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View Poll Results: What should I spend $6-800 on?
Clear bra....fenders, hood, headlights, mirrors
28.57%
Aftermkt Exhaust.....deeper tone but not droning
10.71%
Extended warranty.....7 year/70,000 mi
10.71%
One day at Driver's School
17.86%
Garmin 330C.....highly unlikely
0
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Buy 4 new S-02 for Grannyrod
17.86%
Just buy 100-200 sh of a good large cap stock
3.57%
None of the above: specify VSA response
10.71%
Voters: 28. You may not vote on this poll

Help Jerry decide....

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Old Jun 9, 2005 | 07:34 PM
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Unhappy Help Jerry decide....

The first 3-4 questions are serious contenders....
......the last 4-5 are for fun
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Old Jun 9, 2005 | 07:41 PM
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Jerry,

Buy the Garmin so that you don't get lost, buy the 200 shares of stock so that you'll have something for your retirement and buy a Fumoto Oil Drain Valve (and an oil filter wrench) so that you can start changing the oil yourself. That's part of the fun of owning a sportcar.

If you're limited to only one thing, buy the stocks.

I've heard you mention an aftermarket exhaust a few times and I'm curious as to why you'd want one. You use the car everyday, don't you? I'd think a louder exhaust would get very tiring after a time in an everyday driver.
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Old Jun 9, 2005 | 07:52 PM
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I voted for Granny cause it's easy to be nice with someone else's money!

In a serious vein, out of the above choices, I'd go for the driving school.

(Not a reflection on how I think you drive, just assuming that you wouldn't list it if you had already been).

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Old Jun 9, 2005 | 08:18 PM
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I have to go with the clear brassiere. I wish that I had done mine before the hot runs we did in Petoskey last summer. The sand roughened my lights and front clip a little. Or the exhaust. If it's spent money, screw the stocks.
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Old Jun 9, 2005 | 11:40 PM
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Originally Posted by anarky,Jun 10 2005, 12:18 AM
I have to go with the clear brassiere.
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Old Jun 10, 2005 | 02:09 AM
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I think a GPW needs a clear bra, so I voted for that, too.
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Old Jun 10, 2005 | 03:04 AM
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Granny alreaady bought two 02s for the rear, how about 2 for the front and the difference in a large cap stock for granny? Glald you were thinking of your poor (literally) ol' granny. Underneath all that exterior lurks a heart of gold, I'll bet. granny'sdeliriousagain.

Thanks Jonas for thinking of me too. Y'all are too funny.
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Old Jun 10, 2005 | 05:00 AM
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[QUOTE]What should I spend $6-800 on?
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Old Jun 10, 2005 | 05:51 AM
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Call me dumb but I just don't get the bra thing. The leather or whatever hang on things look really really stupid to me and destroy the whole look of the car. The paste on thing will eventually turn yellow and lift off at some point in time and look crappy when the car is older. And if you don't plan to keep the car, why worry about a few chips. Personally I plan to always keep my car and I would not consider any bra - but that's me. Mr Ferrari and I both agree that cars were made to be driven and enjoyed.... not wrapped in some some kind of material. Do the driver's school and you won't be worrying about a couple stone chips.
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Old Jun 10, 2005 | 07:57 AM
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I wanted a sportier sound from my car and found it with a Cold Air Intake. The car sounds mild-mannered until you stomp on the go-pedal.

Otherwise, I'd vote driver school (or at least track day) and clear bra. It really annoys me to come home from a drive only to find another stone chip in my spoiler.
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