Hey guys, I was driving along Mcmurrey/Mcloughlan Rd. today int he south hills of pittsburgh and saw a PY ITR parked in a Taxaco there, I was wondering if it was any of yours? I drive by that station every day to go to my girls house and never saw it before.

Bryan

 

That's one is not mine b'cause I rarely go to South Hills...
um.. another PY owner here beside Me, Shamun, and Nick(from Purehonda with Altezza lights)?...
I met another guy once, forgot his name though..
and another time, saw 1 PY with NY plate...

 

the guy from NYC is gone, might have been shamun. I've seen the one with altezzas in north hills area from time to time...he needs to put the stock tail-lights back on.

 

Yeah totally, he was cruisin' around the last autox there....*ick* It was pretty funny though, there were a bunch of ricers there, all watching and none racing. I wonder why that is...

 

I've talked to the guy with the PY and Altezza's. He used to stop by where I worked for Gas. Real nice person, why does everyone seem to hate Altezza's?

 

Well.. Nick is a nice guy, I know that.. and His PY R is actually supposed to be my R..(I put down $$ for it already too, but since the dealer insisted that the Car must be put at the AutoShow, I cancelled it.. I don't want a car where 1000+ people sat on it)..

as for Altezzas, I don't want to say a thing... but from my opinion, the all red tails are the best... but hey, that's his car, not mine... maybe he just wants to be different.

Yeah, lots of Ricers at the last AutoX... but sure they won't run... they have 19 inches Rims on an Si!... even with a turbo, that car won't go that fast.. LOL...
I met a newbie with a Prelude.. 18 inch rims... well, at least he raced....

 

Altezzas are FUGLY in my discreet opinion, I think they clash horribly with lighter colored cars, like yellow in particular. Also, they're pretty expensive for a part that has worse than OEM quality and will be holding water in a year. I hate plasti-chrome looking stuff. And I don't understand why people spend that kind of money on **** that doesn't do anything for their car other than make it "look different". I got no problem with having a distinct style, but let bauhaus dictate your mods: FORM FOLLOWS FUNCTION. Now, i have clear corners, and i think the car looks better with them, my girlfriend got them for me and i'm happy to put them on. But they're cheap, and I can justify them as a wear item because they tend to get nailed by rocks (mine are already cracked on one side, much cheaper than if the OEM one was there)...and they're 20 bucks. I thought i was reading it wrong when i first saw the price of those damned altezzas...okay...breathe in....find the warm little center...i'm OK now.

Needless to say, if i had an IS300 i might go so far as to put non-altezza lights on it, just out of spite.


[Modified by Aleph, 11:10 AM 10/10/2001]

 

Ooops.... R U saying that my OEM Kit doesn't follow FORM-FUNCTION Philosophy?
I agree though.. hehehe...

 

Yeah...I got clear corners so I could take the amber pair and make some brake cooling ducts out of them I'm definitely a form-follows-functioner as well, but there's nothing wrong with some TASTEFUL "show" to go wit' da "go"