oonowindoo

There are not a lot of down hills for you to even have a chance.

Costco

E85 is $2.50 where I live

91 is $3.30

Somehow I get 21mpg with a city-only commute. Kimchi you crazy.

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Shuddap!

Look at this! Super cool vid.

JS + XES

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Oh, I'm like 40city/50hwy/10wtf.

srika

Yumcha

Well, no car is "perfect". But, you know you will be doing your homework...researching...and after that, well...it's just, hate to say it, just money.

I'm sure you have enough saved for things that matter and so, if you can spare the $15K to buy some happiness...well...

And honestly, I think you sound responsible enough. Not like you're blowing your savings on a car that'll go up in flames (cough NSX cough).

ttribe

Actually, every car he ever buys breaks down...a lot. It's his thing.

charliemike

That is true. I'm also about five years from entering my peak earnings so paying a new car off by then means I can bank after that as I expect the Accord will outlast whatever I replace the Focus with

I forgot to mention, I saw a Macan S on Wednesday. Ho Lee Fuk. That thing is so fucking awesome. It is beautiful. Puts the Cayenne to shame. I would get one of those in a heartbeat over any other SUV in the $70-80K range.

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Yes! I think he's good at breaking things!

ttribe

Agreed. I saw one the other day as well. Really impressed.

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Yep. Those are very hot in person.

Cobb being Cobb on EcoBoost Mustang!

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I had so much fun playing with that Cobb Accessport. It's like a magic!

Yumcha

Macan is the best looking CUV on the road right now. Period.



Do it.

charliemike

Good lord ... Cobb got 289hp and 393lb-ft TQ out of their tuned Ecoboost Mustang. That's max numbers but that's +16hp and +122tq

Majofo

TLX might be 46k.. but the hellcat is under 60k msrp

Majofo

All the tuners are squeezing out about the same, small bump in hp, big bump in TQ..

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Yep. And usually those over the counter maps are pretty damn conservative. You can gain much more with stage 1-2 mods with pro-tune. It's no joke.

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Look at this beauty.

charliemike, trade your ST for the EcoBoost Mustang!

Yumcha

charliemike will have TWO Honda Accords if he gets the new EcoBoost!




I mean, if that's not Honda fanboi-ing, I don't know what is!

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Oh yeah.

s2kfeagoih will be happy that Chalie is fanboying Honda after all!

civicdrivr

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Where did you find those numbers? I'm trying to find it for my friend but neither of us can find it.

EDIT - found it

fsttyms1

Sissy, Hand over your mancard!

charliemike

[QUOTE=JS + BRZ;15245055]Look at this beauty.

charliemike, trade your ST for the EcoBoost Mustang![QUOTE]

I'm waiting for the Golf R to hit showrooms so I can compare the two as I can get a base Golf R for about the same price as a EB Mustang with Recaros and Navi through partner pricing.

Figure February or March ... Both are good options for less than $35K.

VR1

I saw the dark green EcoBoost the other day.. Probably my second favorite color on it (first is Kona Blue). Reminded me of British Racing Green.

charliemike

Has anyone had wheel bolt pattern resized? I'm curious if it is worth doing.

Aman

What do you mean? Re-drilled wheels? Or different hubs?

charliemike

Redrilled from 5x112 to 5x114 for example. Probably need them rebored too.

Just thinking ahead

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[QUOTE=charliemike;15245404][QUOTE=JS + BRZ;15245055]Look at this beauty.

charliemike, trade your ST for the EcoBoost Mustang!Please man up and get the RWD this time!

VR1

I wonder how much discounts there will be on the new Mustangs when prices settle down.
I know they had $5-6k off msrp for the last gen the past 2-3 years, which means you could get a base v6 for like $19k and a GT Premium for $32k.


I also hope the new ecoboost forces them to make a BRZ STi.. FT86 is still by far the most fun car I've ever driven for under $40k.

civicdrivr

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If you're seriously interested in the mustang, join the mustang club of america. Its $50 for the year but you get x-plan pricing, which is about $2500 off.

Regarding the BRZ STI, it makes sense, but I don't see it happening. It would push the price too high that they may just price it out of consideration by most.

VR1

Going to go check out one of the first 4C's in the US on Tuesday (hopefully). There are 4 showing up on websites at dealers in the US, but idk how many have actually reached here. Pretty suprised to see you can get a hand-built Italian roadster that weighs 2,500lbs with a Carbon Fiber Monocoque chassis for $50k.

srika

on your Accord?

srika

pix please.

VR1

This is the one:
Houston, TX 2015 Alfa Romeo 2 Dr Coupe 4C COUPE LAUNCH EDIT New Pasedena, TX Sugar Land, TX Helfman FIAT | FM129315 | ZARBAAC48FM129315

The launch edition starts out at $68k, but the base version is $53k. I love literally everything about this car.

I will definitely be posting pics once I see it.

charliemike

I have a set of VMR 710s (HRE P40) that are Audi/VW fitment (5x112 35ET and 57.1 bore). Not sure if it is even worth considering making them work. Obviously they fit the Golf R but I don't know if I can/should look at them for the Accordstang.

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Even though BRZ STi from Subaru makes a perfect sense. It likely won't happen. I heard from the guy who is very close to the GT86 project that it's extremely complicated to make changes on the engine since it's a joint venture between Toyota and Subaru.

They are not making it because they don't know how. It's purely due to the hardship of how joint venture works.

But yeah. Who knows!

Just get the car and F/I it! There are sooooo many options now and the prices have dropped a lot.

cmschmie

Getting closer.
The Golf gets loaded on the boat on Friday, will arrive in port on 12/3 and should be at the dealership on 12/6. Will be able to pick it up a couple days after that.

Will start my own thread shortly before I pick it up

srika

those look nice.

Personally, no, I would not try to make them work. I would rather get wheels that were made for the car, either factory or custom.

oh and, lol @ Accordstang.

charliemike

Thanks for the feedback. I guess I will sell them if I don't get a Golf R.

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Dude you need to stick with Japanese or American. You are asking for it if you get a German!