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Talk about bang for the buck!

Discussion in 'Lounge' started by Pagan, Nov 13, 2009.

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  1. Pagan

    Pagan Metal & a Mustang

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    Seventy grand for an 800 horsepower monster that's #1 of a special addition? Dayum....

     
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  2. TrueDolFan

    TrueDolFan Minion of Satan

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    I dig the louvers.
     
  3. mor911

    mor911 pooping

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    me thinks they could have chosen better rims and a more appealing color for 70 grand
     
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  4. Pagan

    Pagan Metal & a Mustang

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    Good lord you are SO an import geek. :lol:
     
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  5. dolphan117

    dolphan117 Premium Member Luxury Box

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    Same, especially on the color.
     
  6. azfinfanmang

    azfinfanmang Premium Member Luxury Box

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    My my my Shinoda.
     
  7. Pagan

    Pagan Metal & a Mustang

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    Import lovers...wouldn't know from classic musclecar if it bit them in the ***. :pity:
     
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  8. dolphan117

    dolphan117 Premium Member Luxury Box

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    For me that looks nothing like a classic muscle car though. Maybe if it were in some kind of black or bad*** gray but off blue? Just doesnt fit the car IMO.
     
  9. opfinistic

    opfinistic Braaaaains!

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    No neon under the car? :pity:
     
  10. Pagan

    Pagan Metal & a Mustang

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    It looks EVERYTHING like a classic musclecar. It's an original Ford color....Grabber Blue.

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  11. texasPHINSfan

    texasPHINSfan New Member

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    neat car but i don't know if i'd pay 70 for it. i'd probably get an S5, put the $15k in savings into wheels, suspension, and motor........ or find a used R8 :D
     
  12. Pagan

    Pagan Metal & a Mustang

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    Depends what you want bro. That car will blow the doors off both the S5 and the R8.

    Plus you're getting a serial #1 limited edition car. Ever watch the auctions and see what cars like that go for a few years down the road?

    For the same price as a Z06 Vette you get a car with 300 more horses.
     
  13. texasPHINSfan

    texasPHINSfan New Member

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    ah, i see.... you're just speaking of collector value or horsepower?

    i have to admit i'm less attracted to ridiculous horsepower figures than i was a few years ago. the reality is i rarely - if ever - got to use most of them (the horsies), you know? as far as blowing doors off - i guess it depends on what track you go to. the two cars i listed aren't built for drags.... but they'd probably hand a defeat to the stang at the Nordschleife.

    if you're talking from a collector's standpoint regarding this car - yeah, can't argue with you.

    if you're talking from a "if you had $70k to spend, what would you buy" standpoint, i think i'd go a different direction. just the "different strokes" idiom really. i do like that color though, and i'd take that original 70's model you posted any day of the week.
     
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  14. Pagan

    Pagan Metal & a Mustang

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    Both! :lol:

    I still do, I guess that's why I'm still drawn to them. Will I ever use the eventual 1,000 horses I'll have. Probably not. But it's nice to have. :D

    Which is exactly why I said it depends what you want. You wanna drag, then this is better. You want road racing...you're probably right on the ones you posted. I don't know what kind of suspension this Stang has. I do know there are ones made that rip up road tracks. :wink2:

    That's one of the reasons I said bang for the buck. Low investment, huge dividends.

    Exactly. :)
     
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  15. Ultra

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    that car is pretty sweet minus the BOSS lettering on the hood stripe. I think that looks aweful.
     
  16. texasPHINSfan

    texasPHINSfan New Member

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    you know pagan, this is weird, but with me and american cars? the 80's were IT.

    i mean i love the 60's and 70's - close seconds. but i absolutely ADORE 80's american cars. the biggest crap that this country has ever produced? i love.

    some of my favorite american cars that i will own in my collector garage:
    * GMC Syclone/Typhoon
    * Grand National
    * Olds Cutlass Supreme, V8 (mid 80's - the hurst edition with t-tops would be just fine)
    * Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham (i could do the 1990 version with one-piece headlights & clear tails)
    * Ford Taurus SHO (1st gen)
    * Dodge Omni Turbo
    * Dodge Caravan Turbo (1st gen caravan. i want in baby blue with wood sides!)

    these cars will be collectors cars 20 years from now. :D

    (i'd like the old boss 402's, chevelle ss's, etc.... but those are too expensive. right now i can afford the above list.)
     
  17. mor911

    mor911 pooping

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    my dad used to have one... I love the Grand National.
     
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  18. Pagan

    Pagan Metal & a Mustang

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    Ok, you're right...that IS weird. :lol:
     
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  19. dolphan117

    dolphan117 Premium Member Luxury Box

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    I stand corrected... Still dont like the color though. :lol:
     
  20. NaboCane

    NaboCane Banned

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    I really like that color. I remember the original.

    But yeah, those rims are pretty ghetto for the price. A set of blacks would have worked off the trim color well. There's NO other chrome on the car besides those fugly rims...doesn't look right at all.

    And hey, Paisan - I'm a Z man myself, but the musclers were my first love. :wink2:
     
  21. Sethdaddy8

    Sethdaddy8 Well-Known Member

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    theres no used market drop off for an R8. you cant sniff it for under 6 figures.
     

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