Solstice Mallett
02-03-2006, 08:55 AM
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C@D on Mallet Solstice [QUOTE]For $52,585 you could buy what is in many ways a V-8 Solstice, the Chevy Corvette convertible. At 3300 pounds, the Vette may be commendably light, but it still feels about 50 percent larger than the Solstice. When it comes to curvy-road fun, many of us would pick the Solstice over the Corvette, and with Mallett
02-03-2006, 09:01 AM
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Personally I'd take the sky body, but what a GREAT sleeper, pull upbeside a regular C6 and just eat them??? how great.
Hell I'd almost do this trade if of course I was rolling in money.
Mmmm V8 in a 2500 lb car....
Hell I'd almost do this trade if of course I was rolling in money.
Mmmm V8 in a 2500 lb car....
02-03-2006, 09:08 AM
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Originally Posted by Somehondaguy,Feb 3 2006, 01:01 PM
Mmmm V8 in a 2500 lb car....
02-03-2006, 10:04 AM
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Chuck Mallett is a good guy. I was helping him unload the Solstice and chattin with him at SEMA...he knows his stuff. 
With that said, i still think i would choose another car over it, but it is not a bad choice.
Ryan
With that said, i still think i would choose another car over it, but it is not a bad choice.
Ryan
02-03-2006, 10:22 AM
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Originally Posted by NFRs2000NYC,Feb 3 2006, 11:15 AM
Dump that 18K into your s2000, and youll walk all over that POS Mallet.
02-03-2006, 10:32 AM
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Yeah, and let's not forget about how adept and un-POS like the S2000s highly engineered transmission and differential are at handling high hp and torque applications. I've put down over 300 at the wheels in my S2000 but I'd NEVER launch it for fear of what happens (not that I'm into 1/4 mile racing anyways) to the drivetrain.
02-03-2006, 01:02 PM
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The Vette Convertible is now well over $60,000. I priced one a while back. The Solstice is a LOT smaller than the Vette. The Vette does have a lot of amazing tech/engineering....I wish GM would just offer this themselves and price it around $35,000. As the other guy mentioned, you gotta remember, Mallet had to do a lot more than just "shoehorn" the LS2 into the car. Transmission and rearend and cooling and wiring harness and mounts and springs and........The cost is around $8,000 more than a 2006 S2000 is selling for. Sounds like a winner to me.