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Topic: Darkside? 4 Door sedan? DUNNO WHAT TO DO!!
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RED@7kVERT *8850GT*
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So right now I have a pretty nice 01' Cobra vert, built motor with a nice D1 kit waiting to be installed, basically if I just get off my ass I could have a 600rw car....
My dilema....
I think I might be "growing up" :/ I think I might be over it.... It really sucks, I just have no motivation or time for this car and this wrenching hobby anymore.... I'm over dropping lots of money on a mustang.
My answer....
2005 Cadillac CTS-V with 60k miles for about $19k.... Murdered out, intake, exhaust and tastfully lowered. A nice, roomy, plush 4 door sedan that straight gets it! Lol
will I regret it? Am I gonna hate not being able to drop the top on a nice day? What do you think?
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JohnB
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Originally posted by RED@7kVERT *8850GT*:
I think I might be "growing up" :/ I think I might be over it.... It really sucks, I just have no motivation or time for this car and this wrenching hobby anymore.... I'm over dropping lots of money on a mustang....What do you think?
Buy a no-frills commuter. Like a cheap-azz Honda, something that goes point A to B. Don't touch/work on/buy parts for the Cobra for 3-4 months.
This will do one of two things:
A. You'll realize how much you miss the car, in turn giving you the drive to finish it...or...
B. Show you that you're not cut out for this hobby, are better off driving your Honda, and happy that you can put your car on CL and walk away from it all.
Has nothing to do with growing up. ![[Wink]](wink.gif)
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SLOWBACK 67
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Keep your car. I owned a caddy one time, If it breaks your gonna be in for some serious $$$$.
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Originally posted by turbo50:
I have no intenions of keeping anyones parts or taking anyones money.
Posts: 8582 | From: Vallejo | Registered: Dec 2005
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N8
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I know the feeling. Personally I would say go for it. Those Cadi's are nice. In the public eye it will put you in a different bracket. Always good to have a "grown folks" ride on hand. Can you swing the Cadi but keep the Cobra in its current state?
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RED@7kVERT *8850GT*
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I have my little Saturn that gets me around when the cobras down n out, and I honestly don't mind it other than it looks like shit and it's slow, that's where the CTS comes in lol...
When I was younger, working on the car and putting new mods on cars was fun! Now it's seems like more of a hassle and a waste of money....the caddy is a old folks ride, but it's classy and still has that bite to it. Ugh.... Fml lol
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BlowN67
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question is do u have to sell the cobra to purchase the caddy?
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Posts: 9809 | From: Home of LARD | Registered: Mar 2004
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RED@7kVERT *8850GT*
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Well ya, or I wouldn't have a dilema. Lol in a perfect world ide sell the Saturn, keep the blown cobra, and have a the V as the daily.... Ide need about $10 more an hour to swing that, comfortably.
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SFvert
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cadillacs are worse than fords in terms of endless money pits!
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RED@7kVERT *8850GT*
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Originally posted by Slowback:
Keep your car. I owned a caddy one time, If it breaks your gonna be in for some serious $$$$.
it dosent intimadate me in the respect, as it has the LS6 motor. If it was a northstar ohc motor, then ide think twice. From what I read these cars are VERY stout, the one drawback being wheelhop from the IRS, which I deal with now anyways...
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RED@7kVERT *8850GT*
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Originally posted by Slowback:
Keep your car. I owned a caddy one time, If it breaks your gonna be in for some serious $$$$.
it dosent intimadate me in the respect, as it has the LS6 motor. If it was a northstar ohc motor, then ide think twice. From what I read these cars are VERY stout, the one drawback being wheelhop from the IRS, which I deal with now anyways...
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Le Blanc
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How would YOU be happy with only exhaust and ride height... first time somebody spanks you on 80 you would be like "screw that I'm putting a cam and heads on it!"
It would be the same situation only you would be deeper in debt and mistakeable by noobs for grandmas car. Keep the cobra and drive it more often...
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svfreerider87
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is this really a question? get the v you won't regret it. it would only take a few bolt ons and a small shot of spray and you could make the V way faster than the cobra.
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RED@7kVERT *8850GT*
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Originally posted by Le Blanc:
How would YOU be happy with only exhaust and ride height... first time somebody spanks you on 80 you would be like "screw that I'm putting a cam and heads on it!"
It would be the same situation only you would be deeper in debt and mistakeable by noobs for grandmas car. Keep the cobra and drive it more often...
my payments would stay about the same. Not to mention this car, I would assume, will hold it's value a little better. There's always someone faster... I'm over chasing that as well, your cars faster, good for you?? Lol. Plus you can't hop in a mustang with 3 of ur boys and throw all ur shit in the trunk and hit tahoe for the weekend lol!!
At best the car would get high flow cats, the catback, the intake, and a slight chance of a custom smog legal super friendly cam designed for a heavier car, and tuned of course. I think I'll see what the numbers look like and go from there...
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Sold:05 CTS-V-13.1 @ 114
Sold:01 Cobra Vert-12.0 @ 119
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Wana buy my v?
Don't get me wrong I like the car but people that know me know that I like to swap cars like I go thru women
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N8
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Nuff Said
Grown folks status, is where it is at these days. IMO. Plus you can make these fast.
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RED@7kVERT *8850GT*
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Here's a pic of the one I'm looking at....
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CornOil_&_Boost
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Originally posted by RED@7kVERT *8850GT*:
Here's a pic of the one I'm looking at....
I would say get it and don't look back....
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Blue92
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Originally posted by RED@7kVERT *8850GT*:
Here's a pic of the one I'm looking at....
That one is bad ass. I like it a lot.
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gtowned
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Im pretty sure you already know what my response is.Lol
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RED@7kVERT *8850GT*
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Originally posted by gtowned.:
Im pretty sure you already know what my response is.Lol
it's no ivory white E55 AMG.....buuuut.... Lol
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gtowned
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Hahahaha
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N8
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Originally posted by RED@7kVERT *8850GT*:
Here's a pic of the one I'm looking at....
If I was your friend and you chose a Cobra over this, I would kick you in the nuts and denounce you as my friend.
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RED@7kVERT *8850GT*
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Originally posted by N8:
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Originally posted by RED@7kVERT *8850GT*:
Here's a pic of the one I'm looking at....
If I was your friend and you chose a Cobra over this, I would kick you in the nuts and denounce you as my friend.
They all tell me that i'm dumb if I do it... And it's a grandma car. Lol
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gtowned
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But they will all wanna take your car when its time to go cruisin or to tahoe
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if you can't keep both, the caddy is a better car.
I love having my harley for trips to pack 4 people in, and it's still fast enough to spank most cars on the road, hah.
if I had to only own 1 car, I'd sell them all and keep the harley.
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