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Should I buy this Carrera GT?
26 mpg on a V6 chevy and 7 grands. Yeah, it is not the real deal, but I`d rather drive
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Except for the fact that it doesn't look much like a real CGT.
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Go with the 914...!
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THere is more than 7k in that car so there is something drastically wrong.
Go take a look. For 7k could make a fun beater.
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Why not, if you like it. You live in Boston right? Lots of salt on the roads for $6 or $7K if you can afford it who cares.
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Ya know ... except for the small looking wheels in the wheel wells, it doesn't look half bad. Cheap Commuter Car?
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I wonder if you could fit a SBC in there?
$2K buys you 300+ HP, then it would be fun. It's hard to tell what the car looks like, because he's obviously avoided all the angles that make it look bad. Like dead on from the side. |
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If he didnt try and pull it off as a replica or even an homage to the original and justleft it a debadged kit car it woul.d be neat. The body looks kind of good.
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A real car is better than a fake car, even if the real one is a 914.
Could you really be comfortable driving a pretend, poser, wanna be car? I'd have trouble with that. |
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Buy the car. It fits your image...
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i think of carol and i think 59 caddy..loved those bummers
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Yeah...I could have tried "Brittney Spears car"...but it just doesn't fit...
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older caddy 4.9 pushrod motors bolt in for 200 hp and a cost of a grand or two done by a DIYSer northstar is harder esp wireing but nets 300hp alloy 4v DOHC and 400hp is a few mods away but costs go up as custom bits are needed or good old or new small block chevys need a kit and cost 2000 plus the motor wireing ect LS-1 are more but lighter esp all alloy ones then theres the v6 options 3.4 bigger but same 60 deg v6 for 180 hp new but complex 3.9 v6 has 240hp and a 6speed or the older 3.4 DOHC motor for 215 hp those all bolt in with little sweat 90 deg all iron v6 in 3800 SI,S2,S3 in both normal and supercharged form is an eazy swap too 200 to 300+ HP for them then there are some desent 4 bangers too eco-tec and Quad 4 but those need a near same trans swap and a turbo or SC to get real HP my Fiero has a north star V8 5 speed vett brakes tube A-arms coilovers ect custom anti roll bars 18'' wheels and stickie race tyres but a stock Fiero GT body Last edited by nota; 03-05-2007 at 05:48 AM.. |
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$7000 buy it now? I'm going to go with scam.
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does look a little tooooo cheap
I would for sure want see it BEFORE paying |
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