Selling my new(ish) for a Mustang for an older model?
Do you have real estate yet? If not, I'd say start accumulating some assets and stop wasting money on cars.
Keep the one you have and modify it to your liking a little at a time. Then when you have no car payments and some assets (liquid, investments, etc) you can do what you want when you want as far as vehicles...
Keep the one you have and modify it to your liking a little at a time. Then when you have no car payments and some assets (liquid, investments, etc) you can do what you want when you want as far as vehicles...
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You're right bb.
Having driven a 7xxWHP blown 5.0 and a moderate 8xxWHP TT set-up, it's insane how steerable how the cars were when I wasn't pushing them. That's what really struck me as awesome.
Im awestruck by cars that can be so civil yet run down and proceed to walk a liter bike. I've driven H/C C6Z's, a couple bolt-on 5th gen Vipers, a roughly 700whp CTS-V and none of them seemed as "tame" when i wasn't pushing the car.
Of course I'd take any of the above over a boosted 5.bro, but I can't simply overlook the bargain for performance a boosted example is.
Of course, there's absolutely no need for this amount of power on the street. My old '12 Civic did the job as a commuter just fine with <2.0L engine. My current set-up is plenty for the street and of course the old saying - "There's always someone faster" rings true.
But everybody has their definition of wants and needs. Hellcat's are decently quick and 707hp is completely unnecessary for daily driving, but I know of 4-5 individuals who DD those cars. It's like buying a watch: there are higher end brands that one could argue there is no need for when the point of a watch is simply to tell time (which a $100 G-Shock does just as a well as a Rolex) but you will always find people paying extra for the more expensive watch that in the end does the same job. (holy run-on sentence)
To each there own, right?
Having driven a 7xxWHP blown 5.0 and a moderate 8xxWHP TT set-up, it's insane how steerable how the cars were when I wasn't pushing them. That's what really struck me as awesome.
Im awestruck by cars that can be so civil yet run down and proceed to walk a liter bike. I've driven H/C C6Z's, a couple bolt-on 5th gen Vipers, a roughly 700whp CTS-V and none of them seemed as "tame" when i wasn't pushing the car.
Of course I'd take any of the above over a boosted 5.bro, but I can't simply overlook the bargain for performance a boosted example is.
Of course, there's absolutely no need for this amount of power on the street. My old '12 Civic did the job as a commuter just fine with <2.0L engine. My current set-up is plenty for the street and of course the old saying - "There's always someone faster" rings true.
But everybody has their definition of wants and needs. Hellcat's are decently quick and 707hp is completely unnecessary for daily driving, but I know of 4-5 individuals who DD those cars. It's like buying a watch: there are higher end brands that one could argue there is no need for when the point of a watch is simply to tell time (which a $100 G-Shock does just as a well as a Rolex) but you will always find people paying extra for the more expensive watch that in the end does the same job. (holy run-on sentence)
To each there own, right?
An 800hp is stupid, you'll never use that power for anything other than a d1ck measuring contest. 800hp is even more stupid when you put it in a car with a live rear axle. Two words: Axle Hop.
Last edited by SamDoe1; Jun 2, 2016 at 11:26 AM.
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Been working a lot of OT lately. I've made up my mind. If I sell, it'll be to get rid of/lower the payment, not increase it or break even.
Thanks for the responses.
Thanks for the responses.
