Originally posted by AccordSleeper
haha me a rice boy yeah with an h22 and a 5sp swap in car that looks stock. i'm no rice boy, but i am an accountant and financially buying a brand new car to drop tons of money to make it a manual tranny is financially stupid when you have many other choices out there.
i don't think you guys fully understand the cost of this undertaking. this is not like doing a 5sp swap in a 4th or 5th gen accord when you can get a tranny for like $300 and all the parts for like $600 brand new. the idea of course would be great, i personally don't like the accord V6s competition. so hypothetically it would be cool, but not worth it unless you planned on doing car shows where custom things and being original really count.
And now you cleared yourself up. My point was don't go around calling people idiots. Financially stupid is fine, albeit in light of the notion of a custom car, still a weak argument. Financially stupid is buying a car in the first place with more than 65 hp and 3 cylinders (Geo Metro Hatch). The car can only depreciate in value. You don't truly need to go over 85 mph anywhere in this country, and in these turbulent times and greenhouse gas conscious times burning gas from the Mideast just isn't sound financial planning. (Please read that as different strokes for different folks!)
Being an accountant really doesn't impress me the way you think it should.
Going hybrid really doesn't protect someone from being a ricer either. Their are ricers/posers with Lambo's too....And reviewing my post. I never called you a ricer. Guilty conscience, eh?
noel