# Man gold-plates porsche. Cool? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 9, 2008, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-gold-plates-porsche-cool/455810 "2008-07-09T07:48:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2008, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-gold-plates-porsche-cool/455810/41 "2008-07-10T20:55:12Z")
[QUOTE=MacTech] Cool? no. Stupid? _YES!_ IMHO _ANY_ cosmetic mods are stupid, useless, and pointless, moreso if they’re done to a poor, defenseless sports car I’m a fan of the Sleeper concept, any and all mods should be _performance_ mods, underhood/suspension mods that improve the vehicle’s performance, keep the exterior as bone-stock appearing as possible [/QUOTE] Like this? [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/PqgC17pJLds/hqdefault.jpg "Civic vs Camaro ss") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqgC17pJLds) ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2008, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-gold-plates-porsche-cool/455810/42 "2008-07-10T20:56:20Z")
[QUOTE=Charlie Tan] Oohhh, shiny! Though I’d hate to meet that car on a bright and sunny day. [/QUOTE] Yeah, me too. I even wonder about the legality of such a thing in some states. It’d be like driving behind a giant mirror reflecting the Sun into your face. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2008, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-gold-plates-porsche-cool/455810/43 "2008-07-10T21:32:28Z")
[QUOTE=MacTech] I’m a fan of the Sleeper concept, any and all mods should be _performance_ mods, underhood/suspension mods that improve the vehicle’s performance, keep the exterior as bone-stock appearing as possible [/QUOTE] [The ultimate sleeper?](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zX6-Zknhydo) ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2008, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-gold-plates-porsche-cool/455810/44 "2008-07-11T02:01:32Z")
Nope. Draws too much attention. The ultimate sleeper circa 2008? Camry. Circa 1998? Taurus. Three years old, dull in color, and faster than a JATO powered goat. ---
**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2008, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-gold-plates-porsche-cool/455810/45 "2008-07-11T14:05:41Z")
[QUOTE=Lute Skywatcher] [The ultimate sleeper?](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zX6-Zknhydo) [/QUOTE] Remove the stickers on the rear window, and find a way to disguise the Recaro racing seat, then, yes, as it stands now, I’d say it’s bordering on no, as far as “sleeper” goes _stealth_ is key with a sleeper, it should have no external cues or hints of modification, it needs to look as close to bone stock as possible that Karmann is a very nice car, for sure, but loses sleeper points for the stickers and undisguised racing seat, the seat I’m willing to give a pass on though, but the stickers gotta’ go… If I was to mod my Ion, I’d install the GM Performance Supercharger, replace the shocks, struts, and swaybars with performance pieces, put in a hotter set of cams, Cold Air Intake, a free-er flowing exhaust system, and stickier rubber on all four corners, the exterior of the car would remain unchanged, it’d look just like the myriad other bone-stock Ion Level 2’s out there, mundane, boring, and utilitarian… until I turned the key and brought the engine to life… ---
**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2008, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-gold-plates-porsche-cool/455810/46 "2008-07-11T14:17:45Z")
Now, [_THIS_](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yFFhuhXs0E&feature=related) is _ALMOST_a sleeper, lose the fancy rims and stickers and we’d have a true Sleeper ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2008, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-gold-plates-porsche-cool/455810/47 "2008-07-11T21:40:14Z")
[QUOTE=MacTech] that Karmann is a very nice car, for sure, but loses sleeper points for the stickers and undisguised racing seat, the seat I’m willing to give a pass on though, but the stickers gotta’ go… [/QUOTE] I wasn’t able to watch much of the video, YouTube acting up, and had no idea about those. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-gold-plates-porsche-cool/455810.md?page=2)