Questionable modifications: pictures inside!

[Duke]

then why do so many people buy replicas?

Because a replica - lets say, the popular Cobra replicas - are built from the ground up as a reproduction of a car that is simply unavailable to the vast majority of people. It is not taking something that exists and turning it into something that it patently is not. Replicas like the good Cobras do not include fake engines in the back seat. Replicas like that are rarely advertised for or owned by people who are pretending to own the real thing. They are owned by people who want to drive the real thing in a way that poses too much risk for an actual original car.

Imagine a field full of original Cobras going hammer and tongs on a race track - forget it. But Spec Five brings that excitement to the track every weekend without risking multiple millions of dollars in irreplaceable cars.

Also consider that many of the better-resolved Cobra replicas will actually outperform the original, while also handling better, being more comfortable, and above all, being more reliable. Whereas that poor misbegotten 406 is not even going to perform as well as a stock 406 - let alone the Ferrari it is pretending to be.

A Cobra replica with a new 427 crate motor in it still has a 427, even if it is not a 40-year-old car! Whereas that poor Peugeot does not have a Ferrari V8 in it... it's just pretending to.

I guess what I'm trying to say is that people buy replica cars because they want to drive the real thing but can't afford it. Whereas people buy fake cars because they don't care about driving the real thing but they want other people to think they can afford it.

 

[GT4_Rule]

Wow...

But you can't trick some people...can't get the same engine sound and stuff.

 

[bondy_1625]

Because a replica - lets say, the popular Cobra replicas - are built from the ground up as a reproduction of a car that is simply unavailable to the vast majority of people. It is not taking something that exists and turning it into something that it patently is not. Replicas like the good Cobras do not include fake engines in the back seat. Replicas like that are rarely advertised for or owned by people who are pretending to own the real thing. They are owned by people who want to drive the real thing in a way that poses too much risk for an actual original car.

Imagine a field full of original Cobras going hammer and tongs on a race track - forget it. But Spec Five brings that excitement to the track every weekend without risking multiple millions of dollars in irreplaceable cars.

Also consider that many of the better-resolved Cobra replicas will actually outperform the original, while also handling better, being more comfortable, and above all, being more reliable. Whereas that poor misbegotten 406 is not even going to perform as well as a stock 406 - let alone the Ferrari it is pretending to be.

A Cobra replica with a new 427 crate motor in it still has a 427, even if it is not a 40-year-old car! Whereas that poor Peugeot does not have a Ferrari V8 in it... it's just pretending to.

Also if you bought the Cobra replica as a kit,(which im sure a few people do) then got it built up, or better still built it yourself, you're looking at an insurance premium about 10x lower than what a real one would cost.

 

[Jay]

Could you imagine if some car theif stole it? (the replica Ferrari) Man they would get a dissapointment when they realise it's not a Ferrari.

 

[Metar]

Here. Three exhausts on each side...

Although, when viewed from other directions, it seemed that the middle ones aren't real. They didn't seem to go anywhere... They're probably the kind of exhaust that propelzz u thru da air and makes you go 250MPH!!!1!

 

[Pink_the_Floyd]

Why would'nt those be real?

I've seen a Honda Accord with an exhaust of 30 sentimetres (!) and a Saxo with 16 exhausts!


Can't deliver proof though...

 

[Metar]

Well, it's not real because I've looked around them. They seemed to be simply there, not connected...

 

[Gen.]

a Saxo with 16 exhausts!


Can't deliver proof though...

YOU CALL?

 

[stumpydino]

thats 12 ya foo

 

[bondy_1625]

Saw this today near my work, not sure whether i should post it here or not.

If it was one colour only id drive it, even if it was that pink

 

[Holdenhsvgtsr]

i like that pink colour,i have several cars in the colour on fonza

 

[livemusic]

Is that an Escort?

 

[Sharky.]

Escort Cossie. (or, it thinks it is)

 

[GT4_Rule]

YOU CALL?

What in the name of God is wrong with the owner!

 

[Metar]

He makes up in size AND numbers for things he lacks. Dunno...

 

[ND4SPD]

He makes up in size AND numbers for things he lacks. Dunno...

So your saying that he lacks holes? Sucks to be that guy.

 

[SRV2LOW4ME]

This poor thing use to be an NSX...

 

[Alex.]

i'd rather the nsx, than a wannabe carrera gt-what a penis

 

[toyomatt84]

I thought it was an MRS to begin with. Regardless, it looks mighty ugly now.

 

[Perfect Balance]

Why don't they ever lower the car after they do the conversion? It looks so bad that even if you don't know anything about these cars, you can still use common sense to tell you that a supercar like that shouldn't be higher than your family car.

 

[TheCracker]

For the effort and cost of that conversion, you could have A) a real (albeit used) Ferrari, or B) a real custom car that would actually be original and wouldn't make you hide in shame whenever someone pointed out that it wasn't a Ferrari.

or C) a perfectly decent 406 Coupe & a nice Caterham which is as quick (in real world terms) as the Ferrari they so desperately want.

As someone has already pointed out, who's actually going to be impressed by a 'conversion' like this?, people who know about cars know it's a fake and will think you're a tosser, people who don't know cars don't care what it is and will probably think you're a tosser anyway for owning a car like that.

I would have thought that a Ferrari 456 would be a better idea for basing a Ferrari on a 406 platform, they are much closer in layout to start with. Having said that, the 406 is a better proportioned coupe than the also Pininfarina designed 456.

 

[GT40 MKII]

What in the name of God is wrong with the owner!

??????? i dunno

 

[Vonie]

More for you to cry about.

Fiero.

 

[Holdenhsvgtsr]

what am i missing?

 

[Midnight Runner]

atleast he made his own Lambo....lol

 

[GT4_Rule]

Wow, more conversions popping up...

What next, someone converts a car to look like Veyron?

 

[Sakiale]

The Fiero and Ferrari-Peugeot look ok. But the NSX/MRS/CarrerraGT is uggllyyy and so so tacky. Almost as stupid as a pink PSP. Now who would ever come up with an idea like a pink PSP? Oh wait... SONY DID!!! And it looks as crappy and tacky as that NSX-GT! What is the world coming too??

 

[Gen.]

The Fiero and Ferrari-Peugeot look ok. But the NSX/MRS/CarrerraGT is uggllyyy and so so tacky. Almost as stupid as a pink PSP. Now who would ever come up with an idea like a pink PSP? Oh wait... SONY DID!!! And it looks as crappy and tacky as that NSX-GT! What is the world coming too??

Anyway.

 

[GT4_Rule]

I fail to see what's so questionable.

Headlight swap?

 

[Gen.]

I fail to see what's so questionable.

Headlight swap?

That is an AE86 Corolla.

That is a failed Alfa front.