# Car culture blows my mind.

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**Category:** Shift518 Automotive\
**Created:** [October 16, 2012, 9:43am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/car-culture-blows-my-mind/265239 "2012-10-16T09:43:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![swaiknow](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/swaiknow/32/6359_2.png) [@swaiknow](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/swaiknow)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2012, 11:05am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/car-culture-blows-my-mind/265239/15 "2012-10-16T11:05:59Z")

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> [@OMG July 4th --- MAP OF FIREWORKS DISPLAYS!!!111](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/omg-july-4th-map-of-fireworks-displays-111/50859/22):
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> I dont like abstract art either. :rofl
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> Not denying the concept of having fun with any and all cars. Thats why I didnt mock it like “lets drink some twisted teas, grab some stickers and go cover my headlights with them, it will be fun”.
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> And it does effect me, and you, and everyone else. Trends like that are dangerous IMO. Its the stuff like that which publish’s the “I have to fit in to build a successful car” nonsense to the car culture and market. Quality drops, prices have to follow, shit seeds roll down hill. And the customer bases overlap still. Take Joe bob that swings by the shop to build a 40K hot rod, and see’s johnnys green thing here getting the very well done engine swap. While I do my normal quality and pridefull work on the swap, you cant tell me Joe wont think twice about how his car will turn out “judging the book by the cover” from the other car in the same shop.
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> And you cant just turn Johnny away, becasue of the risk of him telling everyone “his car isnt good enough for XXXXX shop, they are a bunch of dicks”.

OK. I can understand your point. But isn’t that the time in which you explain to the guy, “we are doing the swap on this, shoving this V8 into this mini or whatever”. And pull out the pictures of all the epic work you have done. I mean I do get what your saying, but some quick thinking and great customer service can change that person’s opinon. I mean how did you do it when you first started? How did you get someone to put their confidence in you to turn out a killer product?

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