Well you'd be hard pressed to find many of the older guys here hellaflushing their cars. They keep their cars stock, or if they mod them they are usually mild or for the track.
Affordability means a younger crowd can afford the car, and their sense of style is very different. Having seen a lot of other less expensive cars modified in certain ways, they do the same thing to the NSX.
So the wheel selection, where the wheel's lip is wider than the tire, stance, hellaflush and all this other stuff, has a direct link to affordability. If you really don't see it, I can assure you many here do. They may not say it, but they do.
So what is going on in this thread? Well, everyone's image is tied into their cars to a certain extent. That is why many guys don't want to drive a "girly" car for example, or why many SUV's are sold over minivans. Image. No one is really free from this fully, but some are in it more than others.
So the guy hellaflushes his car, compromising the performance a bit, for style. Style matters because it reflects on the owner (so we all think, although it has no true reality). He does it looking for more praise, but then sometimes guy B comes along and says that looks "dumb" (which is the crowd I am in). Now guy A is really going to get defensive and criticize back, because he didn't do it for criticism, he did it for praise.
Now guy B, the criticizer (the category I would be in), is no better than guy A (the hellaflusher). Guy B is upset, because guy A with all his stupid modifications is ruining the overall image of the car. And therefore, to some extent, him.
If 99% of all NSX's were driven by a group that you didn't want to be associated with you probably wouldn't want to drive it. If you don't believe me, just ask most guys to drive around a pink dodge caravan and see how they feel about it. The funny thing about egos is that they don't like other egos. LOL... very funny human behavior.
You guys go on hellaflushing, and enjoy. The NSX is rare enough to where the image of mine (and therefor me) shouldn't be too damaged. So I don't have to get all upset for nothing. My ego can stay un-bruised and I can continue driving around and feeling cool.
Now lets see who I have offended the most by my post.... LOL
LOL you offended me bro.. i'm hurt that you're so right. :biggrin: