You are Given $55,000....

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Absolutely. I don't really think I'd need anything else.
 
God don't give me $55,000 for a car... But since you did....

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The rest of the money? A new road atlas, insurance, wear and/or tear money, and money to put into my 2004 Sebring. :lol: :sly: --- Randy :dopey:
 
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Steele_obsidion
I AGREE! Michigan weather sucks for any cool car. I hate it here. our roads suck, our governor sucks and the weather changed every day
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But our sports teams are finally good :lol:

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$55,000 for a car? I have only two options.

A yellow Land Rover Defender.
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Or a Volvo S60R in the dark grey.
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Joey D
But our sports teams are finally good :lol:

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$55,000 for a car? I have only two options.

A yellow Land Rover Defender.
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Or a Volvo S60R in the dark grey.
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Joey,
I had the last car in the V70R trim, it was a kick to drive year round.
Graham
 
I'd buy a completely stock standard R32 GT-R for $27,000 or so, then probably spend the rest on restoring/fixing up my GTS-4 Skyline (engine rebuild, repaint, suspension overhall/restore etc) and maybe do a couple of things to my R32 GTS too.

GTS-4 is looking a little worse for wear at the mo, hasn't been driven in over a year and has all sorts of problems, from suspension, coil problems (runs on five cylinders when warm), rust and generally needs a proper engine tune/rebuild. Its seen a hard 240,000km's. :(

Most recent pic, of all the clearcoat coming off the bonnet (a lot worse than this now - pretty much the entire bonnet):
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So yeah, when am i getting my $55,000? ;) :D
 
motortrend
The problem would be finding a good one at that price. 993TTs at least here and sites ive looked for go for 70k+ for the pretty good ones. Those cars have kept their value astonishingly well when you consider the price of an equivalent 996 to be cheaper
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Because it's got a lot of history behind it, literally, as the last of the air-cooled Porsches.
I'd've taken this one given that $55K a month ago.
Sold for $52.5K. :(
$55K would've got me a flight up to Minnesota, a hotel room and a gorgeous dinner for the night, and then the car and a 🤬 awesome drive home with gas money! :D
There's a couple for sale close to where I live, but they have the California mark-up on them, and as you say, are going for way closer to $70K than I'm comfortable with. :grumpy:
One day though...:trouble:
 
I can't buy anything good for that in The Netherlands, not even a 370Z, the cheapest good car. Only car i want for that sort of money is a Renault Wind.
 
1991 Honda CRX SiR. Keep stock look, white but with bronze 5-spoke wheels. Throw a turbo'd K20 in it... wee!
Then do the same thing to a 1996 Prelude SRV.
 
R32 Skyline gts, convert the body to the gt-r and swap a VK56DE v8 from the Titan pickup. Add some parts and make it a beastly drift/track car.

Or get a MKIV supra or compleat my E.R.A. GT-40 replica
 
che69velle
R32 Skyline gts, convert the body to the gt-r and swap a VK56DE v8 from the Titan pickup. Add some parts and make it a beastly drift/track car.

Or get a MKIV supra or compleat my E.R.A. GT-40 replica
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:tup:tup:tup: I love those choices!!!!
 
Smallhorses
Because it's got a lot of history behind it, literally, as the last of the air-cooled Porsches.
I'd've taken this one given that $55K a month ago.
Sold for $52.5K. :(
$55K would've got me a flight up to Minnesota, a hotel room and a gorgeous dinner for the night, and then the car and a 🤬 awesome drive home with gas money! :D
There's a couple for sale close to where I live, but they have the California mark-up on them, and as you say, are going for way closer to $70K than I'm comfortable with. :grumpy:
One day though...:trouble:
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Yeah cars over there are also a tad cheaper than over here. That 993 looks beautiful, great looking unique color too. Would go great with some dark colored wheels and a polished lip. The thing about buying a 993tt to me is that 996tts are tempting since you can probably het easier power. I still think I'd go for the 993tt though, it's just a classic
 
Well then. I'd pay off my student loans, then... if I look hard enough, I just might pull off a Top Gear and get a used one of these...

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Crazed_Coupe
By modifications I mean performance upgrades, not turning it into a rice bucket if that's what you were thinking...

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Considering I live in New York, my view on Honda's has become riced out sub-100hp cars with a family of 12 squeezed inside. I've seen some nice ones but to me, it still isn't worth it to put all that money into a Honda when it can be used to buy an EVO, STi, Genesis Coupe, 370z, and some other really great cars for the money.
 
squirlybmx
Considering I live in New York, my view on Honda's has become riced out sub-100hp cars with a family of 12 squeezed inside. I've seen some nice ones but to me, it still isn't worth it to put all that money into a Honda when it can be used to buy an EVO, STi, Genesis Coupe, 370z, and some other really great cars for the money.
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Don't be so quick so assume things buddy and to me it's worth the money. Once some good money is put into one it has the potential to be very quick and a hell of a lot more fun to drive than most.
 
With $55,000 I could do a LOT to my '04 Mach 1. But, supposing I didn't have the Mach 1...

A Dodge Viper GTS can be had for around $35K these days (at least, I've seen a few on eBay with 'Buy It Now' priced around $35K), so, start with a GTS, then take the remaining $20K and overhaul the engine, transmission, and rear diff, and get by with a "paltry" 450 hp. If that didn't eat up the remaining budget then I could do a few power-adding mods. Probably get my butt kicked by the Factory Five Mark 4 Roadster that Driving Park posted :D

Barring that? Go buy a 2011 Kawasaki ZX-14 for $13K, spend $10K building the engine internals and transmission internals, buy an $8K Stage 3 turbo kit from Mr. Turbo turbo systems and have a 566-lb motorcycle with a 1352cc inline-4 that's belting out 500 hp :drool:
Then, use the rest of the cash to go tour the country on a bike that's got a nearly 1:1 power-weight ratio. If I strip some weight off the bike I probably could achieve that 1:1 ratio, until I got on the bike that is :dopey:
 
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