Northern MI Cucklyfe: Floating Garage Edition

[goIftdibrad]

yall been busy in this thread.

i had to go read like 4 pages from where i left off friday

[ChrisoftheNorth]

i had to go read like 4 pages from where i left off friday

That's just because you're slacking.

[Melon]

i had to go read like 4 pages from where i left off friday

That's just because you're slacking.

[max225]

You should just get a WranGAYler.

I wonder how those lease? From my experience, pretty poorly.

Again, I'm NOT buying something...unless it's an old Avalanche.

They are about 1.5 smp 0 down right now on a fairly low spec jku sport. You'd think you'd do better with sticking with your own brands and employee discount

[ChrisoftheNorth]

I wonder how those lease? From my experience, pretty poorly.

Again, I'm NOT buying something...unless it's an old Avalanche.

They are about 1.5 smp 0 down right now on a fairly low spec jku sport. You'd think you'd do better with sticking with your own brands and employee discount

We'll see. I fired off some quote requests and haven't heard anything other than "when can you come in?" "what features are you looking for?", "when is a good time for a call?", etc...

[Desertbreh]

in 4 blue zr2

I say go balls out. You want the truck, just go on it.

I dunno...it'll depend on the

They don't lease well because of lack of lease support...and there's too much uncertainty to tell if they'll start to depreciate soon and make buying unrealistic. So far, residuals after 3 years are in the low 70% range, which is great but if real.

I'm not going to kid myself by saying I'll buy it and hold onto it forever. That's just too much been there done that.

It is a dream truck, doe.

I'm all big on spending a little more to get what you want, but I'm not sure you really have anywhere out there to use the capabilities of the Raptor/ZR2? It seems like overkill but WTF, I drove the mean streets of Palm Springs in my now woefully underpowered Corvette this morning with no track day or other reason for owning it in sight other than lust.

It just seems like they are priced at a premium now and thus far you've been to cheap for that. A Z71 lease would not be a reason to kill yourself.

[Melon]

I drove the mean streets of Palm Springs in my now woefully underpowered Corvette this morning with no track day or other reason for owning it in sight other than lust.

[SixSpeeder]

They are about 1.5 smp 0 down right now on a fairly low spec jku sport. You'd think you'd do better with sticking with your own brands and employee discount

We'll see. I fired off some quote requests and haven't heard anything other than "when can you come in?" "what features are you looking for?", "when is a good time for a call?", etc...

Hahaha, that's a good one, you wanted an actual quote without going in and BSing for an hour

[Desertbreh]

You should just get a WranGAYler.

I wonder how those lease? From my experience, pretty poorly.

Again, I'm NOT buying something...unless it's an old Avalanche.

GMT800 "Angry Eyebrow" GMT800 Avalanche's are pretty hideous, particularly with the plastic cladding.
By contrast, the GMT900 Avalanche is a nice looking f@!#$ing truck.

[ChrisoftheNorth]

I dunno...it'll depend on the

They don't lease well because of lack of lease support...and there's too much uncertainty to tell if they'll start to depreciate soon and make buying unrealistic. So far, residuals after 3 years are in the low 70% range, which is great but if real.

I'm not going to kid myself by saying I'll buy it and hold onto it forever. That's just too much been there done that.

It is a dream truck, doe.

I'm all big on spending a little more to get what you want, but I'm not sure you really have anywhere out there to use the capabilities of the Raptor/ZR2? It seems like overkill but WTF, I drove the mean streets of Palm Springs in my now woefully underpowered Corvette this morning with no track day or other reason for owning it in sight other than lust.

It just seems like they are priced at a premium now and thus far you've been to cheap for that. A Z71 lease would not be a reason to kill yourself.

Yea, I'd be perfectly happy with a Z71. The ZR2 would be nice if the deal was right, but I'm not going to pursue it really.

In other news, it turns out the letter I got was fake news. Talked to the dealer where I leased my truck from, and they said I'm not actually eligible for early turn-in. games for employees. Pretty if you ask me.

