Bought a Hellcat

[03mustangdude]

One owns a lot more then just a GT-R. One that I know bought the first Shelby GT500KRs available in the Dallas area and at the time I thought that was pretty sweet. Another in Rockwall has a Lexus LFA, a couple of Vipers and some Ferraris.

First one sold in North Texas and maybe Texas was sold to former xto employee since I worked at the dealership at the time. He has a building named after him at tcu he didn't care about paying 50k over sticker

[SS Junk]

I was 10 in 91, and had friends who lived over there. It's always been a hood part of town. The apartments may have been "new" then, but they were still section 8, thus white was a minority in that area. My ex wife also grew up around Esters and Northgate, and was in private school for that reason. The Dart downfall

I never noticed it being anything other than white. I stayed on the west side of Belt Line and I rose up before tha hood took me under.

[svauto-erotic855]

First one sold in North Texas and maybe Texas was sold to former xto employee since I worked at the dealership at the time. He has a building named after him at tcu he didn't care about paying 50k over sticker

The one I am talking about went to a man named Ben in Flower Mound; I know that shortly after he got it the dealer wanted it back and gave him 20k more then he paid for it so they could sell it to someone else. I could be mistaken about it being the first one in this area; I thought that it was.

[BMCSean]

theres one with a Termi swap for 11k on FB right now

If it's the same one on CL, it's kwclutch/jkd's old car, just plasti dipped.

[quikag]

Very cool ride! My buddy got the first Charger Hellcat from Classic Dodge. He got sticker too and loves the car. I've driven it and that engine is a freaking monster. I own a ZR1, so I know what a fast stock engine car is like and this Hellcat engine is just special, definitely one for the ages.

Did you get manual or auto? The Charger only comes automatic. Full throttle upshifts are crazy aggressive and sound incredible.

[Baron Von Crowder]

If it's the same one on CL, it's kwclutch/jkd's old car, just plasti dipped.

this one?

[BMCSean]

Yup.

[Tremor14]

ew, i didn't see all that, apparently he's got it sold to a guy in Arkansas.

[bcoop]

That car is a basketcase IIRC.

[DON SVO]

That car is a basketcase IIRC.

Steve had a ton of issues, spent a decent chunk of change trying to fix them and got it pretty well straightened out. Then the car started having even more crap go wrong (not related to the other issues but stemming from the swap itself, IIRC) so he dumped it.

[BMCSean]

Steve had a ton of issues, spent a decent chunk of change trying to fix them and got it pretty well straightened out. Then the car started having even more crap go wrong (not related to the other issues but stemming from the swap itself, IIRC) so he dumped it.

I talked to him when he sold it and that's why I wasn't interested then and why I am still not interested.

[Broncojohnny]

I like how having a bunch of cars, arguably one of the worst cash outlays you can make, signifies wealth or success. Notice I didn't call it an investment.

Don't get me wrong, I do like the hellcat, a 70k car just isn't for me.

[Tremor14]

i'd have no problem buying a 63 stingray as an investment

[Tremor14]

but i am not good with money

[quikag]

I like how having a bunch of cars, arguably one of the worst cash outlays you can make, signifies wealth or success. Notice I didn't call it an investment.

Don't get me wrong, I do like the hellcat, a 70k car just isn't for me.

You make a good point. The problem is most people can't even afford to get financed on a $70k car. So, if you have one and it's pretty obvious as it's in front of you a lot (you drive it around, park it in the garage/driveway, etc.), then you have a certain amount of success as defined by our stupid society. It's a little more obvious sign of "success" (using that term loosely obviously) than showing people your bank account balance because that is not socially accepted (yet).

That said, a bunch of $30k millionaires in DFW driving around a base BMW just to "look the part." Same can go for the $100k millionaires that buy more expensive cars but finance the crap out of them and scrape by to make the monthly.