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Old 09-16-2008, 10:48 AM
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A guy at my work has one, paid like 20 for it. Doesnt add up to me, in order for that to be a financially sound move, you would have to save 20k in gas over what you are using now. Thats going to take a while....
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Originally Posted by primer84z
A guy at my work has one, paid like 20 for it. Doesn't add up to me, in order for that to be a financially sound move, you would have to save 20k in gas over what you are using now. Thats going to take a while....
that's what I was thinking too. It is way too expensive of a car to be worthwhile. If the car was in the 10k range it would be a different story. I see used ones going for 25k that's ridiculous. For 25k you can get so many other better cars that seat more than 2 and can actually carry a load and still save on gas. Don't think that car is going to last. Can you say daewoo
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Originally Posted by shenanigans
that's what I was thinking too. It is way too expensive of a car to be worthwhile. If the car was in the 10k range it would be a different story. I see used ones going for 25k that's ridiculous. For 25k you can get so many other better cars that seat more than 2 and can actually carry a load and still save on gas. Don't think that car is going to last. Can you say daewoo
You could buy an F-body for $9k, spend $2k in upgrades, $2k in repairs, and still save money over car and gas payments on a Smart Car or Prius... for YEARS.
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Originally Posted by ZexGX
You could buy an F-body for $9k, spend $2k in upgrades, $2k in repairs, and still save money over car and gas payments on a Smart Car or Prius... for YEARS.
thats why I am in the market for a new fbody I thought of getting a prius but did the math and an fbody is a better deal. plus you get the fun factor
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anthony i hope u didnt try to race him cuz he would have smoked u lol. j.p
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and i wonder whos gonna do the 1st lsx swap on a smart.
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Originally Posted by 383lt1impala
and i wonder whos gonna do the 1st lsx swap on a smart.
never happen. car is way too small to fit a v8. even on the busa swap ones they had to cut some of the body away to make it fit.
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if theres a will theres a way theres vw bugs with lsxs and those super small dutsun cars also.
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Originally Posted by 383lt1impala
if theres a will theres a way theres vw bugs with lsxs and those super small dutsun cars also.
Have you seen one in real life? The car is about the size of the footprint of an LSx with headers... Not saying it can't be done, just that you'd have to sit on top of the engine.
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Originally Posted by ZexGX
Have you seen one in real life? The car is about the size of the footprint of an LSx with headers... Not saying it can't be done, just that you'd have to sit on top of the engine.
dont forget they tranny's too lol. Smart car=not smart for lsx
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i thought it was pretty cool that they have all the fluid reservoirs up front as to not clutter up the engine bay....
my friends mom has one...its a fun car to drive...slow as hell though..
i already seen one at irwindale...it ran a 12.88 at like 56 mph...lol



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