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Old 01-21-2007, 04:50 PM
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Blown in the TT world ... '04 X50
Got rid of my 53Kmi C2 and bought this Slate '04 X50 with 16kmi. What a difference in terms of build quality, the clutch is smooth and progressive, throttle response is clean. Mighty fast too, don't recall driving anything else that kicked butt that much, although the power delivery is a very different experience from my 550, a Gallardo or a 430, less organic. The puffy raspy voice of the Carrera is gone too, muted by the K24s, feels and sounds more like a thermonuclear spaceship than a gasoline propelled device.

Car is bog standard through nicely optioned, will wait a while until I pay a visit to the other, more notorious shark of east bay.

 
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Absolutely gorgeous car, great purchase for the X50 and color!! Big congrats

Wait until you start doing little things with big bang for performance and driver satisfaction (Coilovers, ECU/Exhaust/DV's/Filter or Vflow, Short Shift Kit) and so on! The car only gets better from here, and is reliable as all hell.

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looks perfect....now comes the fun part....hehe
 
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Slate grey is hot!
 
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NIce car. Now get some software for the ecu. the best 2-3k you will ever spend. Congrats and enjoy!!
 
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Thanks ! Going to take the time to learn the car. First track days are likely to put PSS9s on top of the priority list, although I know it be a compromise with ground clearance on ramps. The thing feels so ballistic by now that a GIAC upgrade would not make sense yet, I probably could not tell the difference between woaa and woaaaa.
 
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...I probably could not tell the difference between woaa and woaaaa.
 
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Congrats! I'm feeling your excitement and the F550.
 
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sweet. Congrats. Nice stable.
 
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Slate is so nice on TT. One you have chipped this bad boy, you will kick yourself why not do it early
 
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nice turbo. I wonder how much damage two sharks can make on one turbo?
 
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Congratulations on the X50.
 
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Love the slate!! Beautiful.

Make sure Sharkey doesnt take too big of bite. LOL.

Congrats on balancing your beautiful stable of cars.

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Congrats on your new car and keep us posted on the mods.
 
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Congrats, Slate is such a deep color, that car is gorgeous!

I would LOVE to hear a comparo between you 550 and new X50.




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