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my father in law had a lightly modded solstice turbo. not a bad looking car, and i'm fairly certain he had around 300 at the crank with his mods---definitely a quick little car

that car actually looks pretty damn good

we don't have to agree on the type of car to get, but we can both certainly give sound advice when it comes to making reasonable financial decisions

let me give you just another piece of advice. concentrate on school, get as much education as you can, make as many job connections as you can, and concentrate on a fast, reliable, and no-doubt expensive car when you can EASILY afford it--like when you're out of college and have a permanent job when you're young and not working full time with a very stable job----owning an expensive car can be like riding a bull at first, it seems like a good idea--very fun. at the begining, you absolutely love it, you're hanging on (making payments, modding, insurance, fixing broken stuff, while spending tons of your hard-earned money), and enjoying the ride. soon, the ride becomes a bit rough (unexpected unrelated life costs come up, the job is unstable, you realize you just can't afford the payment every month for "X" years, or a major issue comes up with the car). after that, the ride becomes downright miserable (you're trying with everything you have to hang onto the car, or sell it without losing your ass because cars depreciate like the sunk titanic, and you don't get shit for the mods you put into it). finally, the bull tosses you off like a frail little child and you're left upside down and broken----driving a beater, with ruined credit, and nothing to show for it. not trying to be a downer for you, but i was in your exact shoes when i was in college. i chose to hold off on an expensive car--i bought a beater 5.0 with cash and modded it conservatively. i busted my ass in school and it paid off. now, i could easily buy any one of the cars mentioned and not think twice about it. good luck

not really. car in my sig cruises around with 600rwhp on stock internals, clutch, headers, transmission, etc. i have surprisingly little in this car. i could daily it if i wanted, but i have other cars for that. the more you do to a car, the less reliable it becomes, and the less fun/friendly it is to take on trips and drive daily---that's the point. don't try to prove me wrong, just agree and move along.

truly a great thread going on here. well done.

read my post, and then come back. i said with 'rare exceptions'. you must be so smart that you were able to pick up 10 year old 500+hp cars and have them be dead reliable as daily drivers. that's awesome, good job.

kevin, this is a great thread. let me give you my take on the situation. 1) you're looking for a car with daily-driver status, yes?? 2) you want a faaaaaast car, yes?? first, its tough to find both. the temptation is constantly there to do x,y, or z to make your car faster. the truth is, with VERY rare exceptions, as you make a car faster, it is less reliable, will not last as long, and will generally not be as fun of a car to utilize as a DEPENDABLE daily driver---this is a fact, no matter what people tell you, its true. buying anything older than 5 years, and modding it will result in a rebuilt motor, and tons of money invested into it---to the point where you'll wish you bought a newer car and lightly modded it. buy a newer car with a turbo. buy one that's (meant to be) fast right from the start. most of the supporting parts will be built to handle that power and at least 25-30% more power---that will be the limit of having a dependable daily driver. any more power than that and you're looking at the high likelihood of broken parts. if the car will be your secondary car, or toy--then do whatever you want. my advice is to buy an unmolested lancer, wrx, or cobalt ss that's just a few years old, and drive it for a while before you mod it. get on the turbo forums, decide exactly what purpose you intend for the car, and buy parts carefully based on others' experiences.

that's a lot of money to spend for those results. hopefully everythings ok with the motor

noted

i'll have my brother check on those thanks

please start a thread in the duechebag section of the forum for discussion of your 'fag-mobiles'. this thread is dedicated to hot-rod cherokees, depleting the nation's oil supply, and killing animals. you guys are looking for the 'starbucks enema' section of the forum. back on topic. my brother is looking for a new cherokee SRT8, or at the very least a lightly used one. please save him before he makes the mistake of buying the audi crossover that his wife wants him to buy for some reason

looks great. welcome to the madness

pics won't show at work, can someone describe them to me. welcome

we need a 'ricer dictionary' for all the different bullshit motors that all these cars run srd20 b19 b20 k04 blah, blah, blah welcome. good to see a future drug dealer on the site. kind of odd, the only thing i prescribe is percocet by the 100's

i agree, it doesn't make sense. but they run hard, and that's what they are capable of. like said, they come off the line like a raped ape

they are capable of low 13's stock. he might not have had much done

also interested in this. trying to talk my brother into getting one

when people pay for their insurance, have deductibles to pay, and are concerned about being off of work for surgery, they are VERY involved in the medical decision making---they want to know what all the options are, what things cost, and are less likely to opt for surgery unless they have an immediate need for surgical intervention. take a person with no job, or someone who goes from job to job---who is not paying for their healthcare, and watch the way they utilize the health care system. they will ask for an MRI, and readily undergo almost any procedure without even questioning what's involved with the recovery, etc etc.

yes, yes, and no. certainly some of the pool of 100 will not be able to get into my office with the other 400 'clogging' it up, so they will have longer waits for visits and surgery. one option would be to dedicate a certain amount of time per office day for gov't insured patients. right now, i will see patients with medicaid in my office between 1-2pm. that way, my office doesn't get clogged up with these patients, who are notorious for making appointments and not showing up, not following directions, and just basically being fairly difficult to deal with. that way, i could still offer surgery to those patients with gov't insurance, but their access to my office would be limited to a certain amount of time per day. that will likely happen to an extent. i do get enjoyment out of helping people and would not be dick enough to turn all these people away. i don't think there are any plans of increasing physician numbers. aside from that, the job is certainly less desireable at this point. you will get people with less potential becoming physicians. obama has said he wants to decrease the number of specialists. right now, i'm on pace to do about 300 total joint replacements this year (give or take). the number of total joints needed per year is expected to go up 7-8 fold in 20 years. there's no way to meet that demand without increasing the number of surgeons. this is just one example

this will also be true. its like being at a buffet---if its all you can eat, you pretty much don't give a shit about wasting things. most people without insurance are very willing to go under the knife, get an mri, do extensive tests, etc etc. whereas people who pay for their insurance want to know how much things cost.

what part of "it won't affect every physician equally" don't you understand??

you'd be more concerned if it affected your livelihood.

if you have the gov't plan, the gov't will have some say in what you can and can't have----period. they don't need a single payer system to do that. right now different insurance companies cover completely different amounts for different things---- suppose you can't have a kid, and are looking at invitro fertilization. many insurance companies won't pay one bit of that---its not medically necessary for survival. some will cover the cost of medications, some will cover more than that. you don't need your acl to live a healthy life. if you want to play sports, be active, and run, that's a different story. if the gov't is paying for your surgery, they can tell you that you have to wait for them to cover it, or you'll have to pay out of pocket for this 'non-medically' necessary surgery. they'll save tons of money by you not having the surgery, you'll be miserable-but live.

psst, if you think that things will run and work out exactly as the bill outlines, you're retarded. until you see how the american public utilizes their new 'gift' you can't possibly begin to understand how this will impact the system as a whole. for every action there's a reaction, and we'll see how physicians react to being told what to do by the gov't.