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I also think the rattles excuse is way overplayed. That all depends on how you treat your car, or if you take steps to avoid chassis flex. My previous 98 Formula ran 10.60s on motor, got 26 mpg on the highway, had 68K miles on it when I sold it, and it didn't rattle at all. I installed subframe connectors the week I bought that car, which most likely helped the most.
Besides, any rattle can be fixed. I was a stereo installer before, and import cars rattled just as much as any domestic whenever we installed subs in there. It was our job to locate rattles and fix them. Not really a big deal.
Overall, the interior components used in import sports cars are nicer, including the quality of the plastic used. But, I'd sacrifice that for an extra dose of hauling *** anyday.
Besides, any rattle can be fixed. I was a stereo installer before, and import cars rattled just as much as any domestic whenever we installed subs in there. It was our job to locate rattles and fix them. Not really a big deal.
Overall, the interior components used in import sports cars are nicer, including the quality of the plastic used. But, I'd sacrifice that for an extra dose of hauling *** anyday.
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Originally Posted by Nine Ball
I But, I'd sacrifice that for an extra dose of hauling *** anyday.
I have had the 99 Bird and currently still drive my 01' WS6. No rattles.
I have had to replace the driver side window because of the way it sets it will wiggle when the window is down some, that has been replaced so no noise there any longer.
But, I paid 25k for a car that was 37k the previous year and is no longer made (collectable) and it was at it's peak performance ever. Which is the main reason I bought it. I was tired of V6 and V4 engines that lacked the feeling of power I had with my first car (70 Grand Prix with a 455). And, this car was peforming as well as cars well over 50k and 200k in acceleration. Still to this day the LS1 engine is glorified by many for it's sheer capacity to perform. I would not trade this car for anything currently out there for less than 40k, IMO.
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I would have to agree with the rattles thing, on the "it happens to any car" issue. Both my DSM's rattled like snakes almost no matter what you did to them.
But frankly I'm not buying cars because they have BMW or Mercedes attention to detail... rattles are the least of my thoughts when purchaseing a car at the moment since the focus tends to lay on performance. Regardless of the maker, if I buy a car for the reason it was made, I'm not going to care if the interior side panels make noise heh.
But frankly I'm not buying cars because they have BMW or Mercedes attention to detail... rattles are the least of my thoughts when purchaseing a car at the moment since the focus tends to lay on performance. Regardless of the maker, if I buy a car for the reason it was made, I'm not going to care if the interior side panels make noise heh.
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Great opinions guys, different perspectives and opinions on so many different things are what makes the car world such an interesting place!! 
