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Old 11-02-10, 07:18 AM
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Originally Posted by primecut
LFA does look good in red! Interesting review. Just wait till they pit the LFA against the m3. The m3 will win.

Guess what I saw on the freeway this morning? I love LA.
lol the car makes the backdrop even more dreary.
Old 11-02-10, 08:45 AM
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Originally Posted by IS-SV
Yes and exactly the point, there's enough of the SS today for those that still want one (shortages don't last forever).
Not from what I've seen in my area. The available, unsold SS that I ran across a few weeks ago, when I reviewed it was little more than a fluke...though V6 models are in better supply.

Of course, I realize that we're also talking, in the thread, about an LF-A, which costs roughly ten times what an SS does. There was (and is), IMO, little reasins for GM to set the production limits on the new Camaro......unless the almost-bankrupcy situation last year had something to do with it.
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Originally Posted by mmarshall
Not from what I've seen in my area. The available, unsold SS that I ran across a few weeks ago, when I reviewed it was little more than a fluke...though V6 models are in better supply.

Of course, I realize that we're also talking, in the thread, about an LF-A, which costs roughly ten times what an SS does. There was (and is), IMO, little reasins for GM to set the production limits on the new Camaro......unless the almost-bankrupcy situation last year had something to do with it.
Keep looking because you are not looking hard enough (as a casual looker, not a real buyer), the SS is readily available in the US and those that really want one can easily get one. Moving cars from dealership to dealership is easy and done all the time, I have made it happen personally. 50% of the Camaro inventory at my local Chevy dealership is SS, and these cars are common around here.

Supplies of many American cars are tighter these days, more so resulting from the recession and proper inventory control for a change. But tighter supplies does not mean a shortage. It just means certain configurations and options are not as readily available.

LFA is another story and has no relation to mass-produced and common SS.

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Old 11-02-10, 11:36 AM
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Originally Posted by CDNROCKIES
So did your F win?

You had to have given him a go....and he would have been obligated to run....don't disappoint us prime.
Yea actually I gunned it, didn't get anywhere, and then realized that I was in my daily beater and not my F. LOL.
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Yea actually I gunned it, didn't get anywhere, and then realized that I was in my daily beater and not my F. LOL.
lol, that's why you should just make your F DD!!
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Originally Posted by mmarshall
Why test/compare cars like the LF-A that are already sold out and no longer available for purchase?
it's been covered a few times already, but lfa are not sold out yet. they are still available here in the US. though i am sure if they put the cars in japan they are all gone

i am very glad that the lfa stacks up so well with the 599 hgte. although only one point apart, but hey, a win is a win?
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Originally Posted by primecut
LFA does look good in red! Interesting review. Just wait till they pit the LFA against the m3. The m3 will win.

Guess what I saw on the freeway this morning? I love LA.
I am almost certain that is the 110 Harbor Freeway. Did you try to follow it?
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Originally Posted by rominl
lol, that's why you should just make your F DD!!
I wish! but I don't think I'd enjoy it in all that traffic and miles I put in my commute. Do you dd your m3?

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I am almost certain that is the 110 Harbor Freeway. Did you try to follow it?
Yup, nice guess! 110N. Yea I tried to follow it but it was in the carpool lane. I'm pretty sure it had manufacturer's plates so not sure if someone owns it privately.
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Originally Posted by primecut
Yea actually I gunned it, didn't get anywhere, and then realized that I was in my daily beater and not my F. LOL.
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lol, that's why you should just make your F DD!!
Lame....lol...j/k.

I DD my F exclusively for the first 6 months. The ML is now more of our DD/dog shuttle....lol. Puppy hated how the F growled at her.
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Originally Posted by primecut
I wish! but I don't think I'd enjoy it in all that traffic and miles I put in my commute. Do you dd your m3?



Yup, nice guess! 110N. Yea I tried to follow it but it was in the carpool lane. I'm pretty sure it had manufacturer's plates so not sure if someone owns it privately.
lol of course!!! the m3 is my dd now, slightly over mileage actually in fact i don't mind the 6mt at all, still having a lot of fun, traffic or not

and let's just say after driving the freaking rx350 loaner for a week, i just love the m3 that much more
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good thing the LFA came out on top and it sounds very sick!
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