I’m not sure if I’ve ever been so conflicted about a car. I don’t like kit cars in general, but well-executed GT40 replicas are an exception. This is not one of those, but it has some nice lines from some angles. And from others it is the most hideous thing I’ve ever seen. It has a real mid engine v8...but is powered…
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You might not notice that it’s FWD. They are very well balanced, with one of the best shifting automatics I’ve ever driven. CP at this price, however.
Whoops, broken poll accidentally went NP when I was planning on a reluctant CP. If there were zero mechanical issues it would be a tough call, in that I don’t think there’s any way to justify the price in terms of age, mileage or market. On the other hand, these were so good to begin with that they’d beat many new…
+1 Hyundai needs a Veloster N competitor—I think Hyundai is currently defining the niche, i.e. driver’s car in the ballpark with fancier equipment, but not quite as expensive (or fast) as a Civic Type R/Focus RS, etc..
And you don’t know shit from shinola. So, please go buy whatever uninformed people that have tons of money to waste buy. Suzuki vehicles have always been at least on par with Honda or Toyota for reliability, while being easier to repair. It’s 2019 and there’s a thing called the internet. You can get parts for just…
Wait, what? Really? I don’t hate it and I can imagine somebody plunking down 5k on this, but 10k? I voted CP thinking it would still be CP at half the price. If there are people willing to pay for these, good for the seller, but I have trouble imagining this is the world we live in.
FYI, that’s not me or my car—I ran that event in my Suzuki Swift GT and was among the many that were not faster. At least the Probe actually beats me on power-to-weight to begin with.
Stripped and minimally prepped with mid-grade coilovers and decent tires. The breakdown by lap time is fairly impressive: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/15lz44K9QrwG6FOCIsHIqdlyageMzXT83wsdNVOF60Fo/edit?usp=sharing
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They are fast garbage vehicles:
This is a lot of car for the money. The car to beat at SCCA Time Trials Nationals: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/15lz44K9QrwG6FOCIsHIqdlyageMzXT83wsdNVOF60Fo/edit?fbclid=IwAR3BWW5rSzblHBXA1QvyXrM1GpQ1cl1tO6YTqJY6npN3VBxFDgaCQ0XawKs#gid=970893812
Checks out. Enjoy the Lotus!
Pretty sure there’s more to the story—almost nobody does a bunch of expensive maintenance that almost certainly cost more than the total value of the car, then decides to ditch it less than 1k miles afterwards. I’m going to pretend I’m not suspicious though, because otherwise I like it and that’s NP all day. Maybe the…
Let’s see how long we can keep this going! Nobody every told you your opinions were wrong—as far as I can see, not even once. It was pointed out that the assumptions you made to support your opinion were incorrect, because they were. Somehow this leads to wasting your whole morning spewing profanity-laden invective at…
Sometimes I vote with my gut, sometimes I look for somebody who knows something I don’t. In this case, I feel the price might be “reasonable” for a collector looking for it, with some added value for be interesting and fun. If it’s what you say, however, while I still like it for simply being ridiculous, it’s for sure …
And the cluster swap actually takes about 10 minutes—the problem is finding one that works. Almost all of them have issues.
It’s electric. Easy, yes, but it’s electric, no cable.
No, it’a sensor by the diff(most likely), so electric, yes, but more prone to fail at the wire connections, easy fix.
It’s actually the wires that connect to the sensor by the diff, easy splice and fix.
No, no, H3 is spectacular, but drive it fast and you’re in trouble. I was thinking Auloa rd (locally known as 13 corners) and Tantalus/roundtop (watch for drift trikes!)—also places to get in trouble I suppose (like everywhere on Oahu) but tight and technical; fun in a sports car even at pretty low speeds. There are a…