BLU BIRD

Street, drag, road course. name the time and lets see what you got but like i said come with a stack of benjamins! Im not dragging your shit around for free. But lets be real, just save yourself whatever tiny bit of pride you have left and admit right now you cant stack up. We both know you cant bring anything to the table.

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Is it alcohol or some other emotional stimulant that brings you back to our fine community in such vibrant fashion this evening?

No my good sir, just eager to live life in the fast lane now that my car is ready and the weather is nice! And this is a fine community minus the rice boy dreamers like Gaayyyysammy. But thanks for the compliment, I would agree my fashion is quite vibrant

Due to recent economic trouble, Geeesammy is the best we can offer for kitchen battles. On behalf of CR I sincerely apologize.

 

~The management

Apology accepted my friend. I was promised stiff competition, not clowns with slow bikes who only rides dick (cough) Gayyysammy (cough)!

Got a Tranz Am rear end on my V6 breh. Addz 22 horsepowerz. ALL COMERZ WELCOMEZ.

Dont be jealous. Gayyysammy what do you drive? I bet whatever it is isnt worth a dick! Put your money where your mouth is. I aint goin anywhere, Im right here

V6 Firebird....

I remember when I bought my first car at 17....:dumb:

That Firebird is gone I upgraded! Keep hating while you parade around town on your Huffy!

-0/10

I didnt ask you about how many dates you got from the boys you asked out.

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You want confessions of a street racer? What do you busters know about street racing? Ill tell you what you know, NOTHING!

Im fresh back from a short hiatus, doin big things that nobody knows about, mostly lurking around seeing whats up but now its time to make my triumphant return! Warm weather brings out the best, Im a predator with the real deal wheels. No not that Stig bullshit like that rich twat. Not blowing up cars like mr. Thorn. Phil and Doc, you guys are still cool. Everyone else, Im still ready to take on all comerz, but this time i gots me a '11 EX-L Accord with a ???mystery??? motor + juice, come get you some.

Oh and hey, Evolved8 or fat shit steve or whatever you go by....yeah i remember you...and YOURE STILL a fucking joke! hows that cock pump working out for you?

http://www.columbusracing.com/forums/showpost.php?p=1309628&postcount=260

So in summary, if you want a piece of this, better not come with anything less than 5k in your wallet. And thats the bottom line, cause BLU BIRD said so!

Is your $16k budget including predicted costs of maintenance? If you're looking at a premium brand like Cadillac, you're looking at something with higher miles which = maintenance costs early on. With that budget, I'd look at something on a used or Certified Pre-Owned lot that has few miles and is only 2-3 years old, since as a recent graduate you don't have as much of a cushion should something catastrophic go wrong.

 

Think about this car purchase not as something that you want now, but something that you want in 3 years. If you buy an early model CTS now, its going to have lots of miles. In several years, what will that car be to you?

Will it still have the appeal it has today?

Will it be worth $16k? Will it even be worth $10k, since it'll certainly be over 100k miles? How much money are you going to have to sink into it after the initial purchase?

How much do parts cost on a 6-7 year old premium car as opposed to a 2-3 year old midrange car?

 

For instance, we've got an '09 Ford Taurus Limited in our Certified Pre-Owned inventory. I will not post price to try to keep this from being a pimping thread, but mods edit this if necessary; I just wanna give some perspective on other cars that are out there. This car is a short way out of your price range but has a lot of very nice features that compare to a $16k CTS, but in 3 years this car will still be under Certified warranty (unless you drive 20k+ miles/yr). That means you're going to have to spend minimal money beyond the initial purchase. I'm not at all suggesting that this is the car for you, but the point is that there ARE very nice vehicles out there within your price range that will give you a whole lot more reliability and will GUARANTEE that you spend less in the long run.

^^^ Good point! i just want to say i havent ruled out other cars by any means!!!

Re-reading this thread and noting the following:

 

• Soon to be young grad
  
• $16k Budget
  
• No mods as it's a DD'er
  
• MPG's, reliability and winter driving are points of concern
  

 

The above doesn't equate to you buying any CTS. Personally, get a really nice used TSX/Accord or equiv. daily that will be reliable, drive well all year, has a manual tranny available if so desired, has creature features you'll like, and won't own you in terms of payments, insuracne or repairs.

- dad

A TSX was also on my radar, but i know nothing about them either. are they rwd or fwd? anyone know off the top of their heads?

Phil- thank you I will do my best lol

V8 Beast- yes I agree my good sir

For those that may not remember (i dont think i posted on here) my car was hit by a drunk driver who then fled the scene. he crunched my driver's side rear quarter panel and taillight, as well as the bumper and hatch. well finally after 5 weeks of waiting and bullshit my car is done and it was well worth the wait!!!! T/A and bumper were put on in place of the v6 style for both. added the overlay to the front filler panel and not to worry the taillight covers will be going back on soon enough i have to order another set though. also Steve's brother (who worked on my car) got the PONTIAC inserts out and ill be putting those back in too soon. I am extremely happy and i think it looks perfect and badass!

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