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RichA wrote:
> On Sun, 30 Jan 2005 13:39:54 -0500, "Michael Johnson, PE" > > wrote: > > >>RichA wrote: >> >>>Say I take a Vette, that costs $45,000 when new. >>>Then I take a Mustang GT, that costs $27,000. >>>Then I put $18,000 into the Mustang. >>>Which is now the better car? >>>-Rich >> >>Try and get that $18k back out of the Mustang when you try and sell it. >> The Vette would be a better investment and a better performing car for >>the money spent. > > > Investment? A modern car? That is a laugh. If I want an investment > I'll spend the $50,000 on a Hemi Chrysler (1964-1971). Take a 2005 Mustang and add $18k worth of modifications, drive it for two years and then try and sell it for more than $20k-$25k. The Vette will be worth much more than that from a resale value after two years. Now do you get my point or do I need to draw you a picture? >>Now I just need to figure out whether you're a troll since you have also >>authored a thread about GM going into bankruptcy. Seems to be too loony >>a post to take you very seriously. > > > Rumours abound. How else to determine authenticity unless you ask? I'll make up my own mind by observing your actions. > -Rich |
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"Chief_Wiggum" > wrote in message news:GLfLd.264$mt.82@fed1read03... | Well, if , by "better" you mean "faster" then why not just put 18k into a 72 | Nova or something ?? | | "Better car" encompasses a LOT more than horsepower, or speed. | | If you like the lines, stance, interior, etc of a Corvett then no amount of | money will likely make you think a Mustang is "better" | | OTOH there are many folks that think it's ALREADY a better car than a Vette. | | Personally, I LOVE my Mustang, and it's been a great car. I'd like to have | an '05 too, and likely will some day. | | OTOH, I love Vettes too! I've owned a few in the past, and had lots of fun | with them. I think the C6 is a BEAUTIFUL car, and, although I hate to admit | it HERE, if you offered me an 05 Vette STOCK, and an 05 Mustang with a | supercharger, and handling mods, I'd snatch that little bowtie beauty up | in a HEARTBEAT ! ! ! | I agree with you 100%. First time I saw one I nearly broke my neck looking at it as it went by on the transport truck. Damn! Why couldn't I have been born rich. Kate |
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On Sun, 30 Jan 2005 17:22:45 -0800, "Chief_Wiggum" >
wrote: >Well, if , by "better" you mean "faster" then why not just put 18k into a 72 >Nova or something ?? > >"Better car" encompasses a LOT more than horsepower, or speed. > >If you like the lines, stance, interior, etc of a Corvett then no amount of >money will likely make you think a Mustang is "better" > >OTOH there are many folks that think it's ALREADY a better car than a Vette. > >Personally, I LOVE my Mustang, and it's been a great car. I'd like to have >an '05 too, and likely will some day. > >OTOH, I love Vettes too! I've owned a few in the past, and had lots of fun >with them. I think the C6 is a BEAUTIFUL car, and, although I hate to admit >it HERE, if you offered me an 05 Vette STOCK, and an 05 Mustang with a >supercharger, and handling mods, I'd snatch that little bowtie beauty up >in a HEARTBEAT ! ! ! > *Which* little beauty would you snatch up? I'm 60 years old. I could have bought a 'Vette. I bought a yellow '05 GT. Why? 'Cause the GT turned something in my gut that the 'vette didn't. In the first three weeks I had the GT more than a dozen people have high signed or commented on my beautiful car out on the road. I've never thought of doing that to a 'vette driver. Maybe 'vette owners get a lot of thumbs-up also, but I'll bet it's from other 'vette owners. Have to do a study on that some day. John H On the 'PocoLoco' out of Deale, MD, on the beautiful Chesapeake Bay! "Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it." Rene Descartes |
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On Sun, 30 Jan 2005 17:22:45 -0800, "Chief_Wiggum" >
wrote: >Well, if , by "better" you mean "faster" then why not just put 18k into a 72 >Nova or something ?? > >"Better car" encompasses a LOT more than horsepower, or speed. Did I say that it didn't? -Rich |
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Sorry, but you won't see me do that. I like Corvettes & all... but I won't
even go that far. Maybe for an 03/04 SVT Cobra I'll stop to see it & BS with the owner & compliment the car... but I"ll never "zoom up" & "drool" haha. But I bet a lot of ppl would for a C6! Or an 03/04 Cobra! Nobody zooms up to see my poor car haha. -Mike -- A happy kid behind the wheel of a 98 Mustang GT Cold air intake FRPP 3.73 gears Steeda Tri-Ax Shifter Flowmaster 40 Series mufflers (self-installed woohoo) Hi-speed fan switch 255/60R-15 rear tires Subframe connectors Aluminum adjustable clutch quadrant "Scott en Aztlán" > wrote in message ... > On Mon, 31 Jan 2005 08:38:00 -0500, JohnH > > wrote: > > >I'm 60 years old. I could have bought a 'Vette. I bought a yellow '05 > >GT. Why? 'Cause the GT turned something in my gut that the 'vette > >didn't. > > Hmm... Not quite the phrasing I would use, but to each his own. > > >In the first three weeks I had the GT more than a dozen people have > >high signed or commented on my beautiful car out on the road. I've > >never thought of doing that to a 'vette driver. Maybe 'vette owners > >get a lot of thumbs-up also, but I'll bet it's from other 'vette > >owners. Have to do a study on that some day. > > Let's see... On the day I drove my C6 home from the dealership, some > guy in an S2000 zoomed up next to me, then slowed down to drool. The > next day, the car was parked in a strip mall parking lot, and some guy > was hovering around it, peering inside and slobbering on the glass. > > Does that answer your question? > > -- > Friends don't let friends shop at Best Buy (except to buy loss leaders for resale on eBay). > (See http://tinyurl.com/6efhd) |
