Any car guys in here?

So, me and my girlfriend had a deal last year, we buy each other a car we think would be perfect for each other. I funded her a beautiful pink boxter, but she got me a terribly lame Z3.

After tens of thousands of insults from fellow workmates etc, I've decided to get a new car. There's this beautiful car that im looking at right now, only problem is that its light yellow. Dude. Yuck.

So my question...is it possible to have your car repainted? Would it not look weird? Like...the insides of doors and the inside of the bonnet and all being different colors?

yeah... you can have a car repainted easily. I had a '64 impala in high school - first car - and it was white. I had it painted navy metallic blue and had all of the door jams, and somewhat quickly visible stuff - look down next time you get into the car... see that little black rubber place where the BMW logo is located in the door frame? I even had that removed and painted underneath that as well.

But it's gonna be expensive. Mine hit me up for 1800.00 USD way back in '89... with the sheer amount of clearcoat I got, that's a 4k job now.

Money's never been a problem :D But you're saying that if a professional does it, it CAN be done?

Sweet, new car here I come :D

yep. professional only. surprised that you didn't know that. check around some of the shops... ask about the layers of paint and clearcoat. What you're looking for, color-wise, I'll leave that up to you. But good paint jobs now can hit 6k easily.

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Originally Posted by gerbick

I had a '64 impala in high school.

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Cool, you don't have it anymore? :(

naw... drunk driver dude rammed the hell out of it a week before my graduation.

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Originally Posted by zakp0

So, me and my girlfriend had a deal last year, we buy each other a car we think would be perfect for each other. I funded her a beautiful pink boxter, but she got me a terribly lame Z3.

After tens of thousands of insults from fellow workmates etc, I've decided to get a new car. There's this beautiful car that im looking at right now, only problem is that its light yellow. Dude. Yuck.

So my question...is it possible to have your car repainted? Would it not look weird? Like...the insides of doors and the inside of the bonnet and all being different colors?

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What you getting? Custom paint jobs are easy, just get some recomendations before you send your car there!

Gah, I was planning to get this, but im an idiot and only just read the last line of the advert - "DOES NOT COMPLY FOR NEW ZEALAND ROADS DUE TO FLOOD DAMAGE HISTORY".

Btard. I'm looking at a much more expensive investment now, however, I still dont like the silver, I want it in black. So yeah, paint job thing still counts. Now im looking at this. Already spoke to the seller too, I see the car on Sunday morning :)

Cant wait to test drive it! :D

How about you get an interesting car for the same price and not get a Boxter?

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Originally Posted by krona

How about you get an interesting car for the same price and not get a Boxter?

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Hey, boxters are amazing drives! You are right though... everyone and their hair dresser has one!

I'd go for a nice TVR! :)

Not many people here who own boxters :)

Anyways, did you guys check the second link? The one im looking at now? Its a Carrera. I was thinking of Mercedes and BMW's, but they're too common (unlike the boxter). I like porsche's.

What's a TVR? :\

http://carpictures.duble.com/TVR/Griffith/1.jpg

www.tvr-eng.co.uk

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Originally Posted by robbmcaulay

http://board.flashkit.com/board/

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EWWW! Why did you pick the ugliest oldes TVR?!

Check the website for the new beauties!

Well Carrera's are even more common around here than the boxters. My next door neighbor has one, and so does a guy down the road from here. What's even worse is they are all silver...

In this part of the UK, owning a Carrera means A) you're rich, and B) you have a crap taste in cars. Sorry, I wouldn't even look twice at you at the lights (which is what most Carrera owners want you to do).

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TVR

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I hear a lot about the crappy worksmanship on the the interiors (not particularly the design, just the worksmanship) but all that goes to pot when I hear that engine. WOW, just.. WOW.

Oi! Quit flaming my baby! :( The TVR in the website looks super fugly too! Hell no! I was thinking Corvette's...but they're too uhm...they aint got that "cool" factor I want...

Ok so come on, any recommendations? I'm willing to spend up to $120k NZ, which is $83k US and $46k GBP. But thats kinda pushing it. What car would you double take at?

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Originally Posted by zakp0

a beautiful pink boxter

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love to see a photo of that!!

tvrs are sexy :thumbsup:

or a lotus elise? maybe a bit cheap though....

You all have no taste! The Tuscan is freeeking amazing! A modern day 250GTO!

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What car would you double take at?

