alltracst185":kcyp5qyg said:
Everyone seems to overlook my build
good thing i'm building it for me and not to get attention
You again? LOL... Im messing with you. Pretty cool build, and I agree with you. Build it for yourself, and no one else. Build it tastefully of course, as we all aspire to.
We all have valid points here. Lumbercis is fair with his list and assessment of what a clean/pristine Alltrac should look like. I agree with what someone else said. There have been cars featured in magazines that honestly don't even match most of the criteria Lumbercis mentioned on his list. So why should Alltracs be the exception for a feature?
I've seen Civics, Evo, and Subarus that look decent, but should have made it in the Reader's Rides vs full feature, while cleaner Alltracs, Galant VR4s, and rare cars won't get a second look. Why? Because many magazines follow trends, and want to sell as many issues as they can. Some Mags are obsessed with big hp numbers, some with just Hondas, Subarus and Evos.Others are obsessed with how JDM your car is :roll: , or how VOLK'ed up your wheels are. :bs: Not everyone can afford Volks, and goes racing. Plenty use their cars daily or weekend racers and put Rotas. So the F' what!! It would be stupid not to feature a car because it has Rota Grids vs Volk TE37s. That's as shallow as one can be in my opinion. :doh:
I have to say I subscribe to many magazines, and will give the nod to Modified Mag for features you won't see in any other Magazines. Modified is the only mag to feature Alltracs so far (the yellow Centerforce ST185, and the black one in GA, owned by GT4rcdude, iirc). They've featured clean Galant VR4s, 323GTXs, Delta Integrales. Cars we all can appreciate while giving every manufacturer, and owner of clean modded cars that aren't always making a million horsepower.
Through the years of owning, building and collecting cars (something I do too well
), one of the things I learned is that hp is not all that matters. At my age, a well balanced car makes more sense to me than a 1000whp car that keeps breaking and costing me my kids' college education. We all have our vices, fetishes and desires, but there are plenty of clean Alltracs here that can get a feature. They may not all put down the power Pat and Trevor put, but many deserve recognition. Nothing wrong with a 450whp, clean Alltrac with wheels that don't cost $600/piece, but not tacky either.
Balance is important, and some magazine clearly lack it. They have set some stupid standards if you ask me. Build your car the best you can, don't take short cuts, or rush your build. Do it right, do it for yourself. It's your car after all. I'm off my soap box (before I slip and fall).
BTW, I have had the opportunity to meet up with some guys from DSport (very cool guys) , and we tried to get Pat's car featured a few months ago (this past June). Pat was nowhere to be found (out of town :shrug: ). So we got another buddy of mine's car featured instead at the last minute.
It's a maroon/burgundy Nissan S14/240Sx with an RB swap making over 1000whp, yeah I know (contradiction for me to say that? Not quite. They liked the car, took plenty of pics and hope to feature it). It should be in one of the future issues. In all fairness, it was not DSport Magazine's fault. I told Pat months in advance, reminded him and he didn't/couldn't come through. So enough of that. I don't think at this point that Pat cares if his car is featured in a magazine or not. If Pat wants to chyme in, he can.