'10 SS VS '10 GT500

[Black GT]

Originally Posted by AngryAmish

$40,000.00
$29,000.00
---------------
$69,000.00

$2000.00 more than a Camaro?!?

Maybe I missed something, or maybe this is sarcasm...but it certainly isn't reliable math. My only guess is you meant Vette instead of Camaro.

Probably doesn't matter at this point. I lost interest after page 2 and most likely won't check back. I can't believe you got away with that one though and nobody noticed after two pages.

WRONG $40,000 total
$29,000= car
$10,000=MODS

[Zeus]

Originally Posted by Black GT

WRONG $40,000 total
$29,000= car
$10,000=MODS

what the hell are you talking about?


Why is 69,000 even there?

[benjj]

Originally Posted by Zeus

what the hell are you talking about?


Why is 69,000 even there?

haha...one guy took his math as being 29,000 for the car + 40,000 in mods equating to 69,000...he was correcting him

either way, i think it's been stated already that buying an older car, then adding mods to compete with a stock new car is well....just dumb. in this case we can just refer him to earlier posts in this thread where ppl said they'd take an SS and add this or that and the gt500 guys cried foul. you can't come on here 10 posts later and use the same foul example

[Zeus]

Originally Posted by benjj

haha...one guy took his math as being 29,000 for the car + 40,000 in mods equating to 69,000...he was correcting him

either way, i think it's been stated already that buying an older car, then adding mods to compete with a stock new car is well....just dumb. in this case we can just refer him to earlier posts in this thread where ppl said they'd take an SS and add this or that and the gt500 guys cried foul. you can't come on here 10 posts later and use the same foul example

+1

[Black GT]

True but I didn't buy an older car.
My car is an 06 that when I bought it had 3 miles on it, bought right off the showroom floor.

[Zeus]

Originally Posted by Black GT

True but I didn't buy an older car.
My car is an 06 that when I bought it had 3 miles on it, bought right off the showroom floor.

Id be shocked if even you would rather have your dated 06' than a new Camaro.


Even if you'd never admit it.

[benjj]

Originally Posted by Black GT

True but I didn't buy an older car.
My car is an 06 that when I bought it had 3 miles on it, bought right off the showroom floor.

and from the pic below your name it looks nice

again tho, comparing a cheaper car w/mods to a more expensive car falls along the same lines as modding an ss to compete with a gt500 for cheaper.

i'm assuming that when you gave your price point of 2k more than a camaro, you were comparing comparably equipped vehicles, correct? you weren't comparing a loaded camaro to a non-optioned mustang were you? i'll be honest in the fact that i don't know how much 2006 mustangs were going for with options and such as i never looked into it. with that being said, i did build a 2010 mustang recently that compared to a 2ss in options and the price came to roughly 1k less than my camaro(so roughly 33-34k vs. 35k).

i'm not bad mouthing the mustang, but the "if you do this, then i'll do this argument" has been called out already in this thread

[GTengineer]

Originally Posted by Zeus

Id be shocked if even you would rather have your dated 06' than a new Camaro.

3 year old cars are now dated?? No wonder crap doesn't last as long as they used to back in the days.

[KoTToN]

lets see the current model is 2010, and his is an 06.... I think thats a 4 year difference if my mathology is correct

[Zeus]

Originally Posted by KoTToN

lets see the current model is 2010, and his is an 06.... I think thats a 4 year difference if my mathology is correct

Originally Posted by GTengineer

3 year old cars are now dated?? No wonder crap doesn't last as long as they used to back in the days.

3-4 ( ) years is a long time when you see a new/updated/better in every way model come out. And next year it will be even MORE dated with the 5.0L

[Ninjak]

Which can bring the argument that we are comparing a near 6 old platform to a brand new current one in the Camaro !

In truth the the 4.6 will be old news, but can still pack a punch with the right things added. My 08 is not truly old, and every time I go to the Ford dealership, I see nothing there I would trade it for....now. Of course my dealership fails at getting GT500 (2010)'s...They keep shipping them off to S.America and Europe...

[Zeus]

Originally Posted by Ninjak

Which can bring the argument that we are comparing a near 6 old platform to a brand new current one in the Camaro !

In truth the the 4.6 will be old news, but can still pack a punch with the right things added. My 08 is not truly old, and every time I go to the Ford dealership, I see nothing there I would trade it for....now. Of course my dealership fails at getting GT500 (2010)'s...They keep shipping them off to S.America and Europe...

Actually that comparison was made by the dude with the 6 year platform.

[Speed74SS]

I should be hitting the local 1/4 mile track on Friday with my LPE-570 to see what kind of numbers it can run on stock tires. Weather permitting on Friday - hopefully it is not humid as hell. I can tell you that it seems to hook up pretty good but I will have to see on the strip. I have 1200 miles on it right now. With the price of my car and this package, it is less than 50K.

[Zeus]

Originally Posted by Speed74SS

I should be hitting the local 1/4 mile track on Friday with my LPE-570 to see what kind of numbers it can run on stock tires. Weather permitting on Friday - hopefully it is not humid as hell. I can tell you that it seems to hook up pretty good but I will have to see on the strip. I have 1200 miles on it right now. With the price of my car and this package, it is less than 50K.

So it sound like a good GT500 comparison... - just for speculative purposes.