Performance or looks?

[feistl]

Hey guys,

Tried to find a similar poll without much luck. Just wanted to know whats more important to you, performance or looks?

Originally i was very bais towards more power before looks. I hated the idea of a "all show, no go" but recently ive changed opinion a little.

I do love a car with awesome performance but with the boys in blue being so strict its harder and harder to use the power.

Ive recently spent a lot of money on my car making it look good (rims, lowered, resprayed, exhaust, window tint etc) but not too much increasing performance (new ECU, CAI, exhaust).

What do you reckon? (yes, ideally both but if your not bill gates what would you choose?)

Cheers, Errol.

[minux]

Performance all the way. Even if it isn't engine mods, suspension mods, brake mods etc, all makes the car so much better.

Anybody can have a car that looks ok, having it stop,turn and go is the key factor.

[dufus]

Without a doubt performance, but a car should also look nice so maybe a nice set of wheels to go with the performance mods.

[feistl]

Performance all the way. Even if it isn't engine mods, suspension mods, brake mods etc, all makes the car so much better.

Anybody can have a car that looks ok, having it stop,turn and go is the key factor.

Good point, probably should have been more clear on my poll. When i said "performance" i was talking about raw bhp. In my case lower suspenion, wheels, exhaust all add to the "performance" of the car, although dont add power (exhaust might add a little).

Cheers for the input.

[Reaper]

Good point, probably should have been more clear on my poll. When i said "performance" i was talking about raw bhp. In my case lower suspenion, wheels, exhaust all add to the "performance" of the car, although dont add power (exhaust might add a little).

Cheers for the input.

Raw HP is a wank unless you can put it to the ground which requires the whole package.

Reaper

[HoldenMan7]

Performance for me to and i agree with bill_randomhero about the wheels to go with it...

[VS Omega]

If we were talking about general upgrades which make the car better but don't add raw kw (suspension, wheels etc.) I would have went mix, but I chose looks as I'm not chasing kw, it can be a very expensive game

[nicko]

i like performance, though i voted for even mix.

i define rims are performance becuase there is no way a 215/65 r15 is going to handle as well as a 245/45 r 17. looks good and you get a bit of performance out of it.

but i hate people putting massive wings and stickers all over there car because i dont even class that as increasing looks

[stocky]

i define rims are performance becuase there is no way a 215/65 r15 is going to handle as well as a 245/45 r 17. looks good and you get a bit of performance out of it.
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depends what kind of driving youre doing. im sure you wouldnt class 22 inch rims as performance

[nicko]

lol yeh no joke ;

thats why i only went from a 15" to a 17" in my example.

[RVN 355]

Performane and looks i like both as a package but at the end of the day not every one can afford stinking big v8's, turbo charged engines and the like.

Everythink Takes time,there is no race for who has the best,quickest and largest rwkw.

Any one can have power and massive rwkw if they are 1. A mechanic by trade or have some knowlege to do it them selves.2. Have saved for it.3. In Debt paying back the bank.4 Inherited it from family. 5. Hava A good paying job.

Wouldn't worry about looks if the car drives like a semi go performance but dont expect alot from a six without a bit of money which would be better off into another car with more technolgy eg alloytec or v8. If you must keep the vr get the mechanics and safety aspects sorted then worry about some rims,17" rims will increase the handling of the car,they are cheap now and if ur doing alot of hard driving they will leave the taxi rims behind.

I voted for buy a next car as if ya want real performance the 3.8L just wont hit it. You are waisting ur time if you want real performance without forced induction.

[stocky]

Wouldn't worry about looks if the car drives like a semi so performance but dont expect alot from a six without a bit of money which would be better off into another car with more technolgy eg alloytec or v8. If you must keep the vr get the mechanics and safety aspects sorted then worry about some rims,17" rims will increase the handling of the car,they are cheap now and if ur doing alot of hard driving they will leave the taxi rims behind.

how does a car have more technology just because its got a v8 over a v6?

I voted for buy a next car as if ya want real performance the 3.8L just wont it it.

well you cant really say that. there are a few 3.8L powered cars making more power than a lot of 5 litres will make

[minux]

how does a car have more technology just because its got a v8 over a v6?


well you cant really say that. there are a few 3.8L powered cars making more power than a lot of 5 litres will make

Not without FI lol.

[stocky]

Not without FI lol.

haha yeah but theyre still making the power though

[davey g-force]

...there are a few 3.8L powered cars making more power than a lot of 5 litres will make

Not without FI lol.

haha yeah but theyre still making the power though

Oh gawd, not this argument again!

[greenfoam]

haha yeah but theyre still making the power though

Are they really or is it the blower/turbo making the power

[excalibur]

EVEN MIX no point having a car that loks great but has no performance and no good having heaps of performance in car that looks like crap

[jet_pilot]

my car is going dam hard (when i get injector's) but look's like crap stocky's with vr acclaim hubcaps, faded paint, ding's every where, standard height
its already one of the quickest commodores in my town so bout time i make it look good
definetly a mix i hate cars that are show but no go

[Cobez]

I like performance mods, but i lean more towards looks. After i took care of suspension etc and all my brakes etc are working fine and maintained, i started on cosmetic stuff.

I'd prefer a nice clean wicked looking cruiser as opposed to a quick / fast car.

[Wagon_Wheel]

At the moment im all about going fast, but thats only cause i think my car looks good stock.
But if it were an exec or somthing i would do the usual looks things like rims lowerd etc etc.
Thinkin cam in a few weeks

[RVN 355]

how does a car have more technology just because its got a v8 over a v6?

well you cant really say that. there are a few 3.8L powered cars making more power than a lot of 5 litres will make

Alloytec man high output,esp,abs etcc in newer cars,better safety,comfort and ride. Its a given man the buick is old school 30year old design and out dated.


True v6's can do decent times but with massive turbos /blowers and cash but kw to dollar the v6 guys spend more to get power,really how many over 150kw 3.8L buicks are there here on the forum?

[stocky]

Alloytec man high output,esp,abs etcc in newer cars,better safety,comfort and ride. Its a given man the buick is old school 30year old design and out dated.


True v6's can do decent times but with massive turbos /blowers and cash but kw to dollar the v6 guys spend more to get power,really how many over 150kw 3.8L buicks are there here on the forum?

well mines above 150kw for one thing. i was talking about how you said the v8 has more technology than the v6. i assumed you were talking about engines available to a certain model, such as a 5L versus the 3.8

[Emackulation]

All depends on what your canvas is. If tour starting with a HSV, then performance all the way, if its an old VL, then looks aswell as power.

[arrow224]

Neither. My car was bought purely to get me from A to B via a road/combination of roads. My next car, when I am off my P's, may be different.

[RVN 355]

well mines above 150kw for one thing. i was talking about how you said the v8 has more technology than the v6. i assumed you were talking about engines available to a certain model, such as a 5L versus the 3.8

Probably because you got a blower. The 5 litre has more technolgy than the buick and its aussie made. most v6 even ecotecs dont exceed that power figure