[Supras] car prices (was valley plugs)

Jeff Mohler speedtoys.racing at gmail.com
Tue Aug 29 20:45:27 CDT 2006


The mustank is a performance car.

Any car you race..-is- a performance car.  I dare you to tell those
that are doing it, that its not.

It just serves a market that you (subjective you) are not interested in.

I might note, that that Mustank makes one hell of a spec racer in
series such as AI/AIX or CMC within the NASA organization.

On 8/29/06, berniek at technicaldevelop.com <berniek at technicaldevelop.com> wrote:
> BernieK responded to Rockey Fox:
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> "My new '65 GTO tripower convertible when I was 22 was less
> than $4000, only about 25% more than a Tempest.  Today, a reasonable
> performance car is at 50% more than a Camry, let alone 65%-75% more than a
> decent Hyundai sedan or Chevy Cobalt"
> ---------------------------------------------------------
> Addendum:  Implied but not stated was a new-used comparision, eg., the price of a 2002 3.6 liter Porsche 911 against a decently equipped new Camry.  When comparing new with new in each case, the price differences are outstanding, let alone disgusting.  Why does performance need to cost so much?  Our '95 Camry 4 cylinder is like 2/3 of the Supra engine, 4 valves per cylinder, DOHC (one cam sprocket, with gear drive under the cam cover for the second cam).  Except for the anciently engineered Mustank, any "performance" car is overpriced (the Mustank IRS plans were dropped, so it is not really a "performance" car).  The Chrysler (er, Dodge) Charger is ugly.  Maybe the Challenger will be better if Walter P.'s legacy continues the marriage to Diamler.
>
>    BernieK
>
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