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Old Oct 7, 2008 | 11:41 AM
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Even more affordable.. A 4 cylinder Ferrari 355 GTS All you need is a 91 Toyota MR2 & $7k for the coversion kit...

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Start here....

http://www.extreme-sportscars.com/q&a.htm
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Old Oct 7, 2008 | 11:47 AM
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^^ And you wouldn't have to worry about the maintenence and the increasing gas prices!! GENIOUS!
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Old Oct 7, 2008 | 05:40 PM
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its really not surprising, that car is more than 10 years old...
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Old Oct 7, 2008 | 05:42 PM
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Originally Posted by djyoshi626
or you can go the uber cheap way! minus the engine ... and exotic-ness
that thing is sahweeeet
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Old Oct 7, 2008 | 06:04 PM
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Imagine building the replica F355 for like $15K, and selling it to some unknowing guy for $50k!!
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Old Oct 7, 2008 | 06:15 PM
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Originally Posted by ted920
Go right ahead. Feel free to spend 70K on that thing - I'd rather get a Z06 or GTR if I were to want a sports car.

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see the only downside is...
when a girl see's ferrari and hears the name
OHHHHHHH HOW NICE

but when you tell her gt-r she gets like wtf?
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Old Oct 7, 2008 | 06:43 PM
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Ferrari is just so sexy. F348, F355, 360, F430 are all soooooooo good looking. But I can't afford one or even half of it.
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Old Oct 7, 2008 | 07:18 PM
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go with the NSX, most people think it is a ferrari anyway.
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Old Oct 8, 2008 | 04:02 PM
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And i thought i was the only person who had things like this come to mind haha, but then agian i keep thinking of that top gear episode where they all buy supercars and tell myself no, so i think a porsche 944 would be a reasonable compromise haha, first car possibly?
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Old Oct 8, 2008 | 06:37 PM
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Originally Posted by Shlomboy
see the only downside is...
when a girl see's ferrari and hears the name
OHHHHHHH HOW NICE

but when you tell her gt-r she gets like wtf?
guy: I got a GTR

girl: er... WTF?

guy: no man, its GTR, not WTF!!!
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Old Oct 8, 2008 | 07:14 PM
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A decade old car, decade old technologies, out of style, I don't see one reason why I would by that thing over a Vette.

There are Cobalts out now that would out preform it.
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Old Oct 8, 2008 | 07:17 PM
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Originally Posted by mikez
guy: I got a GTR

girl: er... WTF?

guy: no man, its GTR, not WTF!!!
Buying a car just to attract the opposite sex? thats just shallow as FAAK
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Old Oct 9, 2008 | 03:19 AM
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Ferraris were Saturday night toys 'til 360 Modena came out, that one you can drive on Firdays and Sundays Seriously F355 will cost you arm and a leg just to drive it on weekends and forget it if you want to use it as partial DD. Its not going to happen!!!
Ferraris and Lambos are creatures ment to be driven while warranty is in effect
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Old Oct 9, 2008 | 05:53 AM
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"Ferrari" and "affordable" don't even seem right being in the same sentence. Buyers remorse is always free though.
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Old Oct 9, 2008 | 06:09 AM
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after looking at this post, I asked a few guys that I worked with how much it costs to maintain their exotics, a couple 911's, a 360, a 430 and a Gallardo. With the exception of the 911, they all say roughly $8-10K a year with the way they drive them. So although we may be able to get a 355 for $70K, after just three years of weekend driving, that's $100K?

How much was that GTR and ZR1 after mark up again?
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