From: "Eric Linnhoff" <eric10mm@qni.com>
>>Not that we really need to argue about this, but I'd bet a fair bit
of
>>money that if you put Daddio in my $4.5k '95 Neon ACR with its $300
set of
>>AR-24's, $700 set of tires (damn Kumho for not having a 225-14 :-),
his
>>$1.2k set of shocks, and gave him a bit of time with his wrenches
he'd
>>still have kicked everyone's ass. Total cost: $6.7k. Throw in a
harness,
>>some front swaybars, K&N, plug wires, and a Geez setup and you're
still
>>sub $8k.
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> You forgot the best parts. You could drive the car to events (or to
the
> grovery store), with A/C (depending upon the car's options), a
decent stereo
> and still get 35 MPG.
> And that "extra" $2K will but a lot of gas, food and hotel room
nights.
And that's the point -you can't get to Kansas on $10K, Toto.
-c.
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