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BallisticGT3 said:
Awesome! Never seen a perf like it. Great combination. Who did the ppf and do you have a ceramic coating on the top?



Amari currently has this car - same colour/wheels.
The room in the spyder is compromised compared to the coupe - very different seating position.
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Yeah have seen that, also sat in the Spyder which had the buckets and unfortunately I did not fit.

If I do go Performante in future, ideally it needs to be a coupe as I also want the comfort seats, for me the buckets are just plain uncomfortable even after a few minutes, the buckets in the Ferrari I am ok with for 2-3hrs before my lower back complains.
 
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Sorting through an old folder of pictures and I cant believe this was 5 years ago now.

The mx5 obviously rusted away and has been replaced by a mk2.5. The Charger was an R/T clone with a 440 and torqueflite transmission. I wish i had bought it from my dad at the time as it went cheap but i had no space to start collecting at the time.
 
adam cool dude said:
That is the used cost of one of those!
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They are going new for 130K (well ~138-139 IIRC) at my nearest Mercedes dealer no idea of the spec level but they are new unless we are talking about a different car. (I'm not particularly familiar with them though so might be misunderstanding).

EDIT: I assume you mean this?

https://www.mercedes-benz.co.uk/pas.../models/amg-gt/4-door-coupe-x290/explore.html

Starts at 140.5K from Mercedes directly.

EDIT2: Looks like they don't really go for less than 98K second hand though so doesn't hugely change the story - that is basically 40-45 hours a week minimum wage just to pay off the finance leaving you nothing over (assuming a good price and a good finance deal).

Rilot said:
That Charger is just gorgeous.
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I like that cars like that have "character" something that is missing with so many cars these days.
 
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Rroff said:
They are going new for 130K (well ~138-139 IIRC) at my nearest Mercedes dealer no idea of the spec level but they are new unless we are talking about a different car. (I'm not particularly familiar with them though so might be misunderstanding).

EDIT: I assume you mean this?

https://www.mercedes-benz.co.uk/pas.../models/amg-gt/4-door-coupe-x290/explore.html

Starts at 140.5K from Mercedes directly.

EDIT2: Looks like they don't really go for less than 98K second hand though so doesn't hugely change the story - that is basically 40-45 hours a week minimum wage just to pay off the finance leaving you nothing over (assuming a good price and a good finance deal).



I like that cars like that have "character" something that is missing with so many cars these days.
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Forgot to say it is the S model as well so proper quick for what it is and the s model has a premium on it. Faster than an Enzo round the ring. All while massaging your back!
 
adam cool dude said:
Forgot to say it is the S model as well so proper quick for what it is and the s model has a premium on it. Faster than an Enzo round the ring. All while massaging your back!
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It is tempting sometimes, live with parents spend all money on a flash car but I think the novelty would wear off pretty quick while paying it off wouldn't hah and one big bill and it is game over really.
 
Rroff said:
It is tempting sometimes, live with parents spend all money on a flash car but I think the novelty would wear off pretty quick while paying it off wouldn't hah and one big bill and it is game over really.
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At £10 an hour on a full time week it would take you about 7 years just to earn enough to buy the car - let alone anything else. it's simply not a credible story. Nobody is buying a £130,000 car earning £10 an hour with no external funding.
 
[TW]Fox said:
At £10 an hour on a full time week it would take you about 7 years just to earn enough to buy the car - let alone anything else. it's simply not a credible story. Nobody is buying a £130,000 car earning £10 an hour with no external funding.
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Unless they'd been saving for several years prior as well.
 
[TW]Fox said:
At £10 an hour on a full time week it would take you about 7 years just to earn enough to buy the car - let alone anything else. it's simply not a credible story. Nobody is buying a £130,000 car earning £10 an hour with no external funding.
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Yea not on £10/hour for sure.

Either massive deposit or £10 hour is bs
 
p1RATE said:
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Sorting through an old folder of pictures and I cant believe this was 5 years ago now.

The mx5 obviously rusted away and has been replaced by a mk2.5. The Charger was an R/T clone with a 440 and torqueflite transmission. I wish i had bought it from my dad at the time as it went cheap but i had no space to start collecting at the time.
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A great piece of classic American muscle.
It looks hilarious parked up next to the tiny by comparison MX5
 
Dis86 said:
Someone on sub £20k per year buying a £130k car? They couldn't even buy a £130k house!
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Seems more ridiculous the more I think about it - I know some people on minimum wage upto their eyeballs paying for nice cars but thinking about it they are like half that amount.
 
BallisticGT3 said:
A great piece of classic American muscle.
It looks hilarious parked up next to the tiny by comparison MX5
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It really did. probably more interestingly the mx5 was a replacement for my supra. Those two parked together was very fast and furious-esque :p. It didn't occur to me at the time but i should've got Dom and Brian bumper stickers haha

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daz said:
Have you managed to put many miles on it yet?
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The car is sat in the garage and I've no plans to use it until at least Easter and when the roads have cleared up. The previous owner never used it over Winter and I want to keep it that way.
I keep sneaking into the garage to have a look. The interior on these is such a special place to be and with the race bucket seats it makes you feel like your in a racecar or big go-kart. Just what I wanted and sod the comfort, although I don't find them that bad.
 
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