “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.”, right? No worries, then. Lets get to some reasons why I feel this way. Does this even matter? WARNING: Severely Sleep Deprived Dude writing this now. Also he is only using Google to acquire images. No knowledge surfing. Meh. See how it goes. All from memory. Off the dome. It’s gonna jump around a lot. En…joy?

Inspired by TheCarGuy’s question “What would be your perfect gangster car?” Well…who are you in the family? Loan Shark? Goon transport? Hitman? Getaway driver? Boss’ Chauffeur? These are important questions. Each job has the perfect vehicle for the job. Have any other examples? Drop em below! By the way…this will be kind of a long list….but you dont wanna find out what happens to those who dont stick around to the end… Still here? Good! Glad we have an understanding. To the list.

Some of these are generalized for all cars. But the majority of this list are specific to the Passat B6 Wagon. Hey you have a VW? Better lower it! Lowering my car…might happen. Especially for this cheap. Purely for looks. Not leaf scrape low. Just right. This. Lowering gives the car that look. Gets rid of the gap. That phrase rings true to life, for me. Lose the gap. In thighs and wheel wells.

Alright. I know the regular Accord Coupe from this gen has FWD…but the Crosstour has AWD. So…the body of the 2010 Coupe Put on to this chassis Given that now it has AWD, it can take more power. Do everything necessary to give it around 450hp. Maybe 400. On a Supercharger. Maybe 2. Why not? This is fake anyway. Plus…I am only making these because my 360 is broke. And so am I. So I have to live vicariously through thoughts on paper and blog posts on the internet. So. Back to the build.

I don’t really understand the hate…whenever I mention the 4cyl in conversation with guys at work, they simply brush it off as “not a real Mustang”…..really? That’s funny because….it sure does have the name of a “real” Mustang. It looks the same as a “real” Mustang(aside from a couple body tweaks). It also has half the cylinders but can be built to be faster than a 5.0. “DUH YOU IDIOT! ANYTHING CAN BE MODIFIED TO BE FASTER! KILL YOURSELF!!!” Beat yall to that bullsh!t. But really? Is it any less “Mustangy”?

What can I say? I love obscure, rare and most of all undesirable cars. Because I’m just that way. I have loved these ever since I saw one in person a while ago. I thought it was an 80s Prelude at first. Then I saw the badges. My fanboy nerve snapped…I’ve wanted one ever since. The one above is ROUGH. But it runs, drives, has a very 80s interior, and a badass NA Boxer 4 by the looks of it.

Trucks are awesome. Whether it’s a 4wd mud eater or a rwd tire destroyer, trucks of a certain type have always been on my radar. Not as much as cars in a sense…but I cant help but love some good wholesome American badass trucks. Even more can be said about the Toyota lineup, but specifically the 22r/22re powered Hilux/Tacoma.