Sorry, and I know you don't like me already, but this statement is complete BS...you know it, I know it, as does the rest of the StangNet Community. No offense intended.
Arguably, a large chunk of the "stangnet community" thinks everyone here is a drag racer or a moron. So you get tons of people putting huge rear tires on their car even if that ruins the car's handling. They buy bolt-on parts for more power but run cheapo tires. I'm sure as hell not going to take the word of that kind of experience.
Are you really trying to suggest a person take the general clamor coming from a population that routinely destroys the handling of their stock car as some sort of accumulated wisdom?
Look, you have people here buying aluminum flywheels hoping it will make their lowered car faster in the 1/4. You have people buying springs just because it says "race" in the ad. You have companies shovelling crap that ruins the car's street handling but sells because the company plays along with the Mustang owner's fantasy that he is driving this now bouncy, stiff, awkward under-steering car because it's a "race car" and he's a "race car driver." It's not a race car, it's a caricature when most people get done modding.
Why the hell would anyone take the "Stangnet community" as an authority when it comes to actually improving the car's handling? There's plenty of accumulated knowledge on how to run the 1/4 fast on the least mods, but almost none on how to actually improve the car's handling from the factory. Little hint - big meats out back don't help you turn.
You call BS but that's simply because like most here,
you don't know what you are talking about. And that's fine, just be ready to acknowledge that instead of acting like some public advocate responsible for calling other people stupid for not getting excited about paying $60 to hold the gas pedal down in a straight line.
I think it's fun to go to a strip occasionally, but it's not all that stimulating to my mind. I'd much rather mat the gas coming around a cloverleaf and hold the back end in so I'm putting that power to the ground the whole way. I enjoy kicking the back end out, but that takes no skill. NOT kicking the back out while you pour on the power around a curve is a driving skill.
I'm not saying everybody on Stangnet is an idiot. I'm saying the bulk of the members are into drag racing or "stance." Most don't care anything about making a car go around a corner faster. So why would a person take their popular opinion on that subject?