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Old 03-11-2012, 06:13 PM
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Found one i love. 09 , black , black and red interior. Auto sadly. Hp tuned. Fits my budget.

Any cons here guys?
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Do it.
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G8, CTSV and Goat are my favorite cars out there, (alot because I have kiddos). Needless to say, I would have one if I could afford one.
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who cares it a 6speed auto (i think)... my buddies got one those cars are so sick and nobody sees the coming lol
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simple cam swap, exhaust, cai and tune got 440 rwhp in my buddy's G8.
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Read Bo White's thread about his ... https://ls1tech.com/forums/pontiac-g...g8-gxp-m6.html.
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Rare car and faster than ****. Ultimate sleeper to those who don't really know about cars. My A6 did a bone stock 12.93 and with simple bolt on's, I'm at 11.91. Do it.

Only con is that it's a gas guzzler.
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Well i wouldnt be buying it for the milage thats for sure. My gp gxp only gets 15mpg so the 6speed might actually be an upgrade lol. Put a deposit on it. Yeah yeah.
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I say go for it, you don't see very many G8's out there, and very very little GXP's
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What is your budget? I have a stick GXP.
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Ill pm you when i get home , internet on the phones not working to great atm.
Doesnt look like ill be able to talk to the bank till friday.
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Do it and you will love the 6 speed auto very nice cars
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Ours has been a good car.
My complaint about the manual is the screwed up hydraulics. The fluid gets dirty quick and the pedal starts sticking when it does, but thats a non-issue with the A6. I have the A6 in the V. Its nice, but it isn't as fun as the manual. Then again I'll never have to change a clutch in it and its all covered by the warranty. Clutches aren't.
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I just did a cam,stall and full bolt-ons on my wifes GXP and I fell in love with the car even more.
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Thanks guys , just jumping throgh the hoops right now. Getting a car fianced accross the border is not as easy as i initially thought. My bank cant secure collateral on the car until after its registered here. So either i need a cosigner or i need financing in the usa to get it here and then re finance it when it gets here. Ill get er though
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Not looking good , when my bank looks up the cars value all they can see is the GT trim level pricing. Now they are trying to figure out why i want 35k for a car they value at 25k. Despite the fact that the person i got on the phone knew exactly the car i was talking about , right down to the hp...
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Just bought a g8 gxp and question why when i could have saved 10k and went with a base gt. I can't get my HP tuneres to work on it but I may need the new bata version it seems. Very nice car for a DD, but to mod I think a Gt might me a better buy.
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I wanted a V8 stick GM car that my family could fit in. I looked for a M6 GTO but none were in my area when I wanted to put coin down. My buddy said "Ill sell ya my GXP...."

I ran into trouble as well at the bank but get it straightened out after a little back and forth negotiations.
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Just an update , car got appraised yesterday , ill know next week whats going on for sure.
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Glad to hear that things are working out.


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