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> Steven Ayres wrote: > > > In cruising (and cornering, and stopping, and accelerating) it becomes > > a performance issue, in that if it doesn't perform as well as the > > stock system, it's a detriment. If it requires more maintenance or > > unusual parts, it's a detriment... On 20 Sep 2005 at 21:30, Toby Erkson wrote: > I disagree. And you ain't even gonna like the air bag suspension Martin > and I have been developing for the DDB... ;-) Hard to imagine what one could disagree with in Steve's comments. Do you disagree that not performing as well as stock is a detriment? Do you disagree that increased maintenance is a detriment? I found Steve's comments to be right on the mark. Too many of the changes done in the name of "upgrading" seem to be done with only tomorrow in mind. Changes made to one of these cars which actually shorten its useful life strike me as counterproductive. I understand that the urge to change or customize is strong, but it needs to be tempered by the understanding that there is little value in change for the sake of change alone, and that "change" and "improvement" are not synonyms.. We see far too much of that. Certainly in any system there are loads of things that could be improved, but it's up to us to make sure that they are actually improvements, and not just changes. We just see too many of these cars which get sent down this road, only to end up in the trash by next year when the changes don't work out. -- Jim Adney jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, WI 53711-3054 USA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~