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Old Mar 13, 2008 | 01:21 AM
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Cool Hello from Guatemala! :)

Just saying hello to other F-body lovers (specially white ones). I've owned 2 F-bodies (all white) and just got my 3rd white one in the mail.

My first one was an 86 IROC-Z:



I sold that one to my brother and got a 96 LT1. That car kicked *** I loved that car and raced the hell out of it, until this past november when I crashed it:




So I decided to move up and got my self a WS6, and after weeks of waiting for the boat to arrive (shipped it from California), my WS6 is finally here

This is how it arrived... so dirty:


Washing it up...


I'm so happy...


Gonna get more pics tomorrow when there sun is up... anyways, I'm so happy to be an LS1 owner now
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Old Mar 13, 2008 | 01:23 AM
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BTW, here is a video I made in memory of my LT1 He will be missed:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0P5pyEY-jpo

And here he is kicking some skyline's *** (R32):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUWmdZmg9GE
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Old Mar 13, 2008 | 01:26 AM
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Man when you crash a car you dont play around lol, You lucky you didnt get hurt really bad. But anyways Welcome and nice looking WS.6 you got there, always did like white, is it an A4 or M6
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Old Mar 13, 2008 | 01:27 AM
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Originally Posted by Black99T\A
Man when you crash a car you dont play around lol, You lucky you didnt get hurt really bad. But anyways Welcome and nice looking WS.6 you got there, always did like white, is it an A4 or M6
The car looks much worse in person... I still can't believe I didn't even get a scratch on me...

The WS6 is A4 but I have a T56 lying around... thinking about swapping it it... perhaps when the A4 dies on me...
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Old Mar 13, 2008 | 01:28 AM
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nice cars man...damn what happened to the lt1 though did you get t-boned?
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Old Mar 13, 2008 | 01:38 AM
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Originally Posted by Eric95
nice cars man...damn what happened to the lt1 though did you get t-boned?
Nope, sudden rain + semi-slicks + some stupid road sign we have over here = that

I lost control with my mickey thompson ETs cause it rained for a few minutes after weeks of great weather

The signs have a cement base, that's why the car looks like it got hit from the bottom. Here you can barely see the cement base on the left:



The car held up great actually.


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Old Mar 13, 2008 | 01:47 AM
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great car, how much was it shipped to guatemala
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Old Mar 13, 2008 | 01:50 AM
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Originally Posted by Raptor_WS6
great car, how much was it shipped to guatemala
Around $8000+ to my door step (including the price of the car, taxes, licence plates, etc.).

The car had a salvage title, but that doesn't exist over here, so I don't care... the only damage it has is on one wheel and the right spoiler. Looks like the previous owner slammed against a curb or something like that and broke it... so I only have to buy that and the car is like new again. Very well kept actually... I have no idea why this car was declared a total loss by the insurance of the previous owner... you think it's because they're discontinued?
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USD??

not bad, what year
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Old Mar 13, 2008 | 01:55 AM
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Originally Posted by Raptor_WS6
USD??

not bad, what year
Yes, US$... 2001... 70K miles
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Old Mar 13, 2008 | 03:10 AM
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Wow, isn't 8 grand ALOT of money in Guatemala?
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Old Mar 13, 2008 | 05:44 AM
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You had that shipped to Guatemala?!! .. **** around! .. I'm half Chapine and I know that my **** would get jacked out there in Guatemala in a 'SNAP'! .. It's like parking an unlocked Bentley in the center of Harlem!
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Old Mar 13, 2008 | 08:38 AM
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RIP camaro, hello WS6, thats a nice ride enjoy it and you should do the swap its not that hard to do.
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Old Mar 13, 2008 | 09:12 AM
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Originally Posted by SS#2906
Wow, isn't 8 grand ALOT of money in Guatemala?
$8000 x 7.60 = Q.60,800... (Q. = Quetzales)

That's actually pretty cheap for the car I've alwasy been in love with A 2008 Toyota Yaris is around Q.100,000 over here If they still sold the WS6, I think I would need to pay around Q.300-350,000 for it.

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You had that shipped to Guatemala?!! .. **** around! .. I'm half Chapine and I know that my **** would get jacked out there in Guatemala in a 'SNAP'! .. It's like parking an unlocked Bentley in the center of Harlem!
Hello fellow chapin! American cars are not that popular... Popular cars like hondas, toyotas and luxury SUVs are the ones they jack and strip or take them to another country A brand new toyota pickup wouldn't last me 5 minutes here...

How long have you been out of "Chapinlandia"?
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I know some missionaries that go to Guatemala. From the way they talk, it's surprising there are any cars other than 1980's Geo Metros and Honda Civic hatchbacks over there. What a surprising post.

Well, have fun with your dream car! The Iroc is sweet, too. Oh, and I don't think your 96's T56 will fit right in your '01, if that's the one you have lying around.
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Old Mar 13, 2008 | 09:40 AM
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Originally Posted by Sharpe
I know some missionaries that go to Guatemala. From the way they talk, it's surprising there are any cars other than 1980's Geo Metros and Honda Civic hatchbacks over there. What a surprising post.
Your friends must be living in the outer towns, not the city, cause the city has toooo many brand new BMWs, luxuy SUVs with 20 inch wheels, Maseratis, Porsches... of course you still see some old cars but you run into more BMWs than Chevys over here We even got 2 new M3s before they started selling them in the US (that means importing them from Germany and paying $100,000+ for them).



JDM imported sports cars are very common too, Skylines, Pulsars, EVOs, RX7s, all right hand drive...

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Old Mar 14, 2008 | 04:53 PM
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Hi from WESTERN CANADA....great deal..have fun....
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Old May 9, 2008 | 03:48 AM
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I can't belive im older in this forum than you, and i don't even have an ls1.. .lol.. asfkj
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Old May 13, 2008 | 10:16 AM
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8k for the car and having it shipped with everything... that really isnt a bad deal. grats, you are going to enjoy it! i know im starting with mine, I just got it a few days ago.
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Old May 13, 2008 | 04:40 PM
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dang i didnt know gettting tangled in plastic wrap could cause that much damage to a car lol. Did they ship your ws6 in the livestock hold? that thing got mad dirty, but cleaned up really nice.
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