Originally posted by pinoydon2003
just the other day some dude in a white 'stang was laughin at me as i went by him and i get some rude comments from 'stang 5.0's driverz at my skool.. i couldn't care less.. i look at my ride as very money efficient.. it'z a 98 (fairly late model, in my opinion), it looks not too bad (in my opinion), and i only paid $7,000 for it.. i'm very happy with it and i know for only another $6,000 or so i could swap and turbo and whoop ass on everybody else i know in my area.. the bottom line is i paid $7,000 for a newer car that looks good and has potential.. i'd rather have that than a newer mustang that costs $15,000 or a POS-looking 5.0
civic's are very cost efficient for both looking nice and going fast..
$15,000 can build a street/show civic that can run 13s.. or $15,000 can get you a stock 'stang.. i'd take the civic route any day
I speak from experience when saying that if you want to go fast, the Civic route is not the one to take. I've been down both roads. The people that I know with Civics that are genuinely into speed don't do it to be fast, but to be faster than people that think they're slow. I was happy when I bought my Si for 13K, and thought it was fast, did some stuff to it. Sold that, bought a 5th gen EX, swapped it, it was faster than my Si even with the 55 shot of ZEX. Wrecked that, and decided if I wanted speed I'd have to buy something that was fast stock, so I bought an 87 5.0. I'll never look back. On my Stangs worst day it's faster than my hybrid was. Plus I paid only $5,000 for it including $1,000 for a new clutch because the clutch died 4 hours after I bought the car. Hybrid's best time, 14.6. This car's best time on the day when it wasn't making power past 4,000 rpm, 14.4. Mustang's best time to date? 13.5@102.78. That's with $5,000 total invested. You tell me which one is more cost efficient. And it's not about reliability either, because the only reason that this car's been giving me problems is because whomever did the mass air flow sensor conversion did a crappy job. I have to rewire that. With a short shifter, taller gears and some slicks this car will see 12s. That'll be with $5,500 invested.
