Survey for School Project

[Al_]

1. What age are you?
22

2. What gender are you?
m

3. What ethnicity or race are you?
white

4. What state do you live in? (or what part of the country if you don't want to give your state - Ex: Southern US)
Milwaukee, Wisconsin

5. Have you modified your car in appearance?
Yes, 2 of 4

6. Have you modified your car in performance?
Yes, 3 of 4

7. Do you associate with people who have modified their cars in either appearance or performance?
Yes

8. If yes, are these people of the same ethnicity or race as yourself?
Yes and No

9. How long have you associated with these people?
4 years

10. How many people are included in this group?
20

11. What type of car do you drive? (Ex: Honda Civic)
Integra, Astro, Mustang, Scirocco

12. If you have modified your car, how much money have you put into it?
Integra- $50 (better oil and brake fluid) and got rid of the air silenser
Astro- $1,200 Complete engine swap and paint $200
Mustang- $700 new t5, air box, grippier rear tires
Scirocco- $5 duct tape to hold it together

13. How much time have you spent modifying your car?
Integra- 2 hours
Astro- 20 hours for swap, task of painting has taken about 8 months and I am not done yet (slacking)
Mustang- 50 hours to change the tranny without the right tools and 30 hours repairing broken studs and loosening rusty bolts.
Scirocco- more time spent in walmart trying to find the duct tape tjam fixing it.

14. What is the reason you modify your car?
Integra- make it noisy and avoid brake fade
Astro- turn it into a "FAstro" to impress others...but with an "underdog" aspect like "the little engine that could"
Mustang- missing 3rd gear.
Scirocco- It was my brothers and he had a little accident.

15. Do you have more respect for a car that is modified for appearance or for performance?
Respect both but prefer performance

16. Have you ever entered your car into a race against another car?
Yes- All of them

16. If so, was there a bet associated with this race and what amount of money was involved?
Integra LX- No money, just for fun. Integra vs Civic ex
Astro- bottle of Dr. Pepper (won it!). Astro vs Eclipse GSX
Mustang- Food ($5 worth) Mustang vs. Civic Si
Scirocco- free tire rotation at shop of owner of opposing integra lx (I won)

Back in the day: 01 Prelude SH vs Camaro SS in a industrial park circuid. I won because he spun out in a turn. He was suposed to buy me food (again, about 5$ worth) and decided to run for it. He ended up crashing his car into a curb and wrecked his front end.

I don't race for money above $1. I don't like taking other peoples money and/or losing my own. As for the food, I am not a glutton, just a 135 lb 5'7" person who hadn't eaten in a while. I have also taken IOU's, but end up losing them or never claiming them. My overall concept is this is a gentlemans sport with its roots in chivalry.

Back when I was a senior in high school, one of my reports was about chivalry being dead or alive and I stated that It was still alive. My paper stated that it was still prevailent. The only real difference is that the horse has been replaced with a car.

[P13]

Re: Survey for School Project

1. What age are you?
18

2. What gender are you?
Male

3. What ethnicity or race are you?
New Zealander

4. What state do you live in? (or what part of the country if you don't want to give your state - Ex: Southern US)
New Zealand

5. Have you modified your car in appearance?
Nope

6. Have you modified your car in performance?
Yup

7. Do you associate with people who have modified their cars in either appearance or performance?
yup

8. If yes, are these people of the same ethnicity or race as yourself?
yup

9. How long have you associated with these people?
Cant remember as they have bein around since childhood

10. How many people are included in this group?
6

11. What type of car do you drive? (Ex: Honda Civic)
Nissan Silvia Ks (S13)

12. If you have modified your car, how much money have you put into it?
2K (NZD)

13. How much time have you spent modifying your car?
5 Months

14. What is the reason you modify your car?
To learn how to Tune Cars, as thats what I want to do for my job

15. Do you have more respect for a car that is modified for appearance or for performance?
I have more respect for the Driver rather than the car, But if it was for the car it would have to be the Performance

16. Have you ever entered your car into a race against another car?
Nope, Ive put my car on the track once, but only to practice.

