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Old Jan 24, 2006 | 03:42 PM
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Basically caught in a bind between a 02 35th T/A, a red 99 FRC vette, and a mineral grey 03 cobra. All about the same price and at the same dealership where I'm trading in my Z. All 6 speeds. Which would you choose??
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Old Jan 24, 2006 | 03:44 PM
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I'd take the Vette.
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Old Jan 24, 2006 | 03:45 PM
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CETA baby... Lots of vettes on the road. And cobra's are nice but Trmin8r can tell you they are slow...
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Old Jan 24, 2006 | 03:48 PM
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well i have a vette and T/a and would probably never own a mustang... i know its a cobra but i guess im loyal to GM, now it all depends how you take care of the car because u might have more problems w/the older car.. actually my T/a gives me more headache than the Vette i guess because is a daily driver
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Old Jan 24, 2006 | 03:49 PM
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Originally Posted by mellowyellow
CETA baby... Lots of vettes on the road. And cobra's are nice but Trmin8r can tell you they are slow...
there ya go anything but a mustang!!!
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Old Jan 24, 2006 | 03:52 PM
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Don't get the Cobra, they are a dime a dozen. I say the Vette because when with mods, it will be faster than the TA with the same mods. Plus, nothing looks better than a Vette IMO. I was stuck in the same situation when I bought my car, now I wish I would have bought the Vette. Don't get me wrong, I love my car and probably not ever sell it, but I will buy a Vette as soon as I can afford both.
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Old Jan 24, 2006 | 03:53 PM
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grap the 35th it should be worth something later if you dont mod it to much.
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Old Jan 24, 2006 | 03:58 PM
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Originally Posted by Spenser309
grap the 35th it should be worth something later if you dont mod it to much.

Screw that mod that biotch !!! you can always turn it back to stock later..
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Old Jan 24, 2006 | 04:05 PM
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Id take the FRC or the Cobra over that T/A no offense to my fellow arlingtonite but that Yellow is hideous IMO.
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Old Jan 24, 2006 | 04:05 PM
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I'd go for the 35th TA because they're rare... so rare in fact GM didn't even make them!
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Old Jan 24, 2006 | 04:19 PM
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Go w/ the Vette, it's the lightest. Weight is everything
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Old Jan 24, 2006 | 04:22 PM
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Vette. Went from a '99 Trans Am to this Vette and haven't looked back. And when I sell it, I'll be getting another Vette down the road, too.
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Old Jan 24, 2006 | 04:24 PM
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I was thinking the samething myself. GM never made a 35th anniversary T/A, 99 was the 30th anniversary so an 04 would have been the 35th. It's a CETA man.

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I'd go for the 35th TA because they're rare... so rare in fact GM didn't even make them!
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Old Jan 24, 2006 | 04:31 PM
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Vette
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Old Jan 24, 2006 | 04:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Elite_Hot_Rod
I was thinking the samething myself. GM never made a 35th anniversary T/A, 99 was the 30th anniversary so an 04 would have been the 35th. It's a CETA man.
That right not a 35Th T/A .. Its a 35th Anniversary Firebird. 2002 was the 35th Anni of the Firebird line they choose the flagship T/A to commermorate it..
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Old Jan 24, 2006 | 04:40 PM
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**** it I would go with the vette, I love Fbods but i guess the vette is the flagship GM car, I dunno, I like the T/A too....****....vette man.
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Old Jan 24, 2006 | 05:10 PM
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none of the above? haha.

2002 CETA = 35th Anniversary Firebird. Firebird came out in 67.
1999 = 30th Anniversary Trans Am. Trans Am came out in 69.

CETA has the highest collectibility of the three. Not everyone likes that shade of yellow though (I don't).

FRC cars seem to drop in value quite a bit, almost becoming like f-bodies. You would probably enjoy a regular C5 just as much or even more than a stripped down FRC. What good is a Vette that you can't pimp with the top off?

Cobra? Nah.
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Old Jan 24, 2006 | 05:11 PM
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any frc that is not red
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Old Jan 24, 2006 | 05:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Nine Ball
none of the above? haha.

2002 CETA = 35th Anniversary Firebird. Firebird came out in 67.
1999 = 30th Anniversary Trans Am. Trans Am came out in 69.

CETA has the highest collectibility of the three. Not everyone likes that shade of yellow though (I don't).

FRC cars seem to drop in value quite a bit, almost becoming like f-bodies. You would probably enjoy a regular C5 just as much or even more than a stripped down FRC. What good is a Vette that you can't pimp with the top off?

Cobra? Nah.
Don't like my yellow huh ? Well I don't like that orange Z28 you have HA!!!!




Damn it yes I do.....
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Old Jan 24, 2006 | 05:34 PM
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Go with the vette!
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