Wow, this thread is getting interesting now! Pretty much turned into 'to do up and rangie or not' morality question!
Wammers, whilst I agree with much of what you say, that last post is a bit far - if you believe that then surely nobody should drive any sort of high end car just in case it makes some poor person feel bad about their lot in life?! All sounds a bit communist to me!
I'm not saying I like all of Overfinch's stuff, some of it is horrifically bad taste, but why not make your car look a bit nicer, inside or out? If it makes you smile each time you walk upto it (which is why most people do it I would think), then surely its worth it? I stuck a SS exhaust on mine, now it sounds lovely and warble-y like a V8 petrol should, and every time I give it the beans it makes me (and passengers) smile. (plus apparently it gives an extra 17bhp, not that that is necessary or needed).
Also (and this is contentious), I think people actually like seeing nice cars out and about. When I see a tricked rangie, or better still something like a Lambo, I love it, I don't think '****, I wish I was richer and could afford something like that, I hate that guy', but rather I appriciate seeing nice cars. Think it was a TG episode when one of them said driving a super car is like a public service - it makes everyone you go past smile and go 'ooooohh', haha!
Anyway I'm now soooo far off topic....
I was thinking more along the lines that it makes them more inclined to want to rob you actually. Cars mean nothing as the mouse in the jungle found out. One day a mouse was walking through the jungle and found an elephant down a large hole. "Hang on" the mouse said, "I'll get you out in a jiffy, I'll go get my Porsche" So a few minutes later the mouse pulled the elephant out of the hole with a rope tied to the bumper of his 911. A few months past and the elephant was walking past the same hole and low and behold the mouse was down there trapped. Remembering how the mouse had helped him out, he flicked his willy down the hole and the mouse climbed out. Moral:- If you have a big dick you don't need a Porsche.