[bret]

Reminds me of the Pro Street days in the 80's. Those cars were built to emulate a Pro Stock car...with the most visible and tangible change being a set of 15x33 Mickey Thompson tires. Hell, Rick Dobbertin [after building 2 of the most elaborate and hi profile Pro Street cars in the world, built a front wheel drive Grand Am with a big set of Mickeys under the back [leaving it front wheel drive with no other changes], and made several magazine articles!

Our cars are built to emulate a road race car...with the most visible and tangible change being a set of 17-18" wheels. Lots of people just want that "look" and cannot afford/don't want to make further investment in their cars.

Having experienced [and participated in] both movements...the "pro touring" movement is much more sensible [so far]. Our current trend of car building offers much less compromise than the old Pro Street cars. Bigger tires, bigger brakes, bigger suspensions, bigger engines all improve the overall driving experience with [usually] no compromise.

I'm good with all of it. Thank goodness for individualism and the ability to express such!