curt_gendron
10-21-2003, 08:24 AM
Thanks for all the great replies. As you can guess, black is my favorite color, so that makes this new one extra sweet! I found it on the Autotrader. I'm out there looking every week or so. Whether I'm ready to buy one or not. This one was in Elk River. Can't get much more local than that. ;)
Its kind of an interesting story with this car. A year and a half ago, I had a chance to buy this GSX from its original owner when it only had 11,000 miles on it. The original owner just took awesome care of this thing, but he was asking a premium for it. ($17,500) I gave him a low ball offer and he ended up selling it to the person in Elk River that I bought it from. I did spend about $2,000 over book value to get this thing, but with only 18,700 miles on it, its well worth it. You don't get too many chances at a second bite of the same apple. It has a few minor mods like strut bars and gauges and an intake. But thats perfect for me. It has no mods that might shorten its lifespan, if you know what I mean. I really like the look of the 97-99 over the 95-96 too. Especially the front bumper.
Its not really about having a lot of money. All of my cars have only BPU type mods, so I really haven't spent that much money into modding them. My investments into my current cars can be traced back six years ago, so it took awhile to get to this point. Most of my disposable income goes into my cars and virtually nothing else. The Mitsu obsession is very addicting. :toast:
later,
Curt
http://www.mn3s.org
Its kind of an interesting story with this car. A year and a half ago, I had a chance to buy this GSX from its original owner when it only had 11,000 miles on it. The original owner just took awesome care of this thing, but he was asking a premium for it. ($17,500) I gave him a low ball offer and he ended up selling it to the person in Elk River that I bought it from. I did spend about $2,000 over book value to get this thing, but with only 18,700 miles on it, its well worth it. You don't get too many chances at a second bite of the same apple. It has a few minor mods like strut bars and gauges and an intake. But thats perfect for me. It has no mods that might shorten its lifespan, if you know what I mean. I really like the look of the 97-99 over the 95-96 too. Especially the front bumper.
Its not really about having a lot of money. All of my cars have only BPU type mods, so I really haven't spent that much money into modding them. My investments into my current cars can be traced back six years ago, so it took awhile to get to this point. Most of my disposable income goes into my cars and virtually nothing else. The Mitsu obsession is very addicting. :toast:
later,
Curt
http://www.mn3s.org