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Well I'm more of a biker guy so I don't really look at cars anyway, but my eyes would love to grace the lines of a Noble M12 Coupe. Although I don't know how available Noble's are outside of the UK/Europe. Same goes for TVR. Never looked into it to be honest.

Of course it depends more on your fun / practicality ratio. :) I mean, most people probably wouldn't enjoy being crammed into a Lotus Exige Coupe for 3 hours in a traffic jam, but like I said, I'm more of a biker ;)
http://www.whatcar.co.uk//Car/Lotus/...1344121217.jpg
http://www.whatcar.co.uk//Car/Lotus/...4644112814.jpg

[QUOTE=krona]
http://board.flashkit.com/board/
[QUOTE]nice car :D

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Originally Posted by zakp0

'm willing to spend up to $120k NZ, which is $83k US and $46k GBP.

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zakp, I thought you worked for a cell phone company. Now I am starting to think you run the cell phone company ;).

bah. I want photo proof now.

yeah, here i am rocking an 04' focus and your talking about buying a boxter.


be a man and get the new dodge charger. that car looks great. plus you would be ablee ot take the other 40k you were gonna spend on the boxter on upgrades. call the pimp my ride fellas and get it tricked out. dont forget to get a machine gun that pops out of the hood installed.

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Originally Posted by gerbick

bah. I want photo proof now.

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What, of his credit details?! :D

nah get a hyrid. what are you trying to do anways... kill us all???

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Originally Posted by Markp.com

What, of his credit details?! :D

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of his future purchase. with a paper held up.

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Originally Posted by gerbick

with a paper held up.

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and his girlfriend...

oh yea, she's been posted before...

make that his girlfriend in a bikini.

$83,000 on a car!!!

take out that 8 and that is how much my car was :)

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Originally Posted by zakp0

What car would you double take at?

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Who are you buying this car for? You or the people "doing a double take" at it?

Can you say over compensation, Mr. Small Penis?

Will do, Gerbick :) Just let me figure out what I want to buy now...and admedia, I do work for a cell phone manufacturing company, but I get funded by my father who's a bit of a rich person...

I'm buying a new car now because Im sick of people looking at my old Z3 and laughing at me. They think its a silly ole girly car. I got rid of it yesterday, sold it to a lady ffs...

Oooo although it looks overdone, those Lotus cars look nice! This one looks good.
I'm gonna go take a look at the carfair on Sunday, they dont have very expensive cars, but I dont have a problem with a tricked out normal car either...

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Originally Posted by zakp0

I get funded by my father who's a bit of a rich person...

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Your honesty is appreciated.

Instead of paying that much, get a nice $40,000+ Z8, donate the other 40 thou to Flashkit so we don't need ads for a year.

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Originally Posted by zakp0

Oooo although it looks overdone, those Lotus cars look nice! This one looks good.
I'm gonna go take a look at the carfair on Sunday, they dont have very expensive cars, but I dont have a problem with a tricked out normal car either...

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Told you they are the shaaaaanizzle! ;)

Just wait till you drive one, I had one for a track day session on some corporate bonding crap, it was awsome! Only thing that was better was the Ferrari! :)

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Originally Posted by ViRGo_RK

Instead of paying that much, get a nice $40,000+ Z8, donate the other 40 thou to Flashkit so we don't need ads for a year.

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And this is why I didnt want to post this here :rolleyes:

I've driven one of those Maserati's. They look terrible, they cost a terrible amount too, but I have to say, they're one of the best drives ever.
But I'd never buy one :D 180k NZ a pop! Bloody hell!

Drive the TVR... you can't resist! ;)

when you post about you and your girlfriend buying each other 80k cars and you being upset cause you dont like your and you dont expect us to want donations as we slave to pay for our economy cars?
typical hand-me down richness.

We DIDNT buy each other 80k cars. Her car costs less than 25K US and my costs WAY less than that! They're typical middle class bachelor cars! And, I definately dont appreciate the comment about "hand-me down richness".

Get your facts straight, read the damn post, and dont resort to begging. Hard and very cocky, but, my dad worked hard to get his money, too bad your father didnt.

Children, relax. You couldn't possibly have posted this thread without expecting a little bit of jealousy from someone, now could you zak?

heheheh ladies... I look at it this way... anyone posting about their untold riches, are probably a 13 year old kid day dreaming their life away...

Who cares if its true or not! Its only the internet! :)