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My New car!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This is a discussion on My New car!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! within the Other Vehicles forums, part of the Vehicle Specific Forums category; Well I had looked at a few G8's for my new company car. the dealerships here in town would not ...

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    Well I had looked at a few G8's for my new company car.

    the dealerships here in town would not budge from 35ish. I was kinda ticked off. I went online and saw down toward chicago they were down to 27thou. This I liked!!!

    I went online for other options to keep things open. I looked at the Acura TL, Mini Cooper, Honda Accord. I went on their forums to do research about what goes wrong, and what other problems other have incured while owning them.

    I must say I was SHOCKED!!!! Mini Coopers had SOOO many problems. wiring, interior, fuel, geabox.... you name it people were having problems. I mean granted GP's have some problems....but if I am spending this much mney.. it better be reliable.

    alright...scratched it off the list.

    Acura TL.... I liked the styling. I read a few had gearbox problems, some had a motor fail, burn oil, pumps fail. not as many qwerks as the Mini..so it stayed as an option.

    I looked at the Accord next. my main issue was styling of it. to me it looked like a Hyundai. so I scratched it off.

    I went online yet again..what other car would I drive. a GTO popped into my head. of course!!! EXTEMELY low miles on new cars for under 25K.

    after finding a REALLY rare GTO. Silver, red leather, 6spd. .67% were made from final production numbers... basiclly 1 of 104..... I called on it. SOLD it. DANG! so I called EVERY listing of 05-06 GTO's with under 10K miles. didint find anything within 175miles form my home..... So I tried Vehix.com. that site didnt have anything anywhere.

    so I thought I would try Craigslist. 6 or 7 things popped up. mostly 04's (under powered, low fuel economy)...and only 2-3 listings above.

    I REALLY wanted an Impulse blue 6spd. I love that color. didint have one. so I found the next best thing. a Cyclone Greyish Blue GTO, black Leather, 6spd... with 9K miles.

    I go down Saturday and pick it up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    only flaw on it is a rock chip on the front bumper.

    not bad for a company car. half the price for a new G8.....and still have a new car! with FACTORY WARRANTY.
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    You suck. You really do you know that? LOL

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    wow, post pics when you get her...i've seen some GTO's lookin amazing on some other forums...you gonna be able to mod it at all since its a company car?

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    nice choice. can wait to see it. any plans for it to make it stand out from the others?

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    It still has the factory warranty so no motor mods. I will make it look better a bit on the exterior. It is just the driver........
    2001 GTP- GT45 turbo,Stage 4 Intense turbo cam,FMIC,150 wet,Double roller timing chain,Diamond forged coated pistons 8:0:1,Diamond piston rings,Cryoed L32 connecting rods,Cryoed crank,Clevite77 main bearings,Clevite77 cam bearings,Clevite77 L32 rod bearings,ARP Everything, Intense/meizere true billet Flexplate,Intense Wilson UIM/LIM,Intense oil pressure kit,Cometic head gaskets,OE-R lifters,Cryoed L67 block,ATI turbo dampner,80# inject,sumped fuel tank,Weldon 2035 fp,Aero Fuel Rails,Alloy cradle

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    99 Grand Prix old build- CAI, Custom exhaust, HV3, Stage 2 TB, custom tune, ported heads intense s1x cam, headers.
    Nothing great Just a small T66 Turbo with a Hv3 On a stock tranny untill i finish the other one.

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    I have always liked GTO's. I think they look real good.

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    My friend has a 06 greyish blue gto completly nasty. Spoiler-less, Cam, cutouts, intake, tune, blah blah blah. Its fast and sexy

    06 Spice Red GTO- m6/exhaust/tune/suspension//04 Graphite Pearl Honda Accord
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    Any suggestions? May use left a gerber under there n my dad rushed me out to go for a druve

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    RWD...V8..can't beat that

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    I'm going to test it out for winter. sand bags in the trunk, ans snow tires all around. should be interesting.
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    Nice. I was looking at a GTO on the street the other day and I was thinking I should have bought one instead of the 02 Camaro SS I ended up buying. But I could not pass up on the 02 SS that only had 3K miles on it 4 years ago. The GTO is a good looking car.
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    Well after a few hours of dealing with title issues. I was able to drive it home today around 2pm. right past a statey going 80mph..........he just waved. and gave me a thumbs up.

    My bother was in his Audi A4.... full on it on the highway, and I was in 6th and just floored it and started to real him in. We got home... he gets out of his car.... cars got good pick up. I tell him it has cop shocks, cop brakes.....is it the new blues mobile or what? LOL...inside joke.









    I have had 5 people come up to me today and compiment me on the car! I must say I feel like a million bucks! I am in love! I am actually debating about selling the 2001.....

    DEBATING!!! deont mean I will.
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    whats the G06 stand for?

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    thats calssified.......
    2001 GTP- GT45 turbo,Stage 4 Intense turbo cam,FMIC,150 wet,Double roller timing chain,Diamond forged coated pistons 8:0:1,Diamond piston rings,Cryoed L32 connecting rods,Cryoed crank,Clevite77 main bearings,Clevite77 cam bearings,Clevite77 L32 rod bearings,ARP Everything, Intense/meizere true billet Flexplate,Intense Wilson UIM/LIM,Intense oil pressure kit,Cometic head gaskets,OE-R lifters,Cryoed L67 block,ATI turbo dampner,80# inject,sumped fuel tank,Weldon 2035 fp,Aero Fuel Rails,Alloy cradle

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    Man that's a nice car...I bet we are all looking at GTO's now!
    I like the GTO's....

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    Like the Z06 of GTO's
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    Your GTO looks exactly like my friends except he has rims and those gpo grill inserts. I orgasm'd when i heard his gto at red-line with his cutouts and cam (I was outside) . One reason why I like my gp so much is because it resembles the gto. Definitely a good choice of a car and bad*** color.
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    06 Spice Red GTO- m6/exhaust/tune/suspension//04 Graphite Pearl Honda Accord
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    Any suggestions? May use left a gerber under there n my dad rushed me out to go for a druve

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    People are probably going to wonder wtf does "stok gp" on a gto mean? lol I'd keep the plates!!!

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    It's just a stock GP................
    2001 GTP- GT45 turbo,Stage 4 Intense turbo cam,FMIC,150 wet,Double roller timing chain,Diamond forged coated pistons 8:0:1,Diamond piston rings,Cryoed L32 connecting rods,Cryoed crank,Clevite77 main bearings,Clevite77 cam bearings,Clevite77 L32 rod bearings,ARP Everything, Intense/meizere true billet Flexplate,Intense Wilson UIM/LIM,Intense oil pressure kit,Cometic head gaskets,OE-R lifters,Cryoed L67 block,ATI turbo dampner,80# inject,sumped fuel tank,Weldon 2035 fp,Aero Fuel Rails,Alloy cradle

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    ...trade me?

    good luck with it. my cousin had a hard time driving his around in the winter. not sure if you will, but good luck.

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