That Gen3 coupe looks badazz in black!
Congrats on your license!
I think most young kids go for the compact car scene primarily because they can't afford a Murcielago, or that type of high end car. I mean, who wouldn't want one if they had the means? So, young people typically take lower-cost cars and work on them a bit at a time, until they make it into something better and more exciting. Its always been this way, in my father's day it was the 39 Ford, "kids" used to hop them up and make them individual statements of personality. In that era, the rich people had Cords, Auburns and such, and never modified them. Modifying your Auburn (which could already do over 100 mph, fast for its time) would be unthinkable! Only the younger people, with their limited cash and everyday plain jane cars, wanted to mod their rides, whereas the wealthy already had their style, store bought from the showroom floor.
Same dichotomy, different era. Here's a toast to the shade tree mechanics!
