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Old 01-02-2007, 07:32 PM
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Default Car prices take the piss in the UK when...

...you can buy 1400bhp 2001 cars for not much over 15k over the water...

http://www.gtamc.com/forums/showthre...547#post311547

40k canadian is 17k over here, and thats if you gave him the asking price...
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Same with everything mate, houses too
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...eh i think its all relative mate....in ethopia you could get your car washed waxed and a hoover out for a grain of rice....here you have to pay over a fooking tenner..and the person doin it shouldnt be in this country
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its horrible though
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You reckon if i go to Etheopia they i can get a 2001 Mustang with 1400bhp for less than that?

Wicked, Starvin Marvin, here i come

Horrible? Looks way nicer than most cars we get over here!

LOVE the turbo location too...



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I mean fuck me lol






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..stavros do you think that setup is reliable?
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probly more reliable than most of the "600bhp" cossies you see!
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Originally Posted by Bosch-Man
..stavros do you think that setup is reliable?
It's a V8 so probably!
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...so you think its fine to have a turbo inlet exposed?
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Originally Posted by Bosch-Man
...so you think its fine to have a turbo inlet exposed?
Ah, I see what you mean now It's a drag car so it wont be running for very long so shouldnt be a problem. Most drag cars dont run filters or anything.


I just like the fact it's got a parachute
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Originally Posted by Bosch-Man
...so you think its fine to have a turbo inlet exposed?
Not exactly brain surgery to put a filter on is it mate

But for strip etc alone, its fine.

Norris Evo has been running most the time lately with the K+N out the front bumper
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Originally Posted by Stavros
Originally Posted by Bosch-Man
...so you think its fine to have a turbo inlet exposed?
Not exactly brain surgery to put a filter on is it mate

But for strip etc alone, its fine.

Norris Evo has been running most the time lately with the K+N out the front bumper
And it LOOKS shit for it .
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How can it be cheap?

What UK stripped out drag only cars are you comparing it to?
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I'm sure I saw a street legal drag car for sale in the UK a couple of weeks ago for way less than that... Can't remember much about it but it was fast
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Originally Posted by RichardPON
How can it be cheap?

What UK stripped out drag only cars are you comparing it to?
What, you REALLY think you can get a car of anything near that age and spec over here for anything less than about double that?

Drag only? Have you not looked at the car?

Its street legal over barring the tyres and emissions stuff (if over here thas just a CAT, over there a smog pump thingy) has been removed.

He even is throwing in a set of street legal tyres in with the sale.

Its as much a street car, if not more so, than a lot of the TOTB cars.
Christ, hes even got a fully trimmed interior and airbag steering wheel FFS
Its more of a road car than either of our Cossies were
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