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Chris1SS1LE · 01-15-2015, 07:48 PM

With my age people probably think that, but really I was tired of spending months and years building performance cars from scratch. I built my mustang GT road racer from a roller and my cobra drag car from my ex-daily driver. Having two performance cars meant twice the maintenance and sometimes both have an issue. I spent less time driving then it also took a toll on the family time. So I decided to sell it all and buy a performance car that could to all what I want and just enjoy the drive. The GT was like my kid, we been together a long time and was a lot of first, nothing like building a car and driving it that first time. I remember that way better then popping my cherry as a teen.

I sold the GT at a loss as usual when you build with quality. But I took that money that evening to a chevy dealer and ordered my 1LE to Spec. They told me I had 6-8 weeks till it arrived. Now at home I had the complete driveline including IRS torn apart in the garage. It had to be assembled, tested, sold before the 1LE arrived. But not just thrown together, cause I take pride in my builds. So with help of friends we put it back together, did some test runs and it was great. The camaro was born June 7th and they said it would be two weeks. The cobra been on the ground 4 days. I was starting to think I might have to trade it in, which is going to kill with the mods. So I listed it on a local facebook car sale page friday nite and 8am the next day somebody called and said they would be there today to buy it.

So I sold the cobra for $2000 less then I bought it 5 years and 50K miles ago. Which I thought was good.

I also sold lots of parts and some specialized equipment. So I also got a supplier discount, military discount, and chevy special offer.

I searched for a year from BMW M3, 135 Msport, Nissan 370Z Nismo, 96-98 Porsche Carrera, '08-'10 Z06, '12-13 Boss 302 & Laguna Seca, Challenger SRT-8, Porsche Cayman.

I created a excel file that had each car, cost, mileage, modification cost, wheel and tire cost, broke it down between used car and new car interest rates.

It came down to BMW 135 Msport used, New 370Z Nismo, & New 1LE

all three equally priced, mod cost was very high on the 135 plus it didn't come with a limited slip and CAN'T be installed. They have welded diffs, you have to replace the entire axle assembly just for limited slip and gears.

Nismo was fun with the auto rev match, but to get decent power it would require a turbo or blower and cost was high and reliability low.

1LE - 400+ horse out of the box, handling kit - done, larger wheels and tires - done, recaro race seats - done, exhaust system - done

People do act like I must be spending my whole paycheck on the car, but my car payment is less then what most people spend going out to lunch for a month.

01-15-2015, 07:48 PM	#92
Chris1SS1LE Drives: 2014 Camaro Red Hot 1LE NPP Recaro Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: Indiana Posts: 639	With my age people probably think that, but really I was tired of spending months and years building performance cars from scratch. I built my mustang GT road racer from a roller and my cobra drag car from my ex-daily driver. Having two performance cars meant twice the maintenance and sometimes both have an issue. I spent less time driving then it also took a toll on the family time. So I decided to sell it all and buy a performance car that could to all what I want and just enjoy the drive. The GT was like my kid, we been together a long time and was a lot of first, nothing like building a car and driving it that first time. I remember that way better then popping my cherry as a teen. I sold the GT at a loss as usual when you build with quality. But I took that money that evening to a chevy dealer and ordered my 1LE to Spec. They told me I had 6-8 weeks till it arrived. Now at home I had the complete driveline including IRS torn apart in the garage. It had to be assembled, tested, sold before the 1LE arrived. But not just thrown together, cause I take pride in my builds. So with help of friends we put it back together, did some test runs and it was great. The camaro was born June 7th and they said it would be two weeks. The cobra been on the ground 4 days. I was starting to think I might have to trade it in, which is going to kill with the mods. So I listed it on a local facebook car sale page friday nite and 8am the next day somebody called and said they would be there today to buy it. So I sold the cobra for $2000 less then I bought it 5 years and 50K miles ago. Which I thought was good. I also sold lots of parts and some specialized equipment. So I also got a supplier discount, military discount, and chevy special offer. I searched for a year from BMW M3, 135 Msport, Nissan 370Z Nismo, 96-98 Porsche Carrera, '08-'10 Z06, '12-13 Boss 302 & Laguna Seca, Challenger SRT-8, Porsche Cayman. I created a excel file that had each car, cost, mileage, modification cost, wheel and tire cost, broke it down between used car and new car interest rates. It came down to BMW 135 Msport used, New 370Z Nismo, & New 1LE all three equally priced, mod cost was very high on the 135 plus it didn't come with a limited slip and CAN'T be installed. They have welded diffs, you have to replace the entire axle assembly just for limited slip and gears. Nismo was fun with the auto rev match, but to get decent power it would require a turbo or blower and cost was high and reliability low. 1LE - 400+ horse out of the box, handling kit - done, larger wheels and tires - done, recaro race seats - done, exhaust system - done People do act like I must be spending my whole paycheck on the car, but my car payment is less then what most people spend going out to lunch for a month.