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Old Oct 1, 2009 | 01:46 PM
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Originally Posted by 406malibu
LOL ya. btw I had driven dirt bikes/go carts/4 wheelers since i was 6, I'm not saying he isn't a good driver, just keep an eye on his tire wear
Oh, believe me, I know he's gonna bend it up eventually. My first car was a 67 RS/SS 396 & I wadded it up several times.

I take it you mean REAR tire wear ?
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Old Oct 1, 2009 | 02:29 PM
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ya i did mean REAR lol. of course if he has excessive front (side) tire wear he really likes the turns lol.
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Old Oct 2, 2009 | 02:56 AM
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WTF! No way! Small world lol, Im the guy that sold you the ss spoiler! Your lady friend came to pick it up from my house, Hit me up anytime man.
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Old Oct 2, 2009 | 03:34 AM
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Dude if you like the car buy it!... Some of these guys are just really cautious about buying stuff. I bought my car from a dealership in Florida with only seeing one crappy picture. Turned out to be MINT Condition! You know that its a SS. LS1's last forever, and you already have the hood and spoiler. That's a good deal for that car and if you want SS wheels their not hard to find. Hell I just sold some Clean stock SS wheels for 300! Go for it man
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Old Oct 2, 2009 | 06:17 AM
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Originally Posted by 406malibu
hope he's a safe driver... thats a lot of power for a fresh driver IMHO. I'm 22 and I have had my car for about a year and a half, and I know if I had it at 16 the car would be totaled, or I'd have no license within a year. Now that I'm older, and have about 7 years under my belt, i'm more responsible, but at that age... haha glad i had a v6 back then
Hey!! I got my ls1 at 17 lol. But maybe the driving experience with the 66 in sig helped me b a little more careful.
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Old Oct 2, 2009 | 08:07 AM
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Originally Posted by OMGWTFBODY
So basically, it got bought, dude swapped/sold all the SS stuff, then got repoed. Nice.
Yeeeeeeeeaaahhhh!
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Old Oct 2, 2009 | 01:04 PM
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Buy the car. If your on the forums here chances are within a 2 year period less than 25% of that car will remain considering you will be upgrading the HELL out of it v6 .. v8 .. Z28 .. or SS, it will become nothing of what you bought it as.
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Old Oct 2, 2009 | 06:06 PM
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Originally Posted by OMGWTFBODY
So basically, it got bought, dude swapped/sold all the SS stuff, then got repoed. Nice.

I concur, and yes if you want an auto - BUY IT!
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