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98lincmk7lsc

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I got myself a new daily driver car today. This car will be replacing my 97 Mark VIII.

It's a 2009 Pontiac G8 GT, Stryker Blue Mettalic paint, fairly rare--one of 1,111. 49k miles and happens to already have a Magnaflow stainless steel cat back exhaust. They were asking $21,986, but I was able to talk them down to $20,500, AND they're ordering me a few items that were broken/missing.

I don't have any GOOD pics yet, but here are a couple I took once we got it home today. It's not perfect, but it's just little stuff. I drove it 100 miles home today and had the cruise control set at about 75, and averaged 28.6 mpg the whole way. Not bad for a 355hp 6.0 liter engine in a car weighing about two tons.

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Man, I am too used to buying cheap cars that 20K seems a lot for just a car. Congrats on your new car though. What's gonna happen with your 97 Mark VIII now?
 
Cobra97LSC said:
nice i like those...but id go with a GTO.
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I would have too, if I wanted an older car, and didn't have a family...
mark0101 said:
Man, I am too used to buying cheap cars that 20K seems a lot for just a car. Congrats on your new car though. What's gonna happen with your 97 Mark VIII now?
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Yeah, me too, but I got a REALLY good job about a year ago after I got out of the Navy, and figured it was time for something nice. :)

I'll be removing the engine from the 97 (80k junkyard engine--very strong--to put in my 98), and the rest of the car will be going to a local guy here in town that wants it.
87TTOPGT420 said:
one four door. wouldn't hurt my feelings if I had to drive
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Exactly! My wife said that if I wanted a new car, it would have to have 4 doors. Lol.
 
Awesome ride man, I was looking at those before I bought my truck cause I needed four doors myself.

-Alan
 
Nice, I kicked around the idea of buying one of these or a gto before I bought my mark..but then I realized I didn't want a car payment..plus I deffinetly wouldn't want to drive it in the winter.
 
Thanks guys!

It's a 6-speed automatic. The manual was only available in the GXP model and they're still quite expensive--on average, about $10k more, unless it has a butt-load of miles. It would be nice to have a manual, but being a daily driver and how my route to work is, I think it would get old after a while. I find myself glad I have an automatic, much more often than wishing I had a manual...

I wasn't really thrilled at the idea of having a car payment either (haven't had one since 2007), but we only got a loan for 10k of it. The rest was paid in cash. We plan on paying the loan off very aggressively though. It's a 3-year loan, but we've set an unofficial goal of paying it off in 1 year.
 
Damn thats a sick car man. A friend of mine that graduated a couple year's back got one in red. They are pretty quick stock let alone modded. What color's the interior?
 
Sweet! Love that color...If I had a bucket load of cash I would paint my 8 that color!

My transmission on my 8 needs work...noise that I couldn't diagnose when I visited you is coming from inside the transmission. I guess I will be learning more about the 470RW tranny :confused:!

Glad you found a reliable replacement.:cool:
 
Sweet G8!

Those cars respond VERY well to the usual bolt ons. Get gears, stall, full exhaust and a tune and you can net yourself a solid gain for cheap (and keep the wife happy). It will be a different animal.
 
95mark8newyork said:
Damn thats a sick car man. A friend of mine that graduated a couple year's back got one in red. They are pretty quick stock let alone modded. What color's the interior?
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The interior color is "Onyx". It's black leather with perforated inserts. Very nice.

KingJacobo said:
Sweet G8!

Those cars respond VERY well to the usual bolt ons. Get gears, stall, full exhaust and a tune and you can net yourself a solid gain for cheap (and keep the wife happy). It will be a different animal.
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I don't know if I'd call it cheap....but you're right, they do respond to bolt-ons very well.
 
My buddy with his bolt-on G8 is a stall converter away from running 11s. It's ridiculous. And that's with measley 3.45 gears.
 
UltimateSVT said:
You know they sell the Caprice Classic kit for this car. You have to find it though. Your car is the Caprice Classic in the Middle East & Europe. I'd swap to the Caprice look just so it would be the sickest 6 liter sleeper around.

Check out this guy's pictures. I think he's from India

http://www.flickriver.com/photos/dm8943/tags/caprice/
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ehh...it's not bad looking, but I prefer the look of the G8 more. I've actually seen a few of those overseas, back when I was in the Navy.


So.....this car is awesome! I love it. I've gotten to drive it a little bit more (by myself, not with the wife and kid....) and it's great. It's really nice to feel what low end torque is like. lol. And it's sooooo smooth. I got on the highway today on the way to work, and before I knew it I was driving 95.

I'm so used to driving the 97 with it's driveshaft vibes, that I could tell what speed I was going just by how loud it was. I literally can't tell with this car. 100 mph feels like 50. It's amazing.
 
98lincmk7lsc said:
ehh...it's not bad looking, but I prefer the look of the G8 more. I've actually seen a few of those overseas, back when I was in the Navy.


So.....this car is awesome! I love it. I've gotten to drive it a little bit more (by myself, not with the wife and kid....) and it's great. It's really nice to feel what low end torque is like. lol. And it's sooooo smooth. I got on the highway today on the way to work, and before I knew it I was driving 95.

I'm so used to driving the 97 with it's driveshaft vibes, that I could tell what speed I was going just by how loud it was. I literally can't tell with this car. 100 mph feels like 50. It's amazing.
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Congrats! New car is always fun.
I doubt youll be driving your Mark VIII anymore. Newer cars are just so much more pleasant to drive. I sold mine a few weeks after I got my Lexus. It was just useless in every regard and I could not justify keeping it.
We wanted a family as well and a 4 door car is just more practical. My little girl is comfy in a back seat.
 
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