New daily driver. Again.

[Kiohtee]

I'm tired of putting money into my '96 GT (that's actually in the shop as I type this), plus I'll need four doors soon enough. Not to mention this is faster. :burnout: Anyway, without further ado:



1 by Zachary Hisel, on Flickr

2 by Zachary Hisel, on Flickr

3 by Zachary Hisel, on Flickr

4 by Zachary Hisel, on Flickr

5 by Zachary Hisel, on Flickr

6 by Zachary Hisel, on Flickr

7 by Zachary Hisel, on Flickr

8 by Zachary Hisel, on Flickr

9 by Zachary Hisel, on Flickr

10 by Zachary Hisel, on Flickr

11 by Zachary Hisel, on Flickr

12 by Zachary Hisel, on Flickr

Only mods will be a complete hardpipe kit (plus HKS BOV) from APG and a DiabloSport tuner. ;-)

 

[ScreaminRedZ]

Very nice, those are cool cars.

 

[GloomySVT]

Lol, can't wait to see your next daily thread.

 

[Kiohtee]

Very nice, those are cool cars.

Thanks man! Hopefully it doesn't end up being faster than my 5.0.

Lol, can't wait to see your next daily thread.

I really hope there's not one. :beer:

 

[Jaysin]

Such fun cars, I had one for 5 yrs, and it was solid. Most people that dislike them have never even driven one, they're so fun, and dirt cheap now. Enjoy!

 

[Screw-Rice]

What's with the orange one? You already have a skittle bro? Lol

 

[Kiohtee]

What's with the orange one? You already have a skittle bro? Lol

The orange car had 136k miles, 4 previous owners and an accident to it. Nor did it have the Viper-style seats.

 

[CobraBob]

Nice DD! I predict that you'll be very happy with it. How many miles on it?

 

[BlksvtCobra01]

Congrats nice don't see a lot of them anymore. I'd add one thing to your list though window tint jmho.

 

[Kiohtee]

Nice DD! I predict that you'll be very happy with it. How many miles on it?

Thanks! Roughly 125k. All major maintenance has been performed and is documented though. :coolman:

Congrats nice don't see a lot of them anymore. I'd add one thing to your list though window tint jmho.

Tint would be nice. Lol

 

[CobraBob]

Well, the motor is stout, so you should be fine. Great that you verified the maintenance records. Enjoy it.

 

[08mojo]

Good luck!

 

[Zemedici]

They're fun cars - I'd love to have one for a daily.

 

[Almighty-One]

wow

that looks crazy clean.

 

[Kiohtee]

Well, the motor is stout, so you should be fine. Great that you verified the maintenance records. Enjoy it.

I've heard they're great cars. I'd imagine this is on par with your Mini, except the SRT-4 probably doesn't handle as well.

They're fun cars - I'd love to have one for a daily.

Besides the cheap plastic interior, it makes for a kickass DD! It even has things my 2010 Honda Civic didn't. :lol:

wow

that looks crazy clean.

It really is.

 

[SHOdown220]

looks really clean, I didn't realize they can be had for so cheap now. Did you get any wiggle room off the 6k asking price? A friend had one years ago that he bought new and owned for several years. it was a fun car to ride in, I just remember him always having extra axles in the trunk. He went through axles like crazy, had lifetime warranty from oreilly auto parts so he was in there once or twice a month swapping out for free replacements lol

 

[Kiohtee]

looks really clean, I didn't realize they can be had for so cheap now. Did you get any wiggle room off the 6k asking price? A friend had one years ago that he bought new and owned for several years. it was a fun car to ride in, I just remember him always having extra axles in the trunk. He went through axles like crazy, had lifetime warranty from oreilly auto parts so he was in there once or twice a month swapping out for free replacements lol

I paid $4,600.

 

[ScreaminRedZ]

Thanks man! Hopefully it doesn't end up being faster than my 5.0.

I hear you! I bought my G8 to have something fun to drive when my Z28 was being worked on or broke. Then in 2010, the Z broke and instead of fixing it I started spending money on the G8, lol. Best laid plans and all that.

 

[T's03GT]

How are these things in the snow with a decent all season or even snow tire on it?

 

[Kiohtee]

I hear you! I bought my G8 to have something fun to drive when my Z28 was being worked on or broke. Then in 2010, the Z broke and instead of fixing it I started spending money on the G8, lol. Best laid plans and all that.

All I really wanna do to my 5.0 is an O/R X pipe, GT500 axle-back, SCT tuner, MGW shifter, lowering springs with adjustable panhard bar and some tint. But right now it's off getting a paint correction. Then it'll probably just sit in the garage under a cover for awhile.

How are these things in the snow with a decent all season or even snow tire on it?

I'm not sure to be honest. I wouldn't imagine they'd be any different than a Civic Si/Mazdaspeed 3/etc.