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On Sat, 05 Feb 2005 10:03:29 -0800, Scott en Aztlán >
wrote: >On Mon, 31 Jan 2005 08:38:00 -0500, JohnH > >wrote: > >>I'm 60 years old. I could have bought a 'Vette. I bought a yellow '05 >>GT. Why? 'Cause the GT turned something in my gut that the 'vette >>didn't. > >Hmm... Not quite the phrasing I would use, but to each his own. > >>In the first three weeks I had the GT more than a dozen people have >>high signed or commented on my beautiful car out on the road. I've >>never thought of doing that to a 'vette driver. Maybe 'vette owners >>get a lot of thumbs-up also, but I'll bet it's from other 'vette >>owners. Have to do a study on that some day. > >Let's see... On the day I drove my C6 home from the dealership, some >guy in an S2000 zoomed up next to me, then slowed down to drool. The >next day, the car was parked in a strip mall parking lot, and some guy >was hovering around it, peering inside and slobbering on the glass. > >Does that answer your question? I'll add your input to my study! John H On the 'PocoLoco' out of Deale, MD, on the beautiful Chesapeake Bay! "Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it." Rene Descartes |
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"Scott en Aztlán" > wrote in message ... > On Mon, 31 Jan 2005 08:38:00 -0500, JohnH > > wrote: > >>I'm 60 years old. I could have bought a 'Vette. I bought a yellow '05 >>GT. Why? 'Cause the GT turned something in my gut that the 'vette >>didn't. > > Hmm... Not quite the phrasing I would use, but to each his own. > >>In the first three weeks I had the GT more than a dozen people have >>high signed or commented on my beautiful car out on the road. I've >>never thought of doing that to a 'vette driver. Maybe 'vette owners >>get a lot of thumbs-up also, but I'll bet it's from other 'vette >>owners. Have to do a study on that some day. > > Let's see... On the day I drove my C6 home from the dealership, some > guy in an S2000 zoomed up next to me, then slowed down to drool. The > next day, the car was parked in a strip mall parking lot, and some guy > was hovering around it, peering inside and slobbering on the glass. > > Does that answer your question? > "Guys" "drool" over cars? You all gotta get a life. And maybe a woman too. Brad |
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I need a woman..... and a life! **** I am working 24/7 =(. *Slobbers on
Brad* take that! -Mike -- A happy kid behind the wheel of a 98 Mustang GT Cold air intake FRPP 3.73 gears Steeda Tri-Ax Shifter Flowmaster 40 Series mufflers (self-installed woohoo) Hi-speed fan switch 255/60R-15 rear tires Subframe connectors Aluminum adjustable clutch quadrant "Brad and Mia" > wrote in message news:IPlNd.286392$6l.227418@pd7tw2no... > > "Scott en Aztlán" > wrote in message > ... > > On Mon, 31 Jan 2005 08:38:00 -0500, JohnH > > > wrote: > > > >>I'm 60 years old. I could have bought a 'Vette. I bought a yellow '05 > >>GT. Why? 'Cause the GT turned something in my gut that the 'vette > >>didn't. > > > > Hmm... Not quite the phrasing I would use, but to each his own. > > > >>In the first three weeks I had the GT more than a dozen people have > >>high signed or commented on my beautiful car out on the road. I've > >>never thought of doing that to a 'vette driver. Maybe 'vette owners > >>get a lot of thumbs-up also, but I'll bet it's from other 'vette > >>owners. Have to do a study on that some day. > > > > Let's see... On the day I drove my C6 home from the dealership, some > > guy in an S2000 zoomed up next to me, then slowed down to drool. The > > next day, the car was parked in a strip mall parking lot, and some guy > > was hovering around it, peering inside and slobbering on the glass. > > > > Does that answer your question? > > > > "Guys" "drool" over cars? You all gotta get a life. And maybe a woman too. > > Brad > > |
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Yeah, even though I'm a "Mustang guy," I have to make the argument that
higher dollar items tend to be higher quality and throwing money at a lower quality item may not be the best idea DEPENDING on what you want in the end. If you are going for pure horsepower then yeah, sure, put $18K into an 05 Mustang GT and wow! Fast & fun. Not much different comparison than if you buy a Civic and put tons of money into it vs. buying something that comes stock prepared to go fast (Mustang GT). But would I take the Vette? No. I'm not a "Vette guy," hehe If I had that kind of money to spend on a car I might buy the highest end convertible Audi I could get. But alll that aside, this "Mustang guy" is drooling over the 05 GT convertible and scheming as to how I can get one this Summer! Scott 96 GT Convertible 3.73 gears "RichA" > wrote in message ... > Say I take a Vette, that costs $45,000 when new. > Then I take a Mustang GT, that costs $27,000. > Then I put $18,000 into the Mustang. > Which is now the better car? > -Rich |
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"SVTKate" > wrote in news:FKfLd.3042
: > Yea, but the new Vette is just SOOooooooo easy on the eyes. > I don't like it myself. I miss flip lights. It looks too much like a Viper |
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