My midlife crisis Corolla is fast, furious, and modded

Post by lelanthran » Wed, Jul 15, 2026, 5:40 PM UTC

floatrock wrote: post #13

voidUpdate wrote: post #3

> "Now from the rear it looks like four black bazookas are hidden below the bumper and on start-up it sounds like a fire-breathing dragon" Ah yes, the "everybody in a 3 mile radius must know how much I spent on my exhaust"-mobile

A GR Corolla goes 0-60 in 4.9 - 5.4sec. My unexotic stock electric does 0-60 in around 4.8sec, +/-. So the same performance that requires a stupid amount of wasted energy as heat and noise can be had from stock electric, with a couple hundred ms leftover. Do you care about performance, or do you just want to just fart out a bunch of noise? I get traditional car culture, but electrics embody the "money talks, wealth w…

Post by ambicapter » Wed, Jul 15, 2026, 5:40 PM UTC

nadermx wrote: post #84

Man, he nails it when he talks about that car culture era. I bought myself a 300zx twin turbo as my first car back then. The experiences I had driving around in that thing were amazing. Also though, was short lived. Was young and stupid, wrapped it around a tree shortlty after, never viewed driving the same.

Post by DennisP » Wed, Jul 15, 2026, 5:44 PM UTC

jerlam wrote: post #71

brokenodo wrote: post #11

I love cars and driving them. But the modded Corolla/Civic/Accord/Camry (why) people have always driven me crazy because their mods often seem directed to inflicting their cars on everyone else, with loud exhaust, subwoofers, and (subjectively) garish cosmetics, rather than things that make it actually good to drive . I recognize this is judgmental and it's unhealthy to always be annoyed at these people on the road,…

Many of the mods make the car worse in everyday environments, outside of a pristine track. After I got into my friend's modded-out car, we had to slow to walking speeds to exit the parking lot because it would bottom out on the curb cut. The same happens with speed bumps. Large rims get damaged on potholes that a normal tire and rim combo would just shrug off. Add a few years to your life and you don't want to crawl…

Post by weinzierl » Wed, Jul 15, 2026, 5:45 PM UTC

jerlam wrote: post #71

brokenodo wrote: post #11

I love cars and driving them. But the modded Corolla/Civic/Accord/Camry (why) people have always driven me crazy because their mods often seem directed to inflicting their cars on everyone else, with loud exhaust, subwoofers, and (subjectively) garish cosmetics, rather than things that make it actually good to drive . I recognize this is judgmental and it's unhealthy to always be annoyed at these people on the road,…

Many of the mods make the car worse in everyday environments, outside of a pristine track. After I got into my friend's modded-out car, we had to slow to walking speeds to exit the parking lot because it would bottom out on the curb cut. The same happens with speed bumps. Large rims get damaged on potholes that a normal tire and rim combo would just shrug off. Add a few years to your life and you don't want to crawl…

Post by lefra » Wed, Jul 15, 2026, 5:46 PM UTC

vladvasiliu wrote: post #75

jgeada wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No sure I see that any different than the typical American behemoth truck/SUV blocking all lines of sight to everything other than a 12 wheeler. And to top it off, they can't take a corner and so they all seem to slam their brakes and cause a traffic jam at any interesting corner. All to transport one person by themselves from home to office and back.

Here in Europe, fat American-style SUVs are still somewhat rare, especially outside cities (!). People still can't corner worth shit in their "regular" sedans. And I say this as a pretty chill motorbike rider. I've lost count of the number of Golf GTIs and similar behind which I have to wait around when riding on roads that aren't perfectly straight. And these cars should have better cornering ability than my fat bik…