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You have $1000 to blow on your car. What do you do?

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Old 05-24-2005 | 04:37 AM
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Default You have $1000 to blow on your car. What do you do?

Ok, let's say you've got $1000 to put into your car. What do you do with it?
How about $500?
$300?
Old 05-24-2005 | 04:38 AM
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Put it in the bank and leave my car alone.

Not an option? Darn. Ok.... probably NOS.

Putting on flame retardant suit now.
Old 05-24-2005 | 04:40 AM
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Hmmm. Good questions.

$1000 - fix a/c on both cars and get the windows tinted so I don't fry my *** off this summer.

$500 - fix one a/c system

$300 - most of an IceShark or Xenon kit so I can see at night.
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Buy some Pilot Sport 2's or S03.
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Buy some Pilot Sport 2's or S03.
Tires! Good call, Serge. One of the most underrated performance upgrades available!

You might also consider Yoko AVS Sports -- I think they're great (if expensive).

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timing belt
iceshark kit
windshield and with rear view mirror
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$1000 - Get another 944, which I just brought back home. Yeah, I know, another one.
$500 - A good deal for a bolt in roll cage if I can find it.
$300 - A helmet and 5 pt belts or a race seat.
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On that note - call Sean. He mentioned something about finding a roll cage deal if you're interested when I saw him yesterday.

What'd you get now?
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A 83 944 with 16x7 and 16x8 fuchs needing a thermostat or waterpump.
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Wanna trade for enkeis? Lol
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1000 seats and tires
500 seats
300 save 200 more and get seats
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you never have 1000 to blow on these cars. every 924/944 is a limited edition car, they are all porsches limited "moneyblowing" edition. just wait a month or two, then the car will tell you what to "blow" your money on.
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Originally Posted by WolfeMacleod
Ok, let's say you've got $1000 to put into your car. What do you do with it?
How about $500?
$300?
Is this the one that you just purchased without getting a PPI, and was also just hit in your parking lot?

If that is the case, it sounds to me like that money is already spoken for. Belts, rollers, waterpump, oil/filter change, trans fluid change, hoses, etc.................if you don't know when that work was done last. If all of that is done already in the appropriate past time frame, then save the money for the first failure (clutch/seals/transmission). It will happen. It is a rite of passage.
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$1000?
For the 951, I would get a new dual port wastegate and a set of 55lb hr injectors (Bosch).
For the 944 NA I would prolly go with a performance exhaust and a plug, wire, cap, rotor, and MSD ignition.
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$1000- Better chips and piggyback.
$500- 968 M030 swaybars
$300- EBC


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