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Old 11-28-2014, 01:27 PM
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What are you considering for a budget? Your second gen would be cool and you already own it, but C5 vette can be had cheap and you can head to the track with a new set of tires.

Z06 model, you can't beat them for the bottom dollar.
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Old 11-28-2014, 01:42 PM
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Z06 model, you can't beat them for the bottom dollar.
Z06's are great but they eat big tires, brake pads, fuel, etc. so the annual operating cost compared to a Miata is much higher......if it's tracked on a regular basis.

I know firsthand that a well set up Miata with a good driver can be downright annoying.

I also watched a guy embarrass more than a few people at the local sanctioned autox this summer in a.............Prius.
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Old 11-28-2014, 04:01 PM
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Watched a guy in a suburban smoke a bunch of know it all corvette owners that think they are the best drivers due to owning a vette at the track once...... Good laugh for sure.
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Plenty of these around .
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Old 11-28-2014, 04:40 PM
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Z06's are great but they eat big tires, brake pads, fuel, etc. so the annual operating cost compared to a Miata is much higher......if it's tracked on a regular basis.

I know firsthand that a well set up Miata with a good driver can be downright annoying.

I also watched a guy embarrass more than a few people at the local sanctioned autox this summer in a.............Prius.
C5 Z06 to clarify. Brakes are cheap, parts available at every auto parts store, and they're fun to drive
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Old 11-28-2014, 11:10 PM
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just build the 2nd gen already.....you can do another one after you sell it.

they are great platforms to autox
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just build the 2nd gen already.....you can do another one after you sell it.

they are great platforms to autox
Yup I know but you know my issue with it
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Now this looks like a lot of fun!!! Yes way more then cheap but WOW it would be a fun car to mess with on the weekends!!

http://chicago.craigslist.org/nwc/cto/4768076592.html
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I have been tracking the C4 for 4 years now . Almost all of it on the original 140,000 mile motor . Usually in the top 3 overall at Midwestern Council events .
Love the looks I get when passing cars that cost seven times as much . I know of three C4s for sale with all the good stuff already done 6-15 k range .
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Now this looks like a lot of fun!!! Yes way more then cheap but WOW it would be a fun car to mess with on the weekends!!

http://chicago.craigslist.org/nwc/cto/4768076592.html
Well if that's the way you're going to play.........

http://www.palatov.com/cars/d4.html

Or second the mortgage and knock yourself out:

http://www.palatov.com/cars/d4pps.html

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