Originally Posted by JETPILOT

Buy yourself a nice pimp pad! Now you're talking!

After they deny you a mortgage... then you can modify the crap out of your car!

Originally Posted by JAMEZ@CiNcity

LOL, if it were only that simple. I'm sure you know but there are a LOT of Porsche tuners out there (Rinspeed, TechArt, Gemballa, 9ff, Ruf, Sportec, etc). Eventually, I'd get bored with the car and start looking to upgrade stuff. First it'd be small stuff, but afteer a while, it'd be be much bigger stuff.

At that point, you could say "Well, James, you could have just bought a (Insert super car of your choice) with that money...and so on." And you'd be exactly right. But they make aftermarket parts for Ferrari's too (Tubi exhausts go for like $6000 IIRC).

So at the end of the day, its a never-ending debate. I personally love my car, and I want to see it through to the end in regards to modifying it. Sharif said it well, the car thing should be a hobby. I don't care if I don't see one red cent back from my little build, because the enjoyment I've gotten from the car, directly and indirectly, has been well worth the price of admission.

Remember guys, the grass always seems greener on the Porsche/GT-R/Z06 side, but they have they're problems just like us. And eventually, there will be a new version of each of those too, and you'll be kicking yourself in the *** wondering why you didn't just wait for it. Its easy to pick the car apart for its failings, but when I'm having a great time "off-roading" my car in the mountains (*waits for jokes*) or I'm not even thinking about that.

Originally Posted by XKR

Originally Posted by XKR

Originally Posted by Zridder19

Why would they deny my mortgage? I dont understand what you mean by that...

Originally Posted by JAMEZ@CiNcity

LOL, if it were only that simple. I'm sure you know but there are a LOT of Porsche tuners out there (Rinspeed, TechArt, Gemballa, 9ff, Ruf, Sportec, etc). Eventually, I'd get bored with the car and start looking to upgrade stuff. First it'd be small stuff, but afteer a while, it'd be be much bigger stuff.

At that point, you could say "Well, James, you could have just bought a (Insert super car of your choice) with that money...and so on." And you'd be exactly right. But they make aftermarket parts for Ferrari's too (Tubi exhausts go for like $6000 IIRC).

So at the end of the day, its a never-ending debate. I personally love my car, and I want to see it through to the end in regards to modifying it. Sharif said it well, the car thing should be a hobby. I don't care if I don't see one red cent back from my little build, because the enjoyment I've gotten from the car, directly and indirectly, has been well worth the price of admission.

Remember guys, the grass always seems greener on the Porsche/GT-R/Z06 side, but they have they're problems just like us. And eventually, there will be a new version of each of those too, and you'll be kicking yourself in the *** wondering why you didn't just wait for it. Its easy to pick the car apart for its failings, but when I'm having a great time with the car in the mountains (*waits for jokes*) or I'm not even thinking about that.

Originally Posted by JAMEZ@CiNcity

Michael Schumacher, The Stig, JAMEZ, Lewis Hamilton, Kimi Raikonnen, Mario Andretti.

The people in that list all have something in common, lol.

Originally Posted by jumpin800agl

I wil only take a Porsche if it can do this. . .

http://videos.streetfire.net/video/V...997_164848.htm

Originally Posted by JAMEZ@CiNcity

Thats badass, no doubt about it, but thats probably at $250,000 car, which just goes to prove my point that there is always something bigger and better.

Originally Posted by Alberto

There is no doubt people don't enjoy their set-ups when running 100% or even when they have issues. BUT-nuisance after nuisance will take a toll on you, and after a while you find yourself second guessing the decisions you have made, and after encountering problem after problem you will lose interest in the car/hobby and want to walk away from it, and thats WITH a good shop doing the work. My answer to "is it worth it?" Im on the fence, think about what that means! That means that in the 1 yr 4 months my 1st built set-up lasted me, and ALL of the good times/runs in my car I had (and it was a lot), they still only equal the pain in the a$$ problems, quirks here and there, issues here and there, and not to mention the $$$ lost that Iver had with my car before and even now. In the end, nobody says its not fun, but worth it? Hard to answer...

Originally Posted by jumpin800agl

I wil only take a Porsche if it can do this. . .

http://videos.streetfire.net/video/V...997_164848.htm

Originally Posted by jumpin800agl

I wil only take a Porsche if it can do this. . .

http://videos.streetfire.net/video/V...997_164848.htm

Originally Posted by XKR

Do you know what Techart charges for just their body kit You dont want to know. Not to mention an engine and suspension upgrade to that much HP ..... Why do you think I love my G so much....cheap to mod

There is a video (on Youtube I think) of a FI'ed Z with 575 whp racing a Ruf Porsche......the Z had no trouble beating the porsche by alot.