Well, there are shit aftermarket parts and quality ones. She wasn’t shopping ebay for hers. 

Look at the tire. It’s about to debead from the rim. Daily use? If you have a lift and a garage to swap out all the arms and such, maybe. That’s HIGHLY unlikely in the limited space of Japan.

Not that modifications raise the selling price so...

It’s fine if they were trailer queen show cars. It’s not fine when you destroy a car’s ability to operate then use it on public streets putting others at risk. Some use these fundamentally broken cars as daily drivers. They can’t get up curb cuts, the parts are stressed beyond their intended purpose and they can’t…

The motor is what clued me in. When I worked at a building that shared space with a solar tracking company they were all over the place.

As a dog owner and one that just had dinner at a restaurant that had a wonderful, big Newfoundland that would roam around the restaurant, I’m with you. That big pup was awesome, didn’t bother anyone and she just did her own thing.

I disagree with #1.

I’m betting on electric linear actuator over hydraulics. The fiberglass bedside isn’t heavy enough to plumb a separate hydro system just for that.

It’s as much a Prius as some of the subaru rally cars. 

Traction, contact patch, screwed up geometry...

Well, he does have a point. 

My friend ran them on his STI a few years ago, also in the northeast and didn’t seem to have a problem with them. Then again, his next set were the Star Specs. I was supposed to run our shops BRZ Friday at NYST on I believe Ventus v12's but I tore my knee up loading the car on the trailer so I was crippled. The other…

I know that there has been some that have had issues. I also know some that use them the whole season without issue. It depends more on how hard you’re flogging your tires. I’ve also seen race slicks delam. 

Your reasoning being? Not everyone has the skillset to be running a super sticky tire at the track. 

Learning and knowledge is a modification to your skillset.

The saw alone is north of $100. I do keep a wire saw in my bag though just in case. 

Why, it’s single mod and the only one that transfers from car to car. You’re improving the nut behind the wheel.

No, Skip Barber did. 

Or any decently run HPDE event. 

Tires, brakes and supension. As you stated, doesn’t matter what you have in it, if you can’t put it down, it’s useless.