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He still owns the car, but I don't think he has any intention of running it. He has been running LOW 8s the past couple of years in a couple different GT-Rs. No thread yet. Short version: Bought the car blown up, and we did all the work in house to bring it back to life. I'll probably make a thread after the Shootout with all the pics from the tear down, etc.

Who's all going?!? I'll be out breaking in the new car, hopefully finally getting that elusive 9! http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii37/jordancampbell2008/AECDF6F4-38C1-4698-9757-F61817C285F6_zpsk3inwr4x.jpg

Correct. That's why I said I doubt any of them still have it. And most of the guys who don't go to dealers, have had their cars tuned and likely upgraded to LC5 So you would have to find a bone stock 09 that hasn't been to a nissan dealer in 5 years. Fairly unlikely.

I would steer away from this particular car as well. I wouldn't worry about 50k miles on a well maintained GTR though. I've driven plenty of them with that kind of mileage, and they were all just fine. The early transmission problems were due to improper Transmission Control Module programming. That programming was referred to as LC1, and I doubt there are too many cars left in the country (if any) that still have LC1 installed.

Article is a crock. I know the guy that "won the bid" on that auction, and the seller flaked out. OP: CBA (09-11) GT-Rs can be had in the low $50s with that kind of mileage fairly easily. (and without bad carfax) I just sold my 09 for under $60k and it had a good amount of mods.

Happy to be a part of it Doc! Thank you for the kind words

Yes, we buy cars too (somewhat depending on age and condition)

http://ak-hdl.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/webdr06/2013/7/4/11/anigif_enhanced-buzz-29313-1372950034-32.gif Congrats again buddy! Thanks for making the trip to deal with us again! I know it's a little haul so we try and make it worthwhile. :thumbup:

PM returned brotha!

Anyone giving out their Manheim login (nowadays) would be putting their business at serious risk. If you found a small enough dealer that was a cash only customer (no credit line with the auction) they MIGHT be willing to do it. While I won't/can't just let someone have my login info... I CAN do one of two things. 1.) Search for what you want and send you the options that meet your criteria or 2.) You can come in the dealership, where I would login and we could search together (so you would see what I see) If either of those options work for you, get ahold of me and I'll get ya taken care of :thumbup:

Congrats again buddy! Pictures don't even do the orange justice. Looks even better in person!

Vette is a dyno queen. Couldn't even hang with the run of the mill TX2K cars on the street. (due to obvious traction reasons) Fun Fact: The orangish GTR that almost got side swiped by the Vette in the OP video must have been cursed that weekend. Because another car went across the track at the event and ended up doing what the Vette almost did

I tend to agree with this article: http://www.thestreet.com/story/13167750/1/shake-shack-like-the-burger-not-the-stock.html

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We did both last year, and Universal was awesome IMO. Glad we did Disney, but if I only got to choose one to go back to it would be Universal hands down.

Ohhh... and 2nd, when I get some REAL tires and traction I'm gonna make you really work for that 15th spot Look forward to racing with you again soon man!

1st, just post your slip and details in this thread: http://www.columbusracing.com/forums/showthread.php?t=76733&page=19 I think the "accepted format" for you would be: Jeff McCool 10.27@137 1.63 60' [date] --86 Mustang-- Turbo

I grew up in Wheeling, so I have always been a fan of the Steelers, Pirates, Pens, (and WVU in college sports) When I moved to Ohio the only sport I didn't have a team for already was pro basketball, so I started following the Cavs. Only even half cared until I went to a playoff game in probably 04ish against the Pistons. The environment at the Q during that playoff game was so electric, that it really gave me a new appreciation of the sport. Love him or hate him, LeBron is (in my opinion) the best to ever play the game. I'm surprised how good they look even with Love out now. Hopefully the Cavs can break the curse of Cleveland this year, but I think the Hawks are gonna be a handful.

There seriously is no "one size fits all" answer when it comes to money management. The percentages really are (and should be) different depending on your income level. All that aside, one thing I PERSONALLY look at it, is "What will owning X REALLY cost me". Now when I say that, I don't mean how much is the purchase price, I mean how much is the purchase price in relation to what I could liquidate it for. The GT-R is a good example. I have caught flack from people for being "wasteful with money" by purchasing that car. One of them in particular looks at thing polar opposite as I do. He purchases EVERYTHING with cash, and tends to buy brand new vehicles with his supplier discount. The vehicle he bought a couple years ago purchase price (after discounts) was about half of what I paid for my high mileage GT-R around the same time. However, here we are two years later, and his car is worth about 12k less than he paid for it, and mine is still worth more than I paid for it. He has also been without all of his cash, and while I am paying ~2% interest on my car loan, my investments have been earning much more than that. To me, my purchase was the more prudent one... YMMV

Congrats again buddy! :thumbup: We definitely had some luck on our side with this one. It was one of those cars that came back and made me think to myself "Hell, why don't I have one of these"

This.

Funny enough, I had a guy hit me up from Panama on Facebook. Said he bought an Evo and he found some posts and videos from me online and thought it was my old car. Sure enough it was. Come to find out, the last kid I sold it to "totaled it" This dude bought it on copart, and fixed it for next to nothing. Car still looked really good, and is terrorizing the streets down there now. lol

Norwalk > * in Ohio

I literally hooked worse on the track than I do on the street. I only wish I would have had a rear mounted gopro on to watch vid of the car leaving black marks that long.

THANK YOU! and congrats Mitch! It makes it easy for us to do our job well with awesome customers/friends to do business with. It means the world to me that you make the trip to deal with us exclusively. Enjoy the new ride bro!