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Topic: Car Options

Posted By: slackerr26
Subject: Car Options
Date Posted: 24 August 2009 at 9:46pm

trans am

monte carlo.

sold my explorer last week for $4000, which was more than i bought it for. i have the option of buying either one of these tomorrow. which one should i go for?

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Posted By: ctchofday
Date Posted: 24 August 2009 at 9:48pm

Trans Am. Mostly because they are sexy cars. but also the fact that its just as easy to drop a 350ci+ engine as the Monte Carlo and it weighs less.

edit: Im finally getting something new myself here in a few month. 2006 GTO. Imma die but oh well Dead

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Posted By: Eville
Date Posted: 24 August 2009 at 9:54pm

and is newer

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Posted By: .636
Date Posted: 24 August 2009 at 9:57pm

monte carlo. Camaro/firebirds never tickled my fancy

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Posted By: slackerr26
Date Posted: 24 August 2009 at 9:59pm

ctchofday wrote:

edit: Im finally getting something new myself here in a few month. 2006 GTO. Imma die but oh well Dead

brothers got a red one. we hit 110 easily before he had to hit the brakes due to traffic

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Posted By: MeanMan
Date Posted: 24 August 2009 at 10:53pm

How's the mileage and such?

I've always liked Trans Ams.

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Posted By: Monk
Date Posted: 24 August 2009 at 10:58pm

Mileage fo sho.

Eitherway, I still think the trans am is ugly.

I almost bought a newer GTO but the gas mileage would have killed me.

Posted By: slackerr26
Date Posted: 24 August 2009 at 11:00pm

MeanMan wrote:

How's the mileage and such?

I've always liked Trans Ams.

on what? my brothers car? or the ones i posted? all of them are terrible

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Posted By: MeanMan
Date Posted: 24 August 2009 at 11:11pm

Terrible mileage? I'm talking about the transam and SS. They look like they're in good condition. Both the same price? We need more info, not just pics, haha.

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Posted By: slackerr26
Date Posted: 24 August 2009 at 11:19pm

MeanMan wrote:

Terrible mileage? I'm talking about the transam and SS. They look like they're in good condition. Both the same price? We need more info, not just pics, haha.

thought you meant gas mileage. my bad. trans am has 98000 and its a manual transmission for $4000. monte mileage isnt known and is $2500, so it would need work

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Posted By: ammolord
Date Posted: 24 August 2009 at 11:28pm

firebird and LS1 swap it.

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Posted By: slackerr26
Date Posted: 24 August 2009 at 11:30pm

ammolord wrote:

firebird and LS1 swap it.

i think the LT1 will hold me off long enough Wink

especially since im not spending any more than i made in the sale.

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Posted By: cdacda13
Date Posted: 24 August 2009 at 11:59pm

slackerr26 wrote:

ammolord wrote:

firebird and LS1 swap it.

i think the LT1 will hold me off long enough Wink

especially since im not spending any more than i made in the sale.

Heads up with the LT1: It has optispark ignition. Easiest way to describe it: The distributor is UNDER the water pump. (Its really not a distributor, but google it for a better explanation.) A small leak in your water pump, and your whole ignition system goes out. Then you have to replace the water pump gasket, the opti, and a few other parts.
Its not a question of if it will happen, its when will it happen.

The Monte looks nice, but with unknown mileage, I'd stay away unless he can prove an engine rebuild. And, considering it is much older, you're going to deal with worn suspension parts (PITA to replace, just did most of the front suspension in my Camaro), Possible rusted brake lines, rotted fuel lines and the like.

I'd steer away from both. There has to be better deals than those out there.

Posted By: mbro
Date Posted: 25 August 2009 at 12:17am

None of the above?

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Posted By: slackerr26
Date Posted: 25 August 2009 at 12:19am

cdacda13 wrote:

slackerr26 wrote:

ammolord wrote:

firebird and LS1 swap it.

i think the LT1 will hold me off long enough Wink

especially since im not spending any more than i made in the sale.

family has had Z28 camaros with LT1 and havent had this problem. as for the monte, i dont think it was an engine rebuild, i think the odometer broke. i know the monte would require some upkeep. most cars that old do. ill probably steer away from the monte, since i dont have that much time to deal with the maintenance of an older car

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Posted By: Eville
Date Posted: 25 August 2009 at 12:25am

what did the odo stop on?

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Posted By: slackerr26
Date Posted: 25 August 2009 at 12:26am

Eville wrote:

what did the odo stop on?

what?

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Posted By: Monk
Date Posted: 25 August 2009 at 12:29am

slackerr26 wrote:

Eville wrote:

what did the odo stop on?

what?

You're killing me smalls.

Posted By: slackerr26
Date Posted: 25 August 2009 at 12:32am

Monk wrote:

slackerr26 wrote:

Eville wrote:

what did the odo stop on?

what?

You're killing me smalls.

its been a long day. i get what he's saying now. i have no idea. i havent been to see either yet. im supposed to go tomorrow night to see them. that was just my guess that it stopped working. ad says its completely stock so

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Posted By: FreeEnterprise
Date Posted: 25 August 2009 at 7:54am

Since you have money now...

