[CarNut]

What he says has merit for performance cars. But a base Ion, Focus, Civic, etc. would definitely benefit from better shocks, wheels/tires, bars, etc. His Corvette and Mustang comparison is pretty far fetched too. He's cherry picking the worst Corvette year. Move up a few years to an 88 with Z52 suspension and the Stang starts to stink. I agree with him completely on springs though. I think most people lower just for looks.