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With the rims off, the car feels more liberated, like it has had a burden lifted from it, literally those rims are 40lbs each!
After a few aforementioned "Italian tune-ups" out of anger with the car, it runs better, and now that I have stopped putting 93 octane in it and am now using 89, not only is my pocketbook happier, but so is the car...
I still have the cone filter for aural satisfaction, and the slight extra juice makes it more easy to live with...
My car is quieter and smoother on the highway, which I use a lot, and it has become very friendly as a daily-driver...
I have never enjoyed driving this car more since I've owned it, I guess looks and speed aren't everything, huh?
So an 18-year-old has put away his racing gloves and is a happier person for it? Weird...
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