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Heh. No kidding. Hopefully I didn't jump too far into the deep end of the pool. I'm coming from a 2008 GT/CS so it's going to take more than a minute to get used to the performance difference.

I forgot that the Gen V cars had 3.55s from the factory. That's not a bad idea at all. Thanks. I'll look into the TKO kit. I don't have a gen 4 on the stock ECU to compare with, but the seller noted that the Mopar PCM with an Arrow reflash) was a noticeable improvement.

Thank you. It was a very busy year but now that I'm on the other side of the wedding, the car purchase, and (hopefully) health issues, I'm ready for life to slow down and bit and to have some fun.

Holy thread resurrection, Batman! Time for a one year update. I stepped away from the car thing for most of 2021 and focused on other things in life. Ran away to Alberta and got married, caught COVID and worked on growing my career. Fast forward to 2 weeks ago when I had a pretty intense...

Sheesh. This blew up. I saw this thread drop from the front page a week ago, life got in the way, and now here we are. I don't want to clutter up the thread with more multi quotes but I've enjoyed and appreciated all the feedback so far. You guys have mentioned a lot of great points and...

Definitely similar stories. I'm sure you have some interesting childhood memories to go along with it. For instance, I remember how quickly I could close the blinds and hide if I saw a tax man pulling in the driveway. That kind of stuff has an effect and I often wonder if it is why I have such...

Heh. I'm glad someone caught that one. I watched a lot of Nick at Nite and TV Land as a kid. I Love Lucy was a family favorite. Both great points. I've always lived live playing the long game as I if I were going to be 150. Dark reality is I might have a genetic minefield ahead of me. Who...

Thanks! That was my first real car purchase out of college in '11 and damnit it I can't part with it. I love the lines of the early s197s. I have a set of FRPP cams that I'm tossing in this spring just to enjoy the car a bit more. A lopey 3V still sounds great to me. Perhaps one day I can...

Ah, not a Gen III Vert guy :) I have strongly considered looking for an 06 and sending it to Calvo/A&C/Nth for some heads/cam goodness but if I'm committing that kind of mod money, I start looking at Gen IVs The skyrocket that is the Gen V price has been the reason I started opening up my...

It isn't. Edited that post to reflect that.

I just noticed your sig. Show me some GT500/3V goodness. This is my 08...

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I guess I am at the point where I need to share some more details to be convinced this is feasible. Local credit union is currently offering 72mo/2.25% loans which is stupidly cheap. (60 month loans are only a tick lower but at this rate, it really doesn't matter as much). Fiancée and I...

Thanks for all of the feedback. This really took off. Lots of similar opinions in the replies. I'm certainly wanting to start enjoying some hobbies instead of just living this work/save/work cycle I've been stuck in. This one in particular really hits hard. I am a little afraid of the...

You know that line from Heath Ledger's Joker where he says "I'm a dog chasing cars. I wouldn't know what to do with one if I caught it."? Well, yeah, I'm there... Since I was old enough to know what Hot Wheels were, I have been a dog chasing a dream car. Specifically, a Viper. What started...

A year or so ago, I started making a few calls about having a polyaspartic coating done in my garage. Quotes were $5-$6 /sq. ft and that didn't include the stem walls. Is that what I can expect to pay in North Alabama? At 1000 sq. ft of floor, that is a hell of a commitment.

Not the most bang for your buck option, but a Calvo CM700 Gen V Viper or one built by A&C Performance would be nice. Even the Gen 3 cars respond very well to H/C packages.

I've always heard 1x salary by 30 and 2x by 35 as the recommend benchmark suggested by most money blogs. As for a data point, I'm 31 and met the 2x by 35 requirement earlier this year. That said, it may be easy for me to do that considering I am counting my company ESOP shares.

I own one (Citi Double Cash). It really is fantastic in my use case since I put EVERY purchase I make on it and get 2% cash back while paying it off in full every month.

TIL a pull back from an all time high to levels from 2 days ago is a crash.

And I'm guessing you've not had any cracks since then outside of the expansions? My slab is all just about a year old and I've been hesitant to fill them and invite a crack down the road because things settled a bit more.

For everyone that has done a coating, did you fill the expansion joints prior? How old was your floor before doing so?

For my first home (from a production builder), I opted not to go with spray foam because I had no clue if I would need to run additional wiring later on. Fast forward six months later and I've got plans to run additional HDMI and several feet of Romex for new lighting and plugs, all things that...

I just bought my first house on a 30 year @ 4.0%. I don't quite have the bandwidth yet to pay at a 15 year rate without eating into my budget each month so I make 13 principal payments per year by paying 1/12th of a normal principal amount on top of each month. This puts my payoff somewhere...