Cars you've never been able to acquire?
10-28-2016, 09:21 AM
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Cars you've never been able to acquire?
There are a few cars out there I've tried to get a few times in the past, and it never seems to work out. Any one else?
Lotus Elise/Exige - Exige is even more harder to find in my area. I've tried a few times to pick up an Elise or Exige and they get bought so fast. I almost got an Exige out of state but the seller was asking a lot of money and in the end it didn't work out, that was the closest I came. Every other time I'd call the dealership and already sold. They rarely pop up for sale too. I've never even gotten the chance to test drive one.
NSX - Same situation. They really interest me but usually the ones for sale are in terrible shape, or are priced into the stratosphere. Never test drove one. I see clean ones on the street and get envy. Even the high priced ones still seem to get snatched up quickly.
Viper - I have test drove 1 so far - a 97 gts. I loved it. I drove out of state to check it out. The stealershit was giving a horrible offer on my trade in, I was almost going to just pick it up without a trade, but when the salesman was bragging about driving it during the test drive, and mentioned "it's a lot of car to handle, I blew out the rear tires last time I drove it, har har har!", I immediately backed away. I've seen other ones come up for sale but they sell fast, or are way over priced.
Evos - I test drove one a long time ago and it was great, but it was again, priced way too high (this is when they (8) were super popular). Since then, I've tried to get into a IX, but they sell really fast in this area, and I wind up getting an STi instead.
Lotus Elise/Exige - Exige is even more harder to find in my area. I've tried a few times to pick up an Elise or Exige and they get bought so fast. I almost got an Exige out of state but the seller was asking a lot of money and in the end it didn't work out, that was the closest I came. Every other time I'd call the dealership and already sold. They rarely pop up for sale too. I've never even gotten the chance to test drive one.
NSX - Same situation. They really interest me but usually the ones for sale are in terrible shape, or are priced into the stratosphere. Never test drove one. I see clean ones on the street and get envy. Even the high priced ones still seem to get snatched up quickly.
Viper - I have test drove 1 so far - a 97 gts. I loved it. I drove out of state to check it out. The stealershit was giving a horrible offer on my trade in, I was almost going to just pick it up without a trade, but when the salesman was bragging about driving it during the test drive, and mentioned "it's a lot of car to handle, I blew out the rear tires last time I drove it, har har har!", I immediately backed away. I've seen other ones come up for sale but they sell fast, or are way over priced.
Evos - I test drove one a long time ago and it was great, but it was again, priced way too high (this is when they (8) were super popular). Since then, I've tried to get into a IX, but they sell really fast in this area, and I wind up getting an STi instead.
10-28-2016, 04:21 PM
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That damn McLaren F1 has always been slightly out of my budget range. 
10-28-2016, 05:38 PM
#3
That NSX. One day...
10-29-2016, 08:47 AM
#4
AnAston DB9 in a manual, Rapide or '05+ Bentley Arnage in hot colors escaped my clutch this time around. Next opportunity for a car is 1.5 years... I'll have better luck then since I won't have a car to trade in or sell...
10-29-2016, 05:51 PM
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Was my S2000 originally. No dealership that had a S2000 wanted to give me what my trade was worth, so I just went with another car until I traded into a car that a Honda dealership would take.
Also, a clean, stock CRX, clean titled CRX -- because they are impossible to find.
Also, a clean, stock CRX, clean titled CRX -- because they are impossible to find.
10-30-2016, 09:00 AM
#6
I can relate to the NSX. I had a chance to buy one for about $32k about three years ago. I didn't pull the trigger, because I couldn't shake the feeling that it was overpriced for such an old car. Uh, that was wrong. Now that thing is probably worth another $15k or more.
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10-30-2016, 10:48 AM
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Ford GT. Just a great car on both the road and track (though I only ever tracked one at Daytona). Had a chance to buy one when they were still depreciating, but I figured that Ford would do what it always does: Overproduce them and drive down the resale value. Didn't count on them eliminating the GT when more strict rollover tests phased in. Oh well, even depreciated a bit, it was still too rich for my wallet at the time.
10-30-2016, 10:51 AM
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I can relate to the NSX. I had a chance to buy one for about $32k about three years ago. I didn't pull the trigger, because I couldn't shake the feeling that it was overpriced for such an old car. Uh, that was wrong. Now that thing is probably worth another $15k or more.
