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View Poll Results: What do you use your car for?
caged, track or auto-x only monster, no street
3
2.83%
Track or auto-x junkie, street drivable
27
25.47%
daily driver, some track, some auto-x
32
30.19%
daily driver, suspension work primarily for better looks
4
3.77%
daily driver, suspension work primarily for better handling
40
37.74%
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What do you use your car for and how important is suspension to you?

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Old Sep 21, 2009 | 07:00 PM
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What do you use your car for and how important is suspension to you?

Just curious how people are using their EVOs.

You can take it as a function vs. form or whatever way you'd like, i'm just curious.

Trying to figure out how to make a poll....stand by.


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Old Sep 21, 2009 | 07:09 PM
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I like both, form and function. But if i like the way something looks, and it happens to hinder the performance i wont do it.
Old Sep 21, 2009 | 07:12 PM
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i would say equally the same for better handling and looks. if it hinders performance but looks great then why? if it improves handling while improving looks equally then i'm all for it!
Old Sep 21, 2009 | 08:10 PM
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suspension work primarily for better handling
^^^^

This. Looks are of little importance.
Old Sep 21, 2009 | 08:23 PM
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When it comes to suspension definitely function over form. If it just happens to look better in the process of handling better, that's fine too.
Old Sep 21, 2009 | 08:53 PM
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Originally Posted by sscottttt
When it comes to suspension definitely function over form. If it just happens to look better in the process of handling better, that's fine too.
+1
I would like it to look nice, but I prefer it to handle well.
Old Sep 22, 2009 | 01:22 AM
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I would like it to look nice, but I prefer it to handle well.
Same here.
Old Sep 22, 2009 | 03:45 AM
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sorry wrong thread!

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Old Sep 22, 2009 | 05:45 AM
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Not an Evo, but same deal - track/AX/DD
Old Sep 22, 2009 | 06:11 AM
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Originally Posted by SmikeEvo
track/AX/DD

same but slowly moving out of the DD category. It is inching its way into a track focused car. will always need to be street drivable though.
Old Sep 22, 2009 | 07:16 AM
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Mine is a daily driver but I love to autocross so it's slowly starting to lean more that way.
Old Sep 23, 2009 | 08:49 AM
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I daily drive my 03, and have 98k miles on it to prove it. However, I do autox with the local region, and gettign alittle more serious with it. I'm currently on Works/Bilsteins combo with a Robispec rsb, and its been great so far. Good street manners and effective for what I put the car through.
Old Sep 23, 2009 | 09:09 AM
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Daily-driver here, but I also autocross in the summer, want my street handling to be excellent, and of course love the look of a lowered car.
Old Sep 23, 2009 | 10:40 AM
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Caged, Track only!
Old Sep 23, 2009 | 10:53 AM
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Mine is leaning more towards a dedicated track car even though it has full interior. Its just getting more and more difficult to keep it legal for daily driver status in California....

If I only lived in another state...



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