Test driving a saleen S281...
05-02-2010, 10:16 PM
#11
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i def wont buy a car off the showroom floor now haha. though wont be in the market for a long time.
05-02-2010, 10:43 PM
#12
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Haha well even if it were 19,000$ its still way outta my league. I still have one more year of college tution to pay...
I did look it up on NADA guides and it said retail value should be 21,000$ tops...
But the vehicle looks flawless on the pictures, so i can see why. I imagine its a 1 owner car. But its the supercharged saleen too....
But regardless i probably wont be buying it, i just really want to drive one!
Ill probably just dress nice, come alone and do my research and hope that i can test drive this thing. 345hp stock is friggin nuts,
I did look it up on NADA guides and it said retail value should be 21,000$ tops...
But the vehicle looks flawless on the pictures, so i can see why. I imagine its a 1 owner car. But its the supercharged saleen too....
But regardless i probably wont be buying it, i just really want to drive one!
Ill probably just dress nice, come alone and do my research and hope that i can test drive this thing. 345hp stock is friggin nuts,
It's 365hp/400trq stock, actually.
05-02-2010, 10:47 PM
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I test drove a 10 camaro SS just to see the hype about it, I wasn't gonna buy it I walked in like my **** dont stink showed them my car as a trade in, cosigner the whole nine, talked professionally. Definitely a lot of fun and worth it
05-02-2010, 11:04 PM
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^ So how was it? Pretty sweet or what...
05-02-2010, 11:40 PM
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lol not gonna lie it was awesome It had alot of power if i could afford one I think I would buy one, I felt a little bad for doing it but looking back it was definitely worth it. and plus I can say oh yeah I drove one of them nothing big when people slobber over them
05-02-2010, 11:42 PM
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theres a lot of cars i wanna drive, but im not gonna waste my time at a dealership to drive it around the block
05-03-2010, 12:59 AM
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Test drive it and feel guilty some tool bag sale's manager is trying to selling it for that. Then explain to him he is Choad and is gonna put this car to its death, It will sit there and die because of that price. Tell him to go home and sit in his garage so he can dwell upon his stupid decision.
Nice car mane ! 
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05-03-2010, 01:07 AM
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Damn! wow im suprized at all of the people that posted in here...kinda got off topic...but it seems like ill probably get away with a test drive after reading most evreyone's posts.
And the 2010 GT500 is near double if not triple the price of the saleen i want to drive. I wouldn't even try to test drive a car that expensive because i imagine they wont let young guns even touch it haha. Aside i dont like the look of the S197 platform; even though ill acknowledge that it's almost superior in every way to the new edge...i just like the new edge look better, its original, not remodeled off the old...original is always better.
Honestly I just plan on being polite, acting interested, and doing my research. But i really wont feel that bad for wasting their time. Because they have wasted my time just as much trying to haggle me on paying "handling fees" and all that other crap...Hell, if i were the guy selling it id still love to take a ride in a supercharged saleen even though hopefully ill be the one driving it.
And the 2010 GT500 is near double if not triple the price of the saleen i want to drive. I wouldn't even try to test drive a car that expensive because i imagine they wont let young guns even touch it haha. Aside i dont like the look of the S197 platform; even though ill acknowledge that it's almost superior in every way to the new edge...i just like the new edge look better, its original, not remodeled off the old...original is always better.
Honestly I just plan on being polite, acting interested, and doing my research. But i really wont feel that bad for wasting their time. Because they have wasted my time just as much trying to haggle me on paying "handling fees" and all that other crap...Hell, if i were the guy selling it id still love to take a ride in a supercharged saleen even though hopefully ill be the one driving it.
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05-03-2010, 01:21 AM
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Damn! wow im suprized at all of the people that posted in here...kinda got off topic...but it seems like ill probably get away with a test drive after reading most evreyone's posts.
And the 2010 GT500 is near double if not triple the price of the saleen i want to drive. I wouldn't even try to test drive a car that expensive because i imagine they wont let young guns even touch it haha. Aside i dont like the look of the S197 platform; even though ill acknowledge that it's almost superior in every way to the new edge...i just like the new edge look better, its original, not remodeled off the old...original is always better.
Honestly I just plan on being polite, acting interested, and doing my research. But i really wont feel that bad for wasting their time. Because they have wasted my time just as much trying to haggle me on paying "handling fees" and all that other crap...Hell, if i were the guy selling it id still love to take a ride in a supercharged saleen even though hopefully ill be the one driving it.
And the 2010 GT500 is near double if not triple the price of the saleen i want to drive. I wouldn't even try to test drive a car that expensive because i imagine they wont let young guns even touch it haha. Aside i dont like the look of the S197 platform; even though ill acknowledge that it's almost superior in every way to the new edge...i just like the new edge look better, its original, not remodeled off the old...original is always better.
Honestly I just plan on being polite, acting interested, and doing my research. But i really wont feel that bad for wasting their time. Because they have wasted my time just as much trying to haggle me on paying "handling fees" and all that other crap...Hell, if i were the guy selling it id still love to take a ride in a supercharged saleen even though hopefully ill be the one driving it.
of it. A good friend of mine who use to sell cars for a living would take the
Lot cars out for errands and personal use all the time.
