Originally posted by Dowding
Some people enjoy working on their cars. Some people enjoy making them go faster.
I'm sure your car goes faster than any US speed limit but you're not a racing driver, so why did you buy it? You can apply that argument to practically any car you can buy too. You'd be left driving a Citroen 2CV if you were a true subscriber. 
Not sure if you're asking me a question or not, but I will respond to Poindexter Accountant:
I have no problem with the fun that comes from working on cars, I like to maintain mine from oil changes to detail work. As far as going faster, most that make their cars "go faster" do illegal street racing. Recently, we've had a rash of deaths in this area due to the aforementioned, innocent bystanders as well. If one is going to make their car go faster, please, by all means, race it on a track, not the street. It doesn't bother me if you flush money down the toilet foolishly.
I bought my performance chip because it fine tuned the factory settings for fuel efficiency, and lifted the speed restriction which I felt necessary for tracking my car out at SIR (Now called Pacific Raceway) Although I've only done this once, I kinda wish I hadn't spent the money on the chip, because I'm not pushing the car like I had intended to when I first bought.
