When Stancing Goes Wrong

[wRek]

Wrong, EVERYTHING is a laughing matter.

Oh wait. Sometimes I forget that Internet is not srs bsns.

[crabpot]

[Justinsane]

[Capt. Obvious]

Wrong, EVERYTHING is a laughing matter.

Not being able to laugh is no laughing matter.

[wRek]

Not being able to laugh is no laughing matter.

They can sign laugh. They just can't lulz.

[jakewolf]

Can you give me one functional benefit to stancing?

It looks good, that is the function of stanced cars. People need to start saying practical instead of function, because most of the time that is what they mean. There is nothing practical about having a street able race car. I do enjoy listening to my friends and other people at car meets go on and on about performance and handling and then the next week they complain about the speeding, street racing etc. tickets that they have gotten.

This all being said, I think stanced cars, daily driven/street able race cars and REAL race cars are all awesome. TO EACH THEIR OWN!

[Sticky Tape]

It looks good, that is the function of stanced cars. People need to start saying practical instead of function, because most of the time that is what they mean. There is nothing practical about having a street able race car. I do enjoy listening to my friends and other people at car meets go on and on about performance and handling and then the next week they complain about the speeding, street racing etc. tickets that they have gotten.

This all being said, I think stanced cars, daily driven/street able race cars and REAL race cars are all awesome. TO EACH THEIR OWN!

No. To everything you just typed.

[wRek]

It looks good, that is the function of stanced cars. People need to start saying practical instead of function, because most of the time that is what they mean. There is nothing practical about having a street able race car. I do enjoy listening to my friends and other people at car meets go on and on about performance and handling and then the next week they complain about the speeding, street racing etc. tickets that they have gotten.

This all being said, I think stanced cars, daily driven/street able race cars and REAL race cars are all awesome. TO EACH THEIR OWN!

Uhhhh...

Function;

1.*the kind of action or activity proper to a person, thing, or institution; the purpose for which something is designed or exists; role.
2.*a factor related to or dependent upon other factors: Price is a function of supply and demand.

Technically drive ability would be a function of a car. Stance, if it makes a car less drive able, is not. There should be a balance, otherwise you've defeated the function of a car.

[piratesayargg2]

Originally Posted by jakewolf
It looks good, that is the function of stanced cars. People need to start saying practical instead of function, because most of the time that is what they mean. There is nothing practical about having a street able race car. I do enjoy listening to my friends and other people at car meets go on and on about performance and handling and then the next week they complain about the speeding, street racing etc. tickets that they have gotten.

This all being said, I think stanced cars, daily driven/street able race cars and REAL race cars are all awesome. TO EACH THEIR OWN!

I'm pretty sure wheels falling off of cars, 1-2in of rear tire contact, and the inability to go over bumps is a bit more unpractical/unsafe than a streetable racecar. I also think anyone that puts any sort of negative camber or ill-fitting wheels on a vehicle that will be carrying kids/family members should be shot, life is more important than trying to fit in and look cool.

[RPF1]

[germanengineering g60]

Cant wait to see the car tomorrow bro, its been a while.

[germanengineering g60]

[84MK1RabbitGTI]

Urban dictionary definition:

Stance

A puppy dog that has a sack and no nuts, he is annoying and poops huge piles.

"DUDE, you just let a Stance ****'

[jakewolf]

Uhhhh...

Function;

1.*the kind of action or activity proper to a person, thing, or institution; the purpose for which something is designed or exists; role.
2.*a factor related to or dependent upon other factors: Price is a function of supply and demand.

Technically drive ability would be a function of a car. Stance, if it makes a car less drive able, is not. There should be a balance, otherwise you've defeated the function of a car.

There is obviously more than 1 definition for this word, you looked it up so you know this.
This is from freedictionary.com(It's the first thing that popped up in google, I'm sure its not the most legit source but it gets the job done).

function [ˈfʌŋkʃən]
n
1. the natural action or intended purpose of a person or thing in a specific role

If someone intends for their car to look good(this is subjective we don't need to hear about how you don't think it looks good) then they have fulfilled the function they created for that car.

No. To everything you just typed.

Silly me! I had an opinion in the midst of a discussion!

I'm pretty sure wheels falling off of cars, 1-2in of rear tire contact, and the inability to go over bumps is a bit more unpractical/unsafe than a streetable racecar. I also think anyone that puts any sort of negative camber or ill-fitting wheels on a vehicle that will be carrying kids/family members should be shot, life is more important than trying to fit in and look cool.

