I called my dad today to get the "go ahead" to order the engine from ed morad to drop into the GTP.
My dad said yes to order it... then he said that im paying with my own money (duh). He then said that he wants me to buy the car off him. He paid for it in march of 2004 for me to have. He bought my sister (24) and me (19) our first cars... my brother paid for his GTP all himself because he worked for about 5 years before he bought it. My sister just finished paying her civic off... now its just me with "dad's car."
He gave me 2 choices which i respect....
1. Sell the car and find another for that money.
2. Buy the car off him and do whatever i want with it.
I honestly do feel that this could be the end of the line... EITHER way the engine will go into the car and i might drive it a little bit... because i can get more for the car if it has an engine in it (obvioulsy). I asked him how im supposed to buy a decent car for only 2k... then he told me that i had a seperate bank account that has $10k for me. I just found this out today. He said i can use 9k of it towards a decent car. So he figures if i buy it off him, then sell it (for probably more) i will have a litle bit more than 12k (including the cash i got left over from the mod selling + new engine fund leftovers). I am torn on what i want to do... because for a measly 2-3k more i can get a 2004 srt-4..... or a variety of high mileage cars like a 99+ stang GT, 93+ LT1 camaro...
I dunno what i wanna do.. i want a fast car (14sec or faster stock) but i also want a fuel efficient-ish car (18mpg+ city)... my GTP gets 21 city now (before engine break). I really want a manual though. I was looking around today and a friend pointed out a 1995 MTX SHO with 80k in pristine condition owned by men older than 30yrs old. Only $3250 for that. I was kind of thinking of either
1. Getting 2 cars.. a semi beater and then my cheap race car (LT1 or high mile stang GT, or 5.0)
2. Getting 1 very decent car (srt-4, newest v6 accord?, very good 5.0 stang, mid 90s BMW?)
i know its my decision, but what would you "NON-grand prix praising, but future thinking members" do?
Im 19, and will be working this winter thru fall making decent wage at a typical job. I plan on taking the car to college but still want a little speed.
TIA
Ryan
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My dad said yes to order it... then he said that im paying with my own money (duh). He then said that he wants me to buy the car off him. He paid for it in march of 2004 for me to have. He bought my sister (24) and me (19) our first cars... my brother paid for his GTP all himself because he worked for about 5 years before he bought it. My sister just finished paying her civic off... now its just me with "dad's car."
He gave me 2 choices which i respect....
1. Sell the car and find another for that money.
2. Buy the car off him and do whatever i want with it.
I honestly do feel that this could be the end of the line... EITHER way the engine will go into the car and i might drive it a little bit... because i can get more for the car if it has an engine in it (obvioulsy). I asked him how im supposed to buy a decent car for only 2k... then he told me that i had a seperate bank account that has $10k for me. I just found this out today. He said i can use 9k of it towards a decent car. So he figures if i buy it off him, then sell it (for probably more) i will have a litle bit more than 12k (including the cash i got left over from the mod selling + new engine fund leftovers). I am torn on what i want to do... because for a measly 2-3k more i can get a 2004 srt-4..... or a variety of high mileage cars like a 99+ stang GT, 93+ LT1 camaro...
I dunno what i wanna do.. i want a fast car (14sec or faster stock) but i also want a fuel efficient-ish car (18mpg+ city)... my GTP gets 21 city now (before engine break). I really want a manual though. I was looking around today and a friend pointed out a 1995 MTX SHO with 80k in pristine condition owned by men older than 30yrs old. Only $3250 for that. I was kind of thinking of either
1. Getting 2 cars.. a semi beater and then my cheap race car (LT1 or high mile stang GT, or 5.0)
2. Getting 1 very decent car (srt-4, newest v6 accord?, very good 5.0 stang, mid 90s BMW?)
i know its my decision, but what would you "NON-grand prix praising, but future thinking members" do?
Im 19, and will be working this winter thru fall making decent wage at a typical job. I plan on taking the car to college but still want a little speed.
TIA
Ryan
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