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      08-03-2009, 11:26 AM   #1
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The VW scene is killing me haha

I recently got a new car. A 09 Jetta Sportwagen. see here....
http://www.e90post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=288275

Anyways I joined the forums and have been checking things out. Well it's driving me nuts and I have to voice this to a crowd that understands tastefull modding.

These dudes rock Audi and Mercedes rims on thier VW. It's driving me up a wall. I even voiced my distaste and these dudes are like "whats the problem"... see thread
http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=4504764&page=1

They also love the ghetto slammed look and air bags and overly stretched tires with the rims lip sticking out. I just don't get it. A lot of these dudes just don't know how to mod a car

I can't be the only person that thinks having OEM rims from another brand looks like crap.
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      08-03-2009, 11:43 AM   #2
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My advice, quit while you're still behind. I used to fight this fight all the time with those guys. You'll never get anywhere with them on this. They think it's the coolest things since sliced bread to do this. One guy out here has a nice new model GTI but has OE 19" porsche wheels and brakes on it. He spent more to do that, to tell everyone that he's got porsche brakes and wheels when he could have got StopTech's for all 4 wheels and some nice BBS's.

It aggravates the sh*t out of a lot of people outside of "their" tuning world, but there isn't anything you can do about it.
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      08-03-2009, 11:46 AM   #3
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My advice, quit while you're still behind. I used to fight this fight all the time with those guys. You'll never get anywhere with them on this. They think it's the coolest things since sliced bread to do this. One guy out here has a nice new model GTI but has OE 19" porsche wheels and brakes on it. He spent more to do that, to tell everyone that he's got porsche brakes and wheels when he could have got StopTech's for all 4 wheels and some nice BBS's.

It aggravates the sh*t out of a lot of people outside of "their" tuning world, but there isn't anything you can do about it.
I've seen the pics of the porsche rims and brake car Other then being quality products I laughed my ass off.

These dudes are retards
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      08-03-2009, 12:04 PM   #4
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i thought you were going to mention the horrific "rusty" hood trend they're into.
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I hope you guys realize this is in the BMW scene as well as every other car makes. I enjoy what they do to their cars, at least some of it. Some cars are way overboard but others are expanding to new reaches, instead of a drop cookie cutter wheels that I see on this board all the time. I find the previous generation BMW crowds are more forgiving than the e90/92/82/etc crowd.


That e30 would burst into rust-fluff if it got T-boned.

I do get tired of seeing the same ol' same ol' here, but then agan, I prefer it to the stuff I'm seeing on the VW boards.
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      08-03-2009, 12:50 PM   #6
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And the people in that thread are retarded, and not welcoming in any way.

Oh, and those wheels aren't good looking, and it's too slammed, and it looks like an egg from the rear with that expanse of plastic and lack of badging.

Bad taste.
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1) That's not an E30
2) It's painted that way on purpose.

Ghetto slam + stretched tires is what the VW scene is about. Telling them they should stop would be like coming here and telling everyone Mtech is a horrible idea.
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so what, it's their style.
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I'd make comments, but the last time I remotely said something had a touch of the ghey to it, some Nancy went running to the mods whining about it... (never knew adults had such a "thing" for Harry Potter)
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      08-03-2009, 01:16 PM   #10
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I just hate shitty mods.
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I agree with you about changing the centercaps and that it is dropped waaaay too low. However I do think those wheels look good on that car. +1 on the egg comment lol.

However their taste is a lot different from the BMW crowd, some of their stuff is cool/unique, some of it is iffy.
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I hope you guys realize this is in the BMW scene as well as every other car makes. I enjoy what they do to their cars, at least some of it. Some cars are way overboard but others are expanding to new reaches, instead of a drop cookie cutter wheels that I see on this board all the time. I find the previous generation BMW crowds are more forgiving than the e90/92/82/etc crowd.


Call me weird, but I think that's sort of cool.
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      08-03-2009, 02:25 PM   #13
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To OP...just quit....
+1...to each their own...and the are some of us that have the same "ghetto" taste as them....
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They also love the ghetto slammed look and air bags and overly stretched tires with the rims lip sticking out.
overly stretched tires? what are you talking about? lol
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Call me weird, but I think that's sort of cool.
+1

sometimes it's cool to be unique. It seems like every car on here has an M-tech kit and CSL reps or BBS LM reps. Don't get me wrong, those mods look great, but they're everywhere
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http://www.e90post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=287798

like i said...we have some special bmw owners as well...
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okay, I can't take it anymore... Is there SERIOUSLY a picture here with a car and a sticker that says "VAG ASSASSIN" on it?!?! What the HELL? Who does this? My 14 year old son is as immature as the rest, but even HE is well beyond that. Dear god. Nothing says "I'm never getting laid" quite as well as that sticker. wow..
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THATS THE VW STYLE...

1) riding low, on any sort of OEM looking monoblock wheel, and flush wheel fitment...

2)others look for that junky drop on steelies, with rust patches..

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i the movement
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wtf why doesn't he take 5 minutes to swap out the caps?
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wtf why doesn't he take 5 minutes to swap out the caps?
+1... that is the only part that hits me as really dumb. Kind of like rebadging a civic with roundels.
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