by ElSecundo » Mon Jan 26, 2015 2:15 pm
I always view cars from the small manufacturers as 'hobby cars'. The difference between a hobby car and a toy car is that the hobby car doesn't have to run worth crap. It's a car that you'll connect with by spending time hashing through its issues, and getting to know it and appreciate it, warts and all.
For the hobby car, it has to look right, it has to look like the original car -- that's what draws us to it in the first place. If it doesn't look right, it's darn hard to fix. After that, all bets are off. And while we appreciate cars that don't need anything out of the box, we also appreciate the challenge of taming a misbehaving (but really nice looking) car.
Fly taught a lot of us how to tune, because we couldn't stand to see such pretty cars just sit around. It's motivating. So, no complaints from me when SRC brings out a hobby car, unless they miss the mark visually.