16. If so, was there a bet associated with this race and what amount of money was involved?
N/A

[sukimoto]

1. What age are you?
16
2. What gender are you?
male
3. What ethnicity or race are you?
caucasian
4. What state do you live in? (or what part of the country if you don't want to give your state - Ex: Southern US)
michigan
5. Have you modified your car in appearance?
no
6. Have you modified your car in performance?
yes
7. Do you associate with people who have modified their cars in either appearance or performance?
yes
8. If yes, are these people of the same ethnicity or race as yourself?
not all
9. How long have you associated with these people?
3 years?
10. How many people are included in this group?
about 10
11. What type of car do you drive? (Ex: Honda Civic)
datsun 280zx
12. If you have modified your car, how much money have you put into it?
~$4000
13. How much time have you spent modifying your car?
not sure
14. What is the reason you modify your car?
hobby
15. Do you have more respect for a car that is modified for appearance or for performance?
performance.
16. Have you ever entered your car into a race against another car?
yes
16. If so, was there a bet associated with this race and what amount of money was involved?
no

[Munch]

1. What age are you?
-17

2. What gender are you?
-Male

3. What ethnicity or race are you?
-Blaxican (black/mexican)

4. What state do you live in? (or what part of the country if you don't want to give your state - Ex: Southern US)
-San Joaquin Valley, CA

5. Have you modified your car in appearance?
-Other then washing it, no.

6. Have you modified your car in performance?
-Slightly (strut bars, fuel filter, air filter)

7. Do you associate with people who have modified their cars in either appearance or performance?
-If by associate you mean hang out with on a regular basis, then no. If you mean know and talk to pretty often, then yes.

8. If yes, are these people of the same ethnicity or race as yourself?
-No

9. How long have you associated with these people?
-About 5 years

10. How many people are included in this group?
-Maybe 6 or 7.

11. What type of car do you drive? (Ex: Honda Civic)
-Nissan 240sx

12. If you have modified your car, how much money have you put into it?
-Maybe at most, $50

13. How much time have you spent modifying your car?
-The time it took to put the fuel filter on? 30 minutes to an hour

14. What is the reason you modify your car?
-Better performance

15. Do you have more respect for a car that is modified for appearance or for performance?
-Performance, definately.

16. Have you ever entered your car into a race against another car?
-No

16. If so, was there a bet associated with this race and what amount of money was involved?
-No

[Team503]

Re: Survey for School Project

Originally posted by Gr8One 1. What age are you? 25

2. What gender are you? M

3. What ethnicity or race are you? White

4. What state do you live in? (or what part of the country if you don't want to give your state - Ex: Southern US)
Texas

5. Have you modified your car in appearance? No

6. Have you modified your car in performance? Yes

7. Do you associate with people who have modified their cars in either appearance or performance? Yes

8. If yes, are these people of the same ethnicity or race as yourself? Some are, some aren't, but mostly.

9. How long have you associated with these people? Since there was an import scene - '95.

10. How many people are included in this group? Roughly 35.

11. What type of car do you drive? (Ex: Honda Civic) Currently '92 Nissan 240SX. Previously a trio of '93 RX-7s.

12. If you have modified your car, how much money have you put into it? This car? About $500. Previous car - ~$15,000.

13. How much time have you spent modifying your car? Be more specific, but most of my life has been dedicated.

14. What is the reason you modify your car? I enjoy it. It makes me unique, helps me hone my skills as a driver and mechanic. Driving is my favorite thing to do.

15. Do you have more respect for a car that is modified for appearance or for performance? Performance. Anyone can look fast - that's cheap. Speed costs money, kid, how fast you want to go?

16. Have you ever entered your car into a race against another car? Countless times.

16. If so, was there a bet associated with this race and what amount of money was involved? Sometimes yes, sometimes no. The most I've ever bet? $3,000 cash. The least? A beer.

BTW - you should ask how long we've been doing it, too. Since '95 - I'm OG import!