How long do you intend to keep your Cobalt?
02-12-2013, 02:43 PM
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It sucks waiting doesnt it?!?
I only got to zing the car to my 7.5k limiter once when I had her out on a test ride.
I want to go easy on the cams/valve springs until everything is running for at least 500 miles or so.
I only got to zing the car to my 7.5k limiter once when I had her out on a test ride.
I want to go easy on the cams/valve springs until everything is running for at least 500 miles or so.
02-12-2013, 02:57 PM
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hahaha, I'm also in the Forever boat. I'm about to dump all sorts of money into a more aggressive stance, wheels and headlights.
-Pedder Coilovers
-Wheels (may need spacers)
-Headlights (cheap at least)
It's looking like a total of $3100
So... it's mine until the engine dies and ZZP doesn't have a replacement motor. If they do, I may pass it down to the kids (I don't have any right now haha)
-Pedder Coilovers
-Wheels (may need spacers)
-Headlights (cheap at least)
It's looking like a total of $3100
So... it's mine until the engine dies and ZZP doesn't have a replacement motor. If they do, I may pass it down to the kids (I don't have any right now haha)
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02-12-2013, 03:28 PM
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02-12-2013, 03:31 PM
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02-12-2013, 04:56 PM
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unless for some reason i get offered and damn good deal on a trade in (next car IS going to be SC/TC). i prolly will be keeping the car for the next 15-20 years probably. maybe forever honestly. i regret selling my 71 torino and 97 corolla. wish i had kept them both and just saved up the 3k i got for them.
02-12-2013, 06:20 PM
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That is such a good question, I ask myself all the time. This is what goes through my head
1: keep the car and upgrade the **** out of it ($5k - $10k)
2: **** its FWD might as well just get full bolt ons and retune over gms1
3: trade it in, get another car note (ss is paid off) and have something "new" but with no upgrades for a while
4: end up just saying **** it and ride till it dies... I only have 30k miles on it
1: keep the car and upgrade the **** out of it ($5k - $10k)
2: **** its FWD might as well just get full bolt ons and retune over gms1
3: trade it in, get another car note (ss is paid off) and have something "new" but with no upgrades for a while
4: end up just saying **** it and ride till it dies... I only have 30k miles on it
02-12-2013, 11:30 PM
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Till the wheels literally roll off during a hard pull on the highway.....
I do want to buy a truck, rwd car, and a bike to supplement it! Truck will be a cheap beater and my next real purchase once the balt is paid off would prob be a BRZ, which will hopefully have some reliable turbo kits and/or have a turbo stock model that can be built on. Then I will be happy.
I do want to buy a truck, rwd car, and a bike to supplement it! Truck will be a cheap beater and my next real purchase once the balt is paid off would prob be a BRZ, which will hopefully have some reliable turbo kits and/or have a turbo stock model that can be built on. Then I will be happy.
02-13-2013, 09:44 AM
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02-13-2013, 01:11 PM
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I am hoping another 5 years.
After that maybe (if rest of car holds up)
Transmission and motor upgrades.
or Get a Turbo (2009)
Or get a Fiat 500 Abarth
Might keep this thing forever. Will it be classic? Doubt that will ever happen. Will people recognize it 20 years from now. I think so. Might even have e85 in Canada by then.
After that maybe (if rest of car holds up)
Transmission and motor upgrades.
or Get a Turbo (2009)
Or get a Fiat 500 Abarth
Might keep this thing forever. Will it be classic? Doubt that will ever happen. Will people recognize it 20 years from now. I think so. Might even have e85 in Canada by then.