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boykster:

--- Quote from: Chris G on June 18, 2007, 03:12:37 pm ---Within the realm of cars I could actually own, I've always been partial to the last-gen Supras for some reason.

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Heck yeah man......those were very sweet and freaking FAST!!!!

Did you live in Sea-Town when Dana Barrows used to play for the Sonics?  He drove a black supra with a frigging HUGE wing on it...you always knew when you saw his car.....couldn't miss it.  I'm not a big fan of aftermarket wings however...I like my cars STOCK....(except maybe wheels)

ChadTower:

Guy making millions and drives a Supra.  Awesome.

shardian:

--- Quote from: ChadTower on June 19, 2007, 08:46:22 am ---
Guy making millions and drives a Supra.  Awesome.

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Supra's can very easily be a $100,000 car. I bought a double din cd deck for my tracker off a spoiled rich kid that drives a souped up Supra. I believe his is packin about $75,000. Oddly enough, it is his THIRD Supra - he wrecked the previous two.

ChadTower:

It's still a Supra.  I would think an NBA player, especially someone that tall, would want more of a status symbol.

MikeQ:

--- Quote from: Howard_Casto on June 17, 2007, 08:27:42 pm ---I was kidding, and refering to someone as a  :tool: will get you banned, so respectfully watch your mouth.



Seriously though, I've driven hi performance cars before and I find them personally to be waste of space.  See the problem is these things called traffic and speed limits.  Unless you go out to a track and race them every weekend all that "performance" is wasted.  Owning a $100,000 car doesn't get you to walmart any faster, it just means you have a lot less money you could have bought something really fun with.  :)

The delorian though, that's another story.  The stainless-steel design makes for a suprisingly practical car.  The price isn't horrible either.  I mean for a car that hasn't been built in 20 years, that's not bad at all.

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In the grand scheme of things even the 308 isn't a hi performance sports car by today's measure.  My daily driver Infiniti weights nearly the same as a 308 and has 60 more hp.  The 308 was built during the emission control crackdown.  Companies hadn't put the research into how to get the HP out of an engine with all the smog control strapped on it.  It took a decade for that to happen.

People don't buy these cars to own a supercar.  It is much like why we build or refurb arcade cabinets (at least for me).  It brings me back to a time when I had no cares or responsibility.  It is for the nostalgia and to have something to tinker with.  I'm the type who doesn't like to be idle.  It is hard for me to sit and watch an hour of T.V.   I'd rather be building or working on something with my hands (Probably because I sit at a desk all day and just use my brain).

Neither the Delorean or the 308 are all that practical though if you have a family.  They are both 2 seaters.  That is why they are a nice hobby car.  You can own your 2 daily drivers for the wife and kids and have a 2 seater for nights out with the wife or whatever.

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