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Originally Posted by grampa_ss
Like I said...Your mentioned version of "Stock" only applies to this forum. And like i said earlier, nowhere on this planet is an all-season tire considered a mod....except in this forum.
You seriously can't tell me that if you're at the track if someone asks if you if your car is stock, you're going to say No...it's modded...I have all-season tires.
You will get a lot of weird looks and people will think you're an idiot.
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So you're aware of a place on this planet where changing something isn't changing something? This is black or white. On or off. One or zero. Very simple, stock or not.
If I was asked that question my response wouldn't be phrased like your statement ("no it's modded"), which implies you did something intentionally as a performance boost, but it isn't stock. It has been modded - which is only short for "modified" if you weren't aware. I'd simply say the only thing I've done is changed the tires for whatever reason.
I don't think anyone on here is claiming you have an unfair advantage with all-season tires. I really think this is coming down to the purity of the term, stock. Otherwise, how far do you let it go? How do you qualify which tires you still consider stock and which ones you don't? The definition as it comes from the plant makes it very easy to differentiate.
Finally, what if it does in fact net you .01 in your 1/4 times? Then, once 10+ people do that and post their times to the fast list, you've bumped all truly stock cars off the list. Still fair?
Just my two cents. Spend them wisely.
