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Just picked this up about a month ago. This is my new daily driver since the Subaru blew up.

 

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How did you blow up a LGT?

The oil pump stopped working and in less than 2 miles from when my oil light came on and I limped it home it started knocking bad and smoking. I took it to a shop that only works in Subarus and they said the turbo may have been saved because I never went into boost but the engine was toast and needed a full rebuild.

 

They quoted me $4000 to fix but they were 16 weeks out from being able to work on it. They do one rebuild a week and had 15 ahead of me. I guess turbo Subarus have a bad habit of blowing after about 120k miles sometimes sooner. I spoke to another shop who could have rebuilt it right away by they quoted me $8000 and the dealership quoted $10000.

 

The original shop offered me $4000 for the car as is. So I took it. It was only worth about $8k even with the rebuilt engine so i said screw it and I sold it to them.

 

I really like my new car and I got a great deal on a much nicer, faster and lower mileage vehicle that should last me a while.

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A couple new pics, fresh detail.

 

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A couple new pics, fresh detail.

 

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I want one!!

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I want one!!

 

You have good taste my man. Corners like it's on rails.

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You have good taste my man. Corners like it's on rails.

Thanks bud! I've always had a soft spot for Vettes.

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A couple new pics, fresh detail.

 

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Absolutely love the color!!

 

 

Sent from my iPhone 6+

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Shiney, a Vette would be nice but I need more seats

 

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well, I'm building a truck, that is considered a other ride, right? its a 2004 F150 lariat with a raptor bed and front clip. bagged ford Raptor laying frame on 26's

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I really regret getting rid of this one. 97 LT with 4.3L, 2 wd, 5 speed, 4.10 gears. This is what it looked like when sold mid 2010.

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Wow that was a clean truck, to bad it was a 4.3… Nothing wrong with it, just would be so much cooler if it were a 5.7…

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Not much weight there. It could spin tires in 2nd. It would get over 20 mpg.

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We drove to the Bloomington Gold Corvette Show in Indianapolis this weekend. About 1100 miles round trip, great weekend! Mine was one of 8,750 Vettes at the show. :drool:

 

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