For the same reason some people put $10k worth of speakers, wings, wheels, and fartbox mufflers on a used $8k honda civic <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />
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What's funny is seeing the look on the arrogant kid's face after having his >$50K late model Corvette get smoked in the 1/4 by a not-so-rich 18-year-old kid from the mill in a <$20K (total) used Civic at the drag strip, on the interstate, and on the street.
Now let's try to find some other stereotype to pick on while we're at it. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smirk.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" /> maybe teachers, gov't workers, college kids, farmers, attorneys, plumbers, accountants, etc.
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