07-21-2008, 01:04 PM
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The lawn mower was a bit over the top, but I know a few years back his doctor told him he couldn't power slide cars for at least a few months because of his back. So, he might have been joking, might not have....He is old and I can't imagine that he has many "healthy" habits ( i know he smokes a ton).
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07-21-2008, 01:22 PM
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Wow! I gotta get me one of those GTR's. Forget the Vette Z06. And who cares if it's 4,000 Lbs? What counts is performance.
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07-21-2008, 01:42 PM
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Its gonna be real hard to get them. I was at a nissan dealership test driving a 350z for a friend (he can't drive manual too well), and I was talkin to the guy about the GTR. He was the owners son, and since they had 3 dealerships, they were getting 2 GTRs and they already had something like 5 down payments (this was in March). He also said the dealer markup would be really heafty (20k being nothing "huge").
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"If you feel like you're under control, you're just not going fast enough."
-Mario Andretti (cliche!)
2002 Boxster S 6 Speed (Ocean Blue/Savannah)
-De-Snorkled, Porsche (B&M) Short Shifter, EVO Shift Linkage
-H7 HID Upgrade
-Rennwerke Maintained
1998 Bouvier (Brindle)
http://inlinethumb03.webshots.com/42...425x425Q85.jpg
Last edited by fragdude; 07-21-2008 at 01:44 PM.
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07-21-2008, 06:13 PM
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When the Mustang Shelby GT 500 came out they were getting $20K over sticker. Then about a year ago they were getting about $10K over sticker. Then last March my friend bought a 2008 Shelby GT 500 for $2,500 over sticker. I'm sure now you can get one $2,500 under sticker.
I can wait a year or even two for the euphoria to wear off at get a GTR at sticker or real close to it.
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07-21-2008, 06:39 PM
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I was thinking there may be some good used GTR's in a few years. Probably be reliable too although lot's of high tech in the car.
Kinda makes it interesting now. Let's say you got $70K to $75k to spend on a car. Or even $90K to $100K I suppose. What do you get?
It could force the competition to step up and offer more performance to close the gap.
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07-21-2008, 06:44 PM
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It will be interesting what this car does to the super car market, especially since its in the U.S. now. I wonder how many used ones there will be though? I doubt they are gonna be commin over here in huge numbers at first because they probably take a while to put together. And if it is so good, why would you want to part with it 
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"If you feel like you're under control, you're just not going fast enough."
-Mario Andretti (cliche!)
2002 Boxster S 6 Speed (Ocean Blue/Savannah)
-De-Snorkled, Porsche (B&M) Short Shifter, EVO Shift Linkage
-H7 HID Upgrade
-Rennwerke Maintained
1998 Bouvier (Brindle)
http://inlinethumb03.webshots.com/42...425x425Q85.jpg
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07-21-2008, 07:09 PM
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You want to know what will happen with this car in the US and what will happen over time? Set the wayback machine to 1991 and look at the NSX. Great car, they'll sell a few, it'll be cool to see one on the road, and they'll slowly drop in price but hold well. There will be new cars that outperform it and the buzz will die down, just like everything else.
Ferrari people won't think about buying one and people buying a GTR won't think about buying a Ferrari (but compare it to one all the time).
In 10 years, the '19 Evo (or whatever the hot economy car is at the time) will be blowing the doors off the '09 GTR.
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