Fake or "clone" Saleens? Real Saleen Owners?
04-22-2011, 10:05 AM
#31
2nd Gear Member
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location:
Posts: 367
P***es me off. I'm still waiting on my replacement hood from Saleen after someone decided they needed to run into my car. Going on 6 months now. Maybe they would have some in inventory if people weren't using them to clone V6's. As far as I'm concerned all those people can go to h***. And so can Saleen, they shouldn't be selling the parts to them.
06-02-2011, 10:19 PM
#33
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Florida
Posts: 5
no big deal
Is it honestly a big deal? I have an 05 V6 that is modified to look like a saleen. Does that make me some sort of poser? I got that car when I was 16. I'm a good driver now but if I were my parents I would never get a GT for my kid, much less a saleen. But, I did have spectacular taste and let's be honest, no body kit compares to the elegance of a saleen. I worked my *** off for two summers for 6 bucks an hour to get the kit, paint job, and wheels, and no one is going to tell me I don't deserve it. Sure, now that I'm older I wish I had a GT or a Saleen, but maybe with a career coming in I'll have a REAL one. If someone asks me if it's fast I say sure. If they say, nice car man, I say, thank you. If they ask if it's real I say not a chance. There's no need to get pissy or insecure. We have very little in common, I have a V6 and you have a Saleen. You win and you'll always win. What's there to be upset about that? If anything, that car has taught me what hard work gets you, which is what a first car is supposed to do.
06-07-2011, 10:24 PM
#34
4th Gear Member
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Northern VA
Posts: 1,249
Ok but what about TRIBUTE Cars?
I made mine a tribute to the 1967 GT350 I mean the car did not exist in 2005 so I figured it was ok, now they gave one in 2012.
I made my own Grill and Gas Cap
Here is my Tribute GT350
First, A custom made Gas Cap
Then a Custom Made Grill...
And a 2005 Mustang GT and Bam... a Tribute Car
I made mine a tribute to the 1967 GT350 I mean the car did not exist in 2005 so I figured it was ok, now they gave one in 2012.
I made my own Grill and Gas Cap
Here is my Tribute GT350
First, A custom made Gas Cap
Then a Custom Made Grill...
And a 2005 Mustang GT and Bam... a Tribute Car
06-08-2011, 07:30 AM
#35
6th Gear Member
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: South FL
Posts: 8,540
Just adding badges doesn't do anything for me. The car's being cloned/copied are about more than looking fast. They ARE fast. Just making a car look fast is what Honda owner's are trying to do with massive mufflers and fiberglass body kits.
06-10-2011, 06:47 PM
#38
6th Gear Member
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: MO/ Born and raised in Louisiana
Posts: 10,696
06-18-2011, 09:37 PM
#40
Is it honestly a big deal? I have an 05 V6 that is modified to look like a saleen. Does that make me some sort of poser? I got that car when I was 16. I'm a good driver now but if I were my parents I would never get a GT for my kid, much less a saleen. But, I did have spectacular taste and let's be honest, no body kit compares to the elegance of a saleen. I worked my *** off for two summers for 6 bucks an hour to get the kit, paint job, and wheels, and no one is going to tell me I don't deserve it. Sure, now that I'm older I wish I had a GT or a Saleen, but maybe with a career coming in I'll have a REAL one. If someone asks me if it's fast I say sure. If they say, nice car man, I say, thank you. If they ask if it's real I say not a chance. There's no need to get pissy or insecure. We have very little in common, I have a V6 and you have a Saleen. You win and you'll always win. What's there to be upset about that? If anything, that car has taught me what hard work gets you, which is what a first car is supposed to do.