I do agree with this.

HOWEVER! Just because Travis's wheel fell off doesn't mean every single stanced cars wheels fall off haha. I'd actually go out on a limb and say most of the wheels that have fallen off cars have NOT been stanced! hahaha

This is getting long and I need to get up early for work woooo

I think my overall point is that I don't see a good reason to bash on other peoples interests and pursuits. I don't have a personal vendetta out against kids with cars much to fast for public roads, I actually quite enjoyed my friends 500+hp s4! If you are really concerned about someone's wheel falling off and heading your direction... well I'm sorry

[jakewolf]

Technically drive ability would be a function of a car. Stance, if it makes a car less drive able, is not. There should be a balance, otherwise you've defeated the function of a car.

Ok, I sort of mis-read what you said earlier. I agree with this much more then I previously did.

However, drive ability is just the function set in place by Volkswagen and other car companies. People re-purpose these vehicles though to better suit their interests. This could be fully stripping your car, throwing on a big turbo and some slicks and bringing it down to the race track, or lowering your car way to much on some nice wheels.

We are also for the most part talking about old econoboxes here... When I first picked up my entirely stock 85 golf, the old suspension coupled with the narrow balloon tires was pretty scary

WHY AM I STILL AWAKE

[wRek]

Ok, I sort of mis-read what you said earlier. I agree with this much more then I previously did.

However, drive ability is just the function set in place by Volkswagen and other car companies. People re-purpose these vehicles though to better suit their interests. This could be fully stripping your car, throwing on a big turbo and some slicks and bringing it down to the race track, or lowering your car way to much on some nice wheels.

We are also for the most part talking about old econoboxes here... When I first picked up my entirely stock 85 golf, the old suspension coupled with the narrow balloon tires was pretty scary

WHY AM I STILL AWAKE

I am in no way saying that people shouldnt be able to modify their cars to their own liking. I don't even have a problem with Travis' car, or slammed cars in general. My only argument in here is that lowering a car to that extent does in fact diminish its driveability and in fact take lots away from its original intended function. I don't even have a problem with that, if that's what you wanna do. I've owned tons of lowered cars. But I've never lowered them to the point that I couldn't drive the **** out of it.

[jakewolf]

I am in no way saying that people shouldnt be able to modify their cars to their own liking. I don't even have a problem with Travis' car, or slammed cars in general. My only argument in here is that lowering a car to that extent does in fact diminish its driveability and in fact take lots away from its original intended function. I don't even have a problem with that, if that's what you wanna do. I've owned tons of lowered cars. But I've never lowered them to the point that I couldn't drive the **** out of it.

I agree, it totally does destroy the drivability of the car haha. But a lot
of people could care less about that. I think driving a lowered car makes things way more interesting! My car isn't so low that I can still smash on it if I want... which is almost always actually because my tired 1.8 8v that had 85hp on the day of its birth doesn't get up to
speed without some serious effort.

[16v dubbin]

I agree, it totally does destroy the drivability of the car haha. But a lot
of people could care less about that. I think driving a lowered car makes things way more interesting! My car isn't so low that I can still smash on it if I want... which is almost always actually because my tired 1.8 8v that had 85hp on the day of its birth doesn't get up to
speed without some serious effort.

word,

[ryanmiller]

when modifying your car in anyway goes wrong.

people who modify their cars are dumb, and everybody should drive stock cars ! they pay the engineers big bucks for a reason!

[1990Turbo]

when modifying your car in anyway goes wrong.

people who modify their cars are dumb, and everybody should drive stock cars ! they pay the engineers big bucks for a reason!

The only thing left stock on my Mustang is the body and interior. Its a street drivin drag car does that make it dangerous? Hell no i feel even safer in it. It has a roll cage why wouldnt I. And all the aftermarket stuff we bolt on to our cars were also designed by over paid engineers. I think stanced cars have their place i wouldnt do one but whatever. Stancing did not make this dudes wheel fall off. He is too blame for simply making a rookie mistake. Everyone in this thread has made some sort of rookie mistake that could have ended badly. Anyone who says otherwise is a lier or has never actually done any wrenching on a car.

[DowNnOuTDubin]

when modifying your car in anyway goes wrong.

people who modify their cars are dumb, and everybody should drive stock cars ! they pay the engineers big bucks for a reason!