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Old 10-27-07, 11:41 AM
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AGREE.... I will buy the GT-R then !! Thanks everyone !!
Hope to see you driving a brand new GT-R on a CA freeway next year, but I wouldn't know he is you
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Old 10-27-07, 12:00 PM
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how about fuel costs? GTR has amazing 20 mpg! what is it for the ferrari 8?
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Originally Posted by NINEZeRO
how about fuel costs? GTR has amazing 20 mpg! what is it for the ferrari 8?
OK, let's say you drive 20k mi. a year (WAY above average). That's 1000 gallons at 20mpg. That's 2500 gallons at 8mpg, or 1500 gallons more than the first. 1500 gallons, even at $4 a gallon, is $6K a year.

First off, if you're buying a Ferrari I doubt you're driving it 20K mi. a year, but even if so, and you can't shell out $6K extra a year to drive it, you obviously shouldn't be buying a Ferrari to begin with.
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Old 10-28-07, 11:03 PM
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My biggest FEAR with Ferrari is the MAINTENANCE !!!


that says it all.
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Old 11-05-07, 12:46 PM
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Originally Posted by SC34M3
My biggest FEAR with Ferrari is the MAINTENANCE !!!


that says it all.
they don't come cheap...
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Old 11-05-07, 01:28 PM
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The $20k markup will only be there for the first few months.

So if I were you, I'd wait a few months, and then buy the GT-R at MSRP. Another plus side to this is that as a brand new model, I'm sure it'll have a couple issues here and there. If you wait a bit, they'll have worked out the initial kinks.
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Old 11-05-07, 02:24 PM
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what is your goal? You want the fastest most reliable supercar on the planet, or do you want to get laid?

Ultimate tuner car = GTR
Ultimate Pu$$y magnet = Ferrari

Get the GTR and then spend the extra cash on a Ducati and pull just as much tail.
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Old 11-05-07, 02:28 PM
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Ferrari, i mean, c'mon, it's a Ferrari.......
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Old 11-06-07, 09:34 AM
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"the license plate frame was replaced for $124.99"

Umm...ok....I'll take 2!
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Old 11-06-07, 01:17 PM
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If you buy the nissan you'll always want the ferrari. If you buy the ferrari you'll never miss the nissan.
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Old 11-06-07, 01:49 PM
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so its like saying you buy a lexus you will want a bentley or Rolls Royce.. you buy a used bentley/Rolls Royce you will never miss the new lexus eventhough the new lexus is better..?
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Old 11-06-07, 02:17 PM
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A brand new hundred thousand dollar car is a hundred thousand dollar car forever. It's built as a hundred thousand dollar car. A used two hundred thousand dollar car will always be a two hundred thousand dollar car even if it is worth less than the new one hundred thousand dollar car.

The one hundred thousand dollar car will never grow up to be the two hundred thousand dollar car.
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Old 11-06-07, 02:39 PM
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So you would take a older Rolls over a new LS600h? Not sure about the couple hundreds thousands car forever thing I went to a freinds shop he got a couple early 2000's Rolls/Bentley/Aston to me they don't look as appeal as the new LS600h down the street from Lexus dealership... another example a 1992 130k MB 600SEL look like a $3000 car to me today I would take a new Civic SI over it.. i guess diffrent people have diffrent view
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Old 11-06-07, 03:32 PM
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I am still trying to figure out where this lexus thing is coming from repeatedly. The thread is GTR or Ferrari.
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Old 11-06-07, 04:09 PM
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I'm just using Lexus and Bentley as example cause it seem fit in this case No worry I'm not hating on Ferrari I might be picking up a F430 myself
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