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Old Jun 8, 2008 | 07:37 PM
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well since im pretty sure my 08 tbss is totaled....im looking at either a ctsv or an c6?

out of the two witch one would yall go with?
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Old Jun 8, 2008 | 07:40 PM
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man that sucks! what happend if you dont mind?

i supose it depends.. do you want a 2 seater car or something you can take your friends around in with power. id rock either one personally. good luck and hope everything works out for the best.
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Old Jun 8, 2008 | 07:46 PM
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man that sucks! what happend if you dont mind?

i supose it depends.. do you want a 2 seater car or something you can take your friends around in with power. id rock either one personally. good luck and hope everything works out for the best.
Yeah, that's pretty much the deciding factor. Do you want two or four seats?
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Old Jun 8, 2008 | 07:54 PM
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i fell asleep and drove of the road and hit something pretty damn hard in a ditch...i know there is frame damage...

what pisses me off is earlier that day i got it tuned by MTI and got my drag radial put on




but i dunno what i would rather have...i have always been the mode of transportation for my friends when we go out, but i still have my ext. cab lifted truck...i have never owned a car
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Old Jun 8, 2008 | 08:01 PM
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ouch! sorry to hear that..
well maybe test drive both cars and see which one you like better i supose. if you dont want to do that then get the vette
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Old Jun 8, 2008 | 08:01 PM
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Sorry to see your TB SS hurt. I saw your pictures on one of the other forums but didn't realize you were in Houston. What aftermarket did you have done to it other than the tune?
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but i dunno what i would rather have...i have always been the mode of transportation for my friends when we go out, but i still have my ext. cab lifted truck...i have never owned a car
Get the Vette then.
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Sorry to see your TB SS hurt. I saw your pictures on one of the other forums but didn't realize you were in Houston. What aftermarket did you have done to it other than the tune?
cai and sw cat back
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I'd go with a G8 personally.

Are you selling the mods?
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Vette all the way.
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Old Jun 8, 2008 | 08:12 PM
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I'd go with a G8 personally.

Are you selling the mods?
i will know tomarrow 100%
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I dont mean do spoil your party, but I seriously doubt that its totaled. Have you ever heard of a FRAME MACHINE. Just because there is frame damage doesnt mean its totaled. Its proabably worth close to 20,000 or more. Damages have to cover more than say 50% to total it. Judging by your pics, it doesnt look that bad.

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Old Jun 8, 2008 | 08:28 PM
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what pisses me off is earlier that day i got it tuned by MTI
that would **** me off too hahhaa

I would get the G8
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Old Jun 8, 2008 | 08:35 PM
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I dont mean do spoil your party, but I seriously doubt that its totalled. Have you ever heard of a FRAME MACHINE. Just because there is frame damage doesnt mean its totalled. Its proabably worth close to 20,000 or more. Damages have to cover more than say 50% to totall it. Judging by your pics, it doesnt look that bad.
your right....besides the door not closing by an inch and the front crossmember fucked...

i need a new front bumper and fog light



new back bumper and new rim plus new drag radial



we will find out tomarrow...
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Old Jun 9, 2008 | 06:53 AM
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No, your right, TOTALED. Seriously though, its nots totalled. I work in the business. I kinda know what will totall and not. The frame will get pulled, the door starightened, and new trim and its done. I bet the damages are less than 6000 bucks. At the most.

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No, your right, TOTALLED. Seriously though, its nots totalled. I work in the business. I kinda know what will totall and not. The frame will get pulled, the door starightened, and new trim and its done. I bet the damages are less than 6000 bucks. At the most.



yawn.... well... i dropped it off this morning....to see if it was TOTALED....


if i get it back it doesnt matter im still gonna get rid of it....and get something else....

i really dont care...im just curious on what everyone else thinks about a c6 vs a ctsv,
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screw a ctsv, get a c6. Cam it and it will make some serious power.
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totaled? lol, my buddy took his SS truck into a construction garbage tank and took out sever palm trees and a light pole well he was at it. had the truck back a month later and good as new. and his truck acutally looked like it had hit something compared to yours. he slammed it into a curb about a year later and hit another pole, with frame damage again. had it back about 2 weeks later.
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totaled? lol, my buddy took his SS truck into a construction garbage tank and took out sever palm trees and a light pole well he was at it. had the truck back a month later and good as new. and his truck acutally looked like it had hit something compared to yours. he slammed it into a curb about a year later and hit another pole, with frame damage again. had it back about 2 weeks later.
That's not safe. I wouldn't be driving around a truck that has had frame damage twice, it just becomes structurally unsound depending on how bad the accidents were.
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no doupt. but just saying in general, it was fixed and it was said to be totaled.
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