C6 vs S197

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Honestly, get your own place (with a garage) before you drive an expensive sports car. Priorities dude. Build your equity and get in a comfortable financial place before you go spending all your money on what amonts to a toy. People make say that life is too short for a conservative approach like that, but that's how I paid off my first house in 4 years. Once you house is paid for, it's amazing how much extra cash you'll have to spend.

Also, it's a very strange predicament as the cars are completely different. If you're attracted to the vette because of the power, you've missed the point. It's a sports car, not a 1/4 mile racer. It's supposed to be fast, but it's the speed around turns that makes it awesome.

You also have to consider insurance and maintenance costs and ease of repairs. Mustang parts are plentiful, fairly cheap and generally easy to install. The vette is a mechanics nightmare and parts are expensive. My friend has a C5 and his wheel bearing just went, just a cool $300 dollars. This type of deep consideration is why the Mustang is a better choice then many many cars, including all those 4WD turbo imports that are complicated and will break you wallet fast.
 
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Excellent point man!!!

I have basically decided to keep the stang. I bought some smoked corners yesterday to kinda liven it up a bit, and I am hoping that will create the spark that I had a year ago for modding. I havnt decided what direction to take the car yet though... to supercharge or not. I might just buy a set of LT's and some nice dress up things for the rest of the summer, and think SC in the winter.

The thing that gets me about LT's is that a set of kooks will run almost $2K installed, and a blower will be about $6K- and I think its easier to install a procharger in my driveway than the LT's!!! So I might as well spend the other $4k, being the $2k is sort of a sunk cost, and just DO the blower!
 

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ehhh im not so concerned about Gus lol

he has convinced me that if i put a blower on my car it will be an unfair race lol.
 

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ehhh im not so concerned about Gus lol

he has convinced me that if i put a blower on my car it will be an unfair race lol.

LOL, who cares, if he brings a butter knife to a gun fight!!! you win!! :clap:
 

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Honestly, get your own place (with a garage) before you drive an expensive sports car. Priorities dude. Build your equity and get in a comfortable financial place before you go spending all your money on what amonts to a toy. People make say that life is too short for a conservative approach like that, but that's how I paid off my first house in 4 years. Once you house is paid for, it's amazing how much extra cash you'll have to spend.

Also, it's a very strange predicament as the cars are completely different. If you're attracted to the vette because of the power, you've missed the point. It's a sports car, not a 1/4 mile racer. It's supposed to be fast, but it's the speed around turns that makes it awesome.

You also have to consider insurance and maintenance costs and ease of repairs. Mustang parts are plentiful, fairly cheap and generally easy to install. The vette is a mechanics nightmare and parts are expensive. My friend has a C5 and his wheel bearing just went, just a cool $300 dollars. This type of deep consideration is why the Mustang is a better choice then many many cars, including all those 4WD turbo imports that are complicated and will break you wallet fast.

+1 Million.
I didn't buy my Mustang until I was at a finanical point in my life that I could go to the dealer and write a check for 30K for what amounts to a big toy. I do this for all new car purchases...
a. because I hate payments on something the depreciates...
b. because I hate being in Debt to anyone or any company (no visa or master card in my wallet)
c. because I didn't buy a corvette when I was young, dumb, and full of .....:oops1: that's a mess
 
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