350z

[MisterGrubbs 5,000+ posts]

All right, new Idea.

Take a Cobalt LS, cheap, and brand new.

Put a turbo on it.

I was told that(even though I might be wrong) the stock Ecotec engine put out **** near if not a little more than 300HP with a stock engine minus a turbo

Or, get a Miata and do a 302 Swap

If you want the fastest you can get in that price range, 01-02 WS6 ***** Am or an Evo, point blank.

That applies for 2000 or newer models cars, for the most part.

Those are the only cars in my head at this time anywho lol

 

[AcidicDreams 10+ year member]

All right, new Idea.
Take a Cobalt LS, cheap, and brand new.

Put a turbo on it.

I was told that(even though I might be wrong) the stock Ecotec engine put out **** near if not a little more than 300HP with a stock engine minus a turbo

Or, get a Miata and do a 302 Swap

If you want the fastest you can get in that price range, 01-02 WS6 ***** Am or an Evo, point blank.

That applies for 2000 or newer models cars, for the most part.

Those are the only cars in my head at this time anywho lol

I wouldn't go adding turbos when I'm on a budget.... miata + 302 would screw up the whole point of the miata....

Evo is sweet... Transam is kinda ugly....

Mustang GT FTW if you want something newer.....

there is a new camaro coming out too

 

[AcidicDreams 10+ year member]

Ftw!

 

[marleyskater420 5,000+ posts]

car is shit. Tire feathering, bad ******, wiper issues. It is a justifying POS. SO glad I didn't get one, and ended up with my GN.

 

[bri487 5,000+ posts]

car is shit. Tire feathering, bad ******, wiper issues. It is a justifying POS. SO glad I didn't get one, and ended up with my GN.

GN is a grandpas car.

until you stick 500 hp to the ground like marley does.

 

[AcidicDreams 10+ year member]

car is shit. Tire feathering, bad ******, wiper issues. It is a justifying POS. SO glad I didn't get one, and ended up with my GN.

what car...

gn's are cool

 

[bri487 5,000+ posts]

what car...
gn's are cool

i think he was talking about the 350z.

 

[AcidicDreams 10+ year member]

i think he was talking about the 350z.

ahh... I like them but prefer the G35... but for that kind of money I'd buy a more unique older car and make it mint.... and fast....

 

[bri487 5,000+ posts]

ahh... I like them but prefer the G35... but for that kind of money I'd buy a more unique older car and make it mint.... and fast....

i want to do another cobra. nothing like a taking and already squirly car and throwing another 150 hp at it. watch out in a straight line though.

 

[bumpin_blazer 5,000+ posts]

this is what i was talking of acidic;

 

[AcidicDreams 10+ year member]

this is what i was talking of acidic;

Neat... but bugs **** even with the giant flames...

 

[kuijo 10+ year member]

So wait.. you're going to use some of your mothers disability money to pay for a car you can't afford? Thats pretty ****ed up.

By something under 5k and do yourself a favor. You're 17. Why put yourself in so much debt now?

 

[AcidicDreams 10+ year member]

yah if you can come up with 16k invest it in market funds...

16,000

12% (avg stock market index growth over the last 60 years)

42 years till you are 60

you could retire at 60 with 2,410,418.... now take that money invest it in bonds yeilding 8% and take out payments per month for 30 years assuming in the future you could make it to 90

you would get a $17,686 check EVERY MONTH!

that's 212,232 a year till you die.... even accounting for inflation that should be plenty to retire comfortably on...

or you could struggle to pay for a 350z + insurance + gas and drive around in a car that loses value day by day and with every mile you put on it...

hmmm... what makes sense....

then save up again and buy a 3k car that gets you around....

 

[ssj2xxgotenxx 10+ year member]

yah if you can come up with 16k invest it in market funds...
16,000

12% (avg stock market index growth over the last 60 years)

42 years till you are 60

you could retire at 60 with 2,410,418.... now take that money invest it in bonds yeilding 8% and take out payments per month for 30 years assuming in the future you could make it to 90

you would get a $17,686 check EVERY MONTH!

that's 212,232 a year till you die.... even accounting for inflation that should be plenty to retire comfortably on...

or you could struggle to pay for a 350z + insurance + gas and drive around in a car that loses value day by day and with every mile you put on it...

hmmm... what makes sense....

then save up again and buy a 3k car that gets you around....

LOL 42 years? I agree with you about the investing aspect, but 42 years? We would've run out of fossil fuels before he gets a new car lol. OR the human race would be extinct due to global warming.

 

[AcidicDreams 10+ year member]

LOL 42 years? I agree with you about the investing aspect, but 42 years? We would've run out of fossil fuels before he gets a new car lol. OR the human race would be extinct due to global warming.

right.... people have been waiting for the apocolypse for years and they just end up dyeing pennyless

what I am suggesting is invest THIS 16k NOW... then he'd never have to save again in his life, at least not for retirement...

then he should skamper off to college for a **** degree... or at least something like an electrician....

if your working pt at DQ and hoping to get 16k cars at 18 your just going to end up broke and pissed that you can't afford anything... before you know it you'll be voting

democrat and hating rich people...