PAY UP SUCKER

YOU OWE ME $5...

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Posted By: slackerr26
Date Posted: 25 August 2009 at 8:38am

yea no

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Posted By: ammolord
Date Posted: 25 August 2009 at 12:13pm

lol, nice one FE.

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Posted By: agentwhale007
Date Posted: 25 August 2009 at 12:20pm

mbro wrote:

None of the above?

Agreed.

Terrible gas mileage and increased insurance? No thanks.

Posted By: oldpbnoob
Date Posted: 25 August 2009 at 12:45pm

agentwhale007 wrote:

increased insurance

This. You may want to call your insurance company and see exactly what it's going to cost you to insure either of these. I know when I was younger, I had to sell my Supra because it had a 6 cylinder engine and they wanted to charge me nearly $200/month just for liability. Not sure what things are like today, but it was definitely a deal buster for me.

Posted By: ammolord
Date Posted: 25 August 2009 at 12:54pm

^ what year supra?

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Posted By: oldpbnoob
Date Posted: 25 August 2009 at 1:13pm

ammolord wrote:

^ what year supra?

Not one of the good ones. We're talking over 20 years ago.

Posted By: ammolord
Date Posted: 25 August 2009 at 1:17pm

Ah, ic. the older ones wenrt bad eather.

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Posted By: oldpbnoob
Date Posted: 25 August 2009 at 1:39pm

ammolord wrote:

Ah, ic. the older ones wenrt bad eather.

Wasn't worth paying $200/month for insurance in 1987.... A buddy of mine had a ragged out 4 cylinder standard Celica that would easily keep up. HP to extra weight ratio nearly made it slower. And for the record it was a 79. Pretty car, but not exactly fast.

Posted By: ammolord
Date Posted: 25 August 2009 at 1:42pm

yeah, my camaro is a 78. it was eating cars like thats in 87.

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Posted By: oldpbnoob
Date Posted: 25 August 2009 at 2:02pm

ammolord wrote:

yeah, my camaro is a 78. it was eating cars like thats in 87.

I guess it's all relative. No offense, but late 70's F bodies weren't exactly fire breathing muscle cars by any stretch of the imagination either. All of the emissions and detuning made them pretty tame. I don't think the Z28's or Trans Ams were even breaking 200HP by then.

Posted By: MeanMan
Date Posted: 25 August 2009 at 2:03pm

I think it's almost $500 a half insuring my explorer. The one with the High Performance engine was actually cheaper than the normal 4.0l because of it being auto compared to the 5speed I have now.

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Posted By: ammolord
Date Posted: 25 August 2009 at 2:05pm

oldpbnoob wrote:

ammolord wrote:

yeah, my camaro is a 78. it was eating cars like thats in 87.

lol, mine got a built motor in 85.

and its only $110 a month for full coverage on my tiburon.

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Posted By: oldpbnoob
Date Posted: 25 August 2009 at 2:18pm

ammolord wrote:

oldpbnoob wrote:

ammolord wrote:

yeah, my camaro is a 78. it was eating cars like thats in 87.

lol, mine got a built motor in 85.

and its only $110 a month for full coverage on my tiburon.

Than we aren't exactly comparing apples to apples. The 79 Supra was more of a luxury version of the Celica than a sports car. The point being that if you have a "red flagged" vehicle it can cost you through the nose for insurance. In my situation, when I signed up for insurane, I put down that it was a Celica, which it technically was. At some point I was making a claim or switching something and while on the phone the adjuster asked me how many cylinders the car had. When I replied.. 6, she said, only the Supras have 6 cylinders, to which I replied, yeah, it's a Celica Supra. Kaaaching. Suddenly my insurance went from around $110/month to around $200/month because the "Supra" nameplate was red flagged as a sports car and thus nearly double the monthly cost to insure. I think I made one insurance payment and sold the car. Ironically, I replaced it with a 63 bug with a fairly 'built" 1776 motor that I subsequently tboned into a truck that pulled out in front of me going 60mph resulting in insurance payouts of about $400k..... shoulda let me keep the Supra.

Posted By: ammolord
Date Posted: 25 August 2009 at 2:22pm

oh, the irony.........

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Posted By: FreeEnterprise
Date Posted: 25 August 2009 at 3:38pm

I had two 78 camaro's One regular and one z-28 that I did a ton of engine and tranny work on.

Edelbrock high rise intake, with dual holly 400 carbs. Nitrous, headers, bored out, large cam, straight pipes, shift kit, stall converter. It was a fun car, looked like a beater, and would kill guys in their brand new 'mommy' mustangs. It only got about 8 mpg though...

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Posted By: FreeEnterprise
Date Posted: 25 August 2009 at 3:41pm

Here is another pic, and you can see my lowrider before I chopped the top and made it a convertible.

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Posted By: ammolord
Date Posted: 25 August 2009 at 3:47pm

nice, il have to go get a good pic of mine. its a base with a 383, holly street avenger carb, stroked, edelbrock intake, huge cam, flowmaster exhaust, hooker headers, the list goes on.

ok, here:

im gettin it ready for paint and body work right now. just waiting on the drivers side quarter pannel.

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