I think you've got the wrong idea about me, nothing of mine stays standard. This was my last car:
Grey RB25 S1480 as seen in
Fast Fours Feature - Issue #200, December 2009
Autosalon Feature - Issue #83, February 2010
Whilst a good learning curve, it was wrong in so many ways. The S15 is coming along nicely though
Back on topic, summary; I just hope for a lot of people's sake they aren't robbing themselves of future developement, learning and enjoyment by taking the easy/quick way out now by upgrading parts unnecessarily and limiting the potential they could reach by missing out on the learning curve. I speak from experience (albeit very limited compared to some of the veterans on here) going back to basics and starting in a stock car has improved my driving a lot. For example, if I started learning to drift in car that simply had the power to spin the wheels there's no way I would be throwing it sideways in 4th gear at 120+km/h to initiate the slide.