Do parts in your car cost more than your actual cars?

StarvingCollegeStudent · 01-02-2002, 02:19 PM

If so... I'd like to hear it. All mods qualify =)
I put about $1200 in car audio in my car and got jacked a couple months back. I think I'm ready to dump another $1000+ in car audio for it.

whitak24 · 01-02-2002, 02:47 PM

well, when i started college in 1997, i bought a Ford Probe (mistake #1) for $1800. it had transmission problems (2nd gear didn't work), which is why i got it so cheap (mistake #2). six months later, i ended up with a burned valve, and fixing the engine was going to cost more than finding a used replacement. and as long as i was having a mechanic pull the engine, putting in a replacement transmission wasn't going to change the labor cost much at all. so i got a used engine and a used transmission put in for about $2400. on the positive side, after that, i put virtually nothing into the car and drove it another 40,000 miles in the next 3 years.

Realrammstein · 01-02-2002, 03:13 PM

was it a GT? if I were you I would have dropped a J-spec engine it for 3K and had stock ovre 200HP(+modas would be a very fine car indeed). if non GT...forget it.

whitak24 · 01-02-2002, 03:28 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Realrammstein
was it a GT? if I were you I would have dropped a J-spec engine it for 3K and had stock ovre 200HP(+modas would be a very fine car indeed). if non GT...forget it.

no, it was the crappy GL. but it was bright red....looked nice

Realrammstein · 01-03-2002, 07:44 AM

GL!?! oh it must have been a pre 93. ok nevermind...lol.

psycho- · 01-05-2002, 12:41 PM

Hrm... CD changer, tinted windows...15000 dollar in repairs for car crash (luckily covered by insurance), 2000 dollar bosch ABS computer replacement, fuel pump replacement .......hmmm...not even close man.

01-02-2002, 03:13 PM	#3
Realrammstein Lieutenant Commander Join Date: May 2000 Location: Hayward Posts: 915	was it a GT? if I were you I would have dropped a J-spec engine it for 3K and had stock ovre 200HP(+modas would be a very fine car indeed). if non GT...forget it. __________________ never challenge an idiot, he will bring you down to his level and beat you with experience. Drive it like you stole it: http://www.supermotors.net/vehicles/...y/media/516514

01-05-2002, 12:41 PM	#6
psycho- Rear Admiral Lower Half Join Date: Feb 2000 Location: Del Mar, CA Posts: 2,261	Hrm... CD changer, tinted windows...15000 dollar in repairs for car crash (luckily covered by insurance), 2000 dollar bosch ABS computer replacement, fuel pump replacement .......hmmm...not even close man. __________________ Victor

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01-02-2002, 02:19 PM	#1
StarvingCollegeStudent Lieutenant Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: Los Angeles, CA, US Posts: 250	Do parts in your car cost more than your actual cars? If so... I'd like to hear it. All mods qualify =) I put about $1200 in car audio in my car and got jacked a couple months back. I think I'm ready to dump another $1000+ in car audio for it.

01-02-2002, 02:47 PM	#2
whitak24 easily amused Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: my office Posts: 9,781	well, when i started college in 1997, i bought a Ford Probe (mistake #1) for $1800. it had transmission problems (2nd gear didn't work), which is why i got it so cheap (mistake #2). six months later, i ended up with a burned valve, and fixing the engine was going to cost more than finding a used replacement. and as long as i was having a mechanic pull the engine, putting in a replacement transmission wasn't going to change the labor cost much at all. so i got a used engine and a used transmission put in for about $2400. on the positive side, after that, i put virtually nothing into the car and drove it another 40,000 miles in the next 3 years.

01-03-2002, 07:44 AM	#5
Realrammstein Lieutenant Commander Join Date: May 2000 Location: Hayward Posts: 915	GL!?! oh it must have been a pre 93. ok nevermind...lol.

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