Why Are SO Many People RUINING Great Cars With Sh!t Add Ons?

It's funny.

Agent 001 and I go back and forth all week sharing images of cars. Some are amazing and others are less than stellar. Maybe I'll send 001 a picture of a duct tape mod and we'll have a laugh. Perhaps he'll ping me of a Porsche 959 he saw wandering around the neighborhood. Or, I'll snap a picture of a brand new Audi A7 doing testing when it's not even out yet.

And then there's a series of images we put into the "Why?" category. These are vehicles that are nice vehicles on their own, however, their owners decided to do something questionable, or downright heinous.

It's like that 2011 Mercedes-Benz SL550 owner that decides to install Pep Boys-sourced chrome trim kit to the car. It doesn't particularly add anything to the vehicle but the owner did it because they dug it.

Or, maybe it's a Liberty Walk kit added to an Audi RS5. While this trend has been on the upswing, I can't imagine that it provides any real benefit. That's because it adds weight and I am pretty sure it is not aerodynamically sound. What are the chances that Liberty Walk spent more time doing wind tunnel testing with the RS5 than Audi to ensure the RS5's coefficient of drag is BETTER with the kit added on?

My hopes aren't high.

Having said that, I've got to ask: Why are SO many people ruining great cars with sh!t add ons?

PUGPROUD - 8/30/2018 5:33:18 AM

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To both make it their own and to stand out from the crowd...its the era of bespoke from Rolls-Royce down to Suzuki.

OneOfOne - 8/30/2018 10:22:31 PM

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its the era of dumbasses with no taste and too much attitude. they think their self esteem trumps everything. their bad taste advertises their stupidity.

TomM - 8/30/2018 6:07:15 AM

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Actually there are a number of Kits available like that- and WHy is it YOU did not know that the LATEST is having flares with the hardware (screws) actually Showing?

YOU really need to keep up with the times - agent00R! THe smooth look is so Yesterday.

OneOfOne - 8/30/2018 10:23:05 PM

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as stated above. advertises their stupidity

CANADIANCOMMENTS - 8/30/2018 8:11:42 AM

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3rd or 5th owners of the same vehicle. Kids, who pick the car up cheap and want to emulate what they think is cool in 2018. They want to be part of Stance Nation and add accessories to make a car designed to run at 230kph on the Autobahn look like a magazine cover.

MDarringer - 8/30/2018 8:14:05 AM

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JC Whitney must be so proud.

deaHelkcunK - 8/30/2018 9:21:08 AM

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There's an ass for every seat

deaHelkcunK - 8/30/2018 9:21:19 AM

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There's an ass for every seat

bw5011 - 8/30/2018 3:38:46 PM

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what do you drive

MDarringer - 8/30/2018 8:16:43 PM

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I'm thinking Chevy Impala.

OneOfOne - 8/30/2018 10:23:33 PM

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good thing you ride the bus loser

dumpsty - 8/30/2018 4:33:06 PM

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One of my biggest peeves....seeing a plain/basic small or midsize BMW/Audi/M-B. Yuck.

They intentionally paid more for a "boring" "me too" car?

OneOfOne - 8/30/2018 10:24:39 PM

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your biggest peeve is being broke and driving a used pontiac

ricks0me - 8/30/2018 7:09:41 PM

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Why Are SO Many People RUINING Great Cars With Sh!t Add Ons?

People find the need to be Ghetto Fabulous !!!

OneOfOne - 8/30/2018 10:24:08 PM

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ghetto idiots arent this dumb