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Jul 26, 2005 | 02:24 PM

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buddyg

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I think they are pretty awesome at sticker and I would only park on the end way away from other cars anyway! I say find one at sticker and buy it!

Jul 26, 2005 | 03:18 PM

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Originally posted by buddyg
.........I would only park on the end way away from other cars anyway! I say find one at sticker and buy it!

You always have to look for the silver lining in those storm clouds - one of the few upsides from my accident is that I get one of those handy dandy blue placards. I get that great big huge blue parking spot up front.

Jul 26, 2005 | 03:34 PM

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I'd buy one at sticker.

Jul 26, 2005 | 05:58 PM

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Originally posted by BOYRACER
I would do yourself a favor and not spend 200k on a ford. I am not trying to be rude, they are fast, they look exotic but they have been having issues all along. Some come with more hp than others. Some people have had huge problems, while others not so much. I guess that happens with tons of different car brands, but as exotic as they look I still would not buy one. You can buy a Shelby Cobra remake with 500-800hp for around 50-65 and still buy yourself a 997TT for the same price as the Ford GT. You will get the crazy exotic muscle car feel and the refinement of the 997TT. Just my two cents.

im with him.... remember when viper first came out...it was like 140K.... a few years later 80-100K....

Jul 26, 2005 | 07:26 PM

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Ford GT > Any Porsche save for the GT

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Jul 26, 2005 | 07:37 PM

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Originally posted by C4S Surgeon
I don't give a crap what Clarkson does or thinks, I make my own decisions. The FGT is a badass machine and the f430 is a cruiser let's face it guys.
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Let Clarkson put that in his english pipe and smoke it!

Up until the part about the F430 being a cruiser I was mostly in your corner. I'd be the first to agree if something really got your juices flowing like this car seems to then you need to scratch the itch. I'm certainly not a defender of Ferrari's but from what I've read many of the testors really like the F430 alot. Granted it looks mostly similar to 360 except for rear treatment but the engine has proper HP/TQ and the suspension set-up seems spot on. Given the choice of 360 or GT I'd probably take the GT but i think I'd easily take a 430 over the GT. I'm sure in a couple months the spread between a 430 and GT will be 50 grand and the GT has nowhere to go but down. Wait, wait & wait.