I would buya classic GT 500 anyday over any of those cars. Not only do you get a much more amazing car but the value of the car increases instead of decreases. I have been told that on some classic cars that the value increases faster on them than you can make in other investments such as the stock market. But like yall said. That is only dreaming. I am years and hundreds of thousands away from ever buying my dream car.
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I have to disagree with you on this one. The Veyron, GT, etc, would own the GT500 (making them more amazing) and the value on these don't decrease the way they do on some Ford Taurus. The production is highly limited so the value goes up after about 10 years tops. Before I get my Bugattis & Bentleys though...the '64 Continental and '67 Camaro are coming.
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I would buya classic GT 500 anyday over any of those cars. Not only do you get a much more amazing car but the value of the car increases instead of decreases. I have been told that on some classic cars that the value increases faster on them than you can make in other investments such as the stock market. But like yall said. That is only dreaming. I am years and hundreds of thousands away from ever buying my dream car.
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I have to disagree with you on this one. The Veyron, GT, etc, would own the GT500 (making them more amazing) and the value on these don't decrease the way they do on some Ford Taurus. The production is highly limited so the value goes up after about 10 years tops. Before I get my Bugattis & Bentleys though...the '64 Continental and '67 Camaro are coming.
so wait, the GT500 is equivilant to a taurus? sorry the value of the GT500 has already started it's "maturing" process (a little finance lingo there for ya ) so it has a nice sized chunk already built up and the veyron will drop in huge numbers before it starts to "mature" itself. sorry cuz, for a million dollars i could have a FLEET of foxes that would roast the veyron any day of the week. besides i bet damn near all of them (minus the ones bought by COLLECTORS) will end up wrapped up around a tree or pole or thru a brick wall. blood stains DRASTICALLY lower the market value of a car.
I would buya classic GT 500 anyday over any of those cars. Not only do you get a much more amazing car but the value of the car increases instead of decreases. I have been told that on some classic cars that the value increases faster on them than you can make in other investments such as the stock market. But like yall said. That is only dreaming. I am years and hundreds of thousands away from ever buying my dream car.
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I have to disagree with you on this one. The Veyron, GT, etc, would own the GT500 (making them more amazing) and the value on these don't decrease the way they do on some Ford Taurus. The production is highly limited so the value goes up after about 10 years tops. Before I get my Bugattis & Bentleys though...the '64 Continental and '67 Camaro are coming.
so wait, the GT500 is equivilant to a taurus? sorry the value of the GT500 has already started it's "maturing" process (a little finance lingo there for ya ) so it has a nice sized chunk already built up and the veyron will drop in huge numbers before it starts to "mature" itself. sorry cuz, for a million dollars i could have a FLEET of foxes that would roast the veyron any day of the week. besides i bet damn near all of them (minus the ones bought by COLLECTORS) will end up wrapped up around a tree or pole or thru a brick wall. blood stains DRASTICALLY lower the market value of a car.
No of course I wasn't comparing the GT500 to the Taurus at all...I was just trying to show that these exotics don't decrease in value the traditional way that common cars do. I can see your point with the Veyron but a Ford GT can be had for not too much more than a GT500, is more fun to drive (IMO), and in the end I would be willing to bet that it would be a bigger investment than the GT500. GT500's are pretty close to their peak right now because of all the hype. Also, if one of these cars is gonna get the blood stains on it I think it's gonna be from the guy with no air bags or a modern suspension/brakes. Just my $0.02 though
Im with eholzer07 on this one. These foriegn cars do nothing for me at all. For the money you would spend on them, you could buy a whole fleet of great american cars. Call me strange but I like the rough, unsofisticated, brute power of an old classic. Sure they don't handle as good or stop as good or accelerate as good as a Ferrari Enzo or something, but there's just something about an old pushrod V8 that has so much torque that it will two blackmarks for 100 feet that makes me love them so much more.
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Nothing scares the high priced imports like the rubble of a well built American V8! Don't forget the Pantera if you like that Italian styling. I'd kill for one but would really want one with an all aluminum 427. That would dust some Lambo's!
I agree with the rough shod way the Mustangs are put together to give us the amount of power and handling we enjoy for the amount of money we spend on them. But to compare them to European designed sports cars is just not the way to go. There is really no comparison. Rich folks who buy the Porsches and Ferrari's aren't concerned about the cost or the depreciation over the long haul. They just want great performance now. I was stationed in Germany for several years, and was able to tour the Porsche factory in Stuttgart. I watched two guys put a 911 engine together, then it was put into the car and dyno tested. It was explained to me that if the engine didn't mee their standards, it was yanked from the car, and the same two mechanics had to rebuild it. But, this time they didn't get paid for doing it. Talking about quality control.
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I agree with the rough shod way the Mustangs are put together to give us the amount of power and handling we enjoy for the amount of money we spend on them. But to compare them to European designed sports cars is just not the way to go. There is really no comparison. Rich folks who buy the Porsches and Ferrari's aren't concerned about the cost or the depreciation over the long haul. They just want great performance now. I was stationed in Germany for several years, and was able to tour the Porsche factory in Stuttgart. I watched two guys put a 911 engine together, then it was put into the car and dyno tested. It was explained to me that if the engine didn't mee their standards, it was yanked from the car, and the same two mechanics had to rebuild it. But, this time they didn't get paid for doing it. Talking about quality control.
I brought a mustang because i always wanted one but i cannot think of any other american car that is any good, ps. the orginal gt40 was designed in the UK. New americans cars are, too big, too heavy, rubbish supension, use really old technology (live rear axles please god no), can't take a corner inside they find the cheap plastic they can for the cabin, normal not well built, fuel inefficent, low power per engine volume. This is probably why Ford/GM have problems and toyota, VAG Don't!!! Take GM introducing the Caddy in europe we don't want them they will sell in very small numbers as Jags (ford owned), bmw, and mercs are better!!! Gm have even said that they are making the next saab 93 replacement in germany and not in Sweden!!! Thus reducing a once proud name to a rebadger!!! Rant over
To me the I just cannot see that the foreign cars are that much better. My grandfather bought a new buick a while back and a cousin of mine bought an Avalon. The buick was about 20K and the avalon was aobut 30K. Thats 10K more right up front. I've drove and rode in both cars quite a bit, and I can not tell a bit of difference in the quality, ride, handling, fuel mileage or power. I would have expected the 30K car to be a better car for another 10K over the buick. The buick is a V6 and will get 35mpg on the highway. The avalon will get about 31. So now how can that foriegn car be better?
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Well, i had never hear of an avalon, but understand it in european terms a big toyota, don't think it's sold in europe only in oz and US. But i will bet the toyota will be more reliable in the long term but the big problem is this "it was engineered from its top to its tires in the U.S." according to http://www.edmunds.com/new/research/toyota/avalon.html and it has about 260bhp so don't know about the buick (lacrosse is 200bhp) hence the **** MPG in the toyota and if it 10k cheaper they got to save that money somewhere and unless they do the mini, (British Leyland, Austin, rover what ever they called at the time made an accounting error and made a loss on everyone sold)
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Looks like a pregnant roller skate. 
sorry the value of the GT500 has already started it's "maturing" process (a little finance lingo there for ya 
) so it has a nice sized chunk already built up and the veyron will drop in huge numbers before it starts to "mature" itself. sorry cuz, for a million dollars i could have a FLEET of foxes that would roast the veyron any day of the week. besides i bet damn near all of them (minus the ones bought by COLLECTORS) will end up wrapped up around a tree or pole or thru a brick wall. blood stains DRASTICALLY lower the market value of a car. 
