Confirmed: SLP Firehawk G8 - Discuss
02-23-2009, 08:24 AM
#881
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02-23-2009, 03:47 PM
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OK so lets some it up.
-$51,000+
-GT based, so NO Manual option.
-Plagiarized firebird heritage name?
Will anyone buy this car?
For $40,000-probably
For $45,000-probably not
For $50,000+ Hell no.
And why would they?
New G8 GXP- $38,295
With the extra $12,000+ you can supercharge, buy your own rims, paint the little hood stripe. AND have a manual transmission car, or at least paddle shifters, and still have money leftover for suspension work. And if highest value permormance for your money was so important, why wouldnt they start here anyway?
i dont see it. Maybe thats becuase im a lowly fbody owner. Stupid me thinking i should voice my opinion on the firehawk. Even thought i've owned three and their target demographic has owned zero. I just dont see a bright future for this car. Is GM jelous? Are they trying to drag down SLP with them?
-$51,000+
-GT based, so NO Manual option.
-Plagiarized firebird heritage name?
Will anyone buy this car?
For $40,000-probably
For $45,000-probably not
For $50,000+ Hell no.
And why would they?
New G8 GXP- $38,295
With the extra $12,000+ you can supercharge, buy your own rims, paint the little hood stripe. AND have a manual transmission car, or at least paddle shifters, and still have money leftover for suspension work. And if highest value permormance for your money was so important, why wouldnt they start here anyway?
i dont see it. Maybe thats becuase im a lowly fbody owner. Stupid me thinking i should voice my opinion on the firehawk. Even thought i've owned three and their target demographic has owned zero. I just dont see a bright future for this car. Is GM jelous? Are they trying to drag down SLP with them?
02-24-2009, 07:04 AM
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Not quite sure where you got the idea that gxp's have paddle shifters...
The price is too high but they're covering their maintence overhead since its warrantied. I wish the Firehawk badge was a delete option like the hood and spoiler...Said it before, why couldn't they have just come up with a new name for a new car.
The price is too high but they're covering their maintence overhead since its warrantied. I wish the Firehawk badge was a delete option like the hood and spoiler...Said it before, why couldn't they have just come up with a new name for a new car.
02-25-2009, 02:30 AM
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Even if i did smoke someones *** in this car, I wouldn't feel any sense of accomplishment because at the end of the day i'd know that i just wasted 51k on a stupid ******* market pitch.
Options:
Buy a Corvette (For less money):
Pros --
Your car is a poon magnet.
Get more poon in your car (clarity statement).
Have a car that looks better.
A car that has aftermarket products lined up to be modified with.
The car can easily be adjusted to 500+ horsepower.
Cons --
Insurance price.
Buy a G8 Firehawk:
Pros --
You can caddy your friends around with ease.
Your supercharger can confuse birds, and make people think you're super
because there's a squealing noise coming from under your hood.
You might be able to pull off a lie about how you're saving the world with emissions
based on the fact that your car does in fact look like a smug outlet.
Cons --
Look like a mega douche 9000 in front of thousands of car enthusiasts who realize
that you made a 51,000 dollar mistake.
Drive a specific brand name Firehawk into the ******* ground because the CEO of
some company thinks it's a GOOD IDEA and thinks his car isn't ridiculous.
Have a certificate of authenticity that you are an actual tool of society.
--(i just found out)
--(yes i'm upset)
--(no i don't give a **** about this car)
--(if you buy it you're as gay as Elton John)
Options:
Buy a Corvette (For less money):
Pros --
Your car is a poon magnet.
Get more poon in your car (clarity statement).
Have a car that looks better.
A car that has aftermarket products lined up to be modified with.
The car can easily be adjusted to 500+ horsepower.
Cons --
Insurance price.
Buy a G8 Firehawk:
Pros --
You can caddy your friends around with ease.
Your supercharger can confuse birds, and make people think you're super
because there's a squealing noise coming from under your hood.
You might be able to pull off a lie about how you're saving the world with emissions
based on the fact that your car does in fact look like a smug outlet.
Cons --
Look like a mega douche 9000 in front of thousands of car enthusiasts who realize
that you made a 51,000 dollar mistake.
Drive a specific brand name Firehawk into the ******* ground because the CEO of
some company thinks it's a GOOD IDEA and thinks his car isn't ridiculous.
Have a certificate of authenticity that you are an actual tool of society.
--(i just found out)
--(yes i'm upset)
--(no i don't give a **** about this car)
--(if you buy it you're as gay as Elton John)
02-25-2009, 09:07 AM
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Ok, so has it occurred to anyone else that the first day you can order one is "April Fools Day?"
Truly fitting for the joke that this car is/will be.
My *** will be sitting in a CTS-V 100x over before you catch me in one of these jokes.
Truly fitting for the joke that this car is/will be.
My *** will be sitting in a CTS-V 100x over before you catch me in one of these jokes.
02-25-2009, 04:46 PM
#893
Hmmm... I must say I was excited to see a turbo'd G8 since I'm starting a family and will need a 4-door with some kick. Then I saw it was sporting a firehawk logo.
Now I'd be too embarrassed to drive that. Sigh.
Now I'd be too embarrassed to drive that. Sigh.