Sucks because this is the first month I've seen lease deals on Z71's while they're trying to clear out 2017's. Here's hoping they run Z71 deals again in a few months...

[ChrisoftheNorth]

I wonder how those lease? From my experience, pretty poorly.

Again, I'm NOT buying something...unless it's an old Avalanche.

GMT800 "Angry Eyebrow" GMT800 Avalanche's are pretty hideous, particularly with the plastic cladding.
By contrast, the GMT900 Avalanche is a nice looking f@!#$ing truck.

GMT800's without cladding (it was an option) are

The GMT900's are legit, but also

Now is a terrible time to buy a used because the values are so ridiculous. I'd really like to lease one more.

[ChrisoftheNorth]

I drove the mean streets of Palm Springs in my now woefully underpowered Corvette this morning with no track day or other reason for owning it in sight other than lust.

[ChrisoftheNorth]

We'll see. I fired off some quote requests and haven't heard anything other than "when can you come in?" "what features are you looking for?", "when is a good time for a call?", etc...

Hahaha, that's a good one, you wanted an actual quote without going in and BSing for an hour

I know, what a moran.

[D Griff]

If only you made time to enjoy your car more...

The things I try to tell peoples

Hopefully you're practicing what you're preaching and gettin' out in the Ody every weekend.

[goIftdibrad]

The things I try to tell peoples

Hopefully you're practicing what you're preaching and gettin' out in the Ody every weekend.

I do, I was foreveralone at the track with my grom this weekend.

[Melon]

Hopefully you're practicing what you're preaching and gettin' out in the Ody every weekend.

I do, I was foreveralone at the track with my grom this weekend.

I need some time to relax, been working a shit ton.

paychecks doe.

[ChrisoftheNorth]

So...went the first time since it was tuned and it was nothing but spin and traction control winding out 2nd. It didn't do that before. Dude really dialed in the power, but now traction is legit an issue.

A good problem to have?

[max225]

So...went the first time since it was tuned and it was nothing but spin and traction control winding out 2nd. It didn't do that before. Dude really dialed in the power, but now traction is legit an issue.

A good problem to have?

Sounds about right... my stock Ellis was breaking shit loose at 35-45mph in first... and I was on 315 MEATS not

With no Foh-Tens and no POWAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[ChrisoftheNorth]

1st is worthless launching... and now second seems to be too. I need to look into how to improve traction. Probably just tahrs will make the difference

I don't know how these dudes do 600+whp...doesn't seem possible to get even a bit of that down.

[max225]

1st is worthless launching... and now second seems to be too. I need to look into how to improve traction. Probably just tahrs will make the difference

I don't know how these dudes do 600+whp...doesn't seem possible to get even a bit of that down.

It isn't... same shit as slapping a K04 on the front of a Gayti... and then you just have to use "throttle modulation"

Crock of SHIT BS. 500whp through 1 set of wheels is pretty much pointless unless you're at a drag strip on D radials.

[ChrisoftheNorth]

1st is worthless launching... and now second seems to be too. I need to look into how to improve traction. Probably just tahrs will make the difference

I don't know how these dudes do 600+whp...doesn't seem possible to get even a bit of that down.

It isn't... same shit as slapping a K04 on the front of a Gayti... and then you just have to use "throttle modulation"

Crock of SHIT BS. 500whp through 1 set of wheels is pretty much pointless unless you're at a drag strip on D radials.

Depends on the car a bit. My dad's car puts it's 500 or so at the wheels down like a champ. Serious doe.

Power to weight etc.

I'm just glad that I have zero desire for more power. It would be completely worthless.

[max225]

It isn't... same shit as slapping a K04 on the front of a Gayti... and then you just have to use "throttle modulation"

Crock of SHIT BS. 500whp through 1 set of wheels is pretty much pointless unless you're at a drag strip on D radials.

Depends on the car a bit. My dad's car puts it's 500 or so at the wheels down like a champ. Serious doe.

Power to weight etc.

I'm just glad that I have zero desire for more power. It would be completely worthless.

1000lbs extra on top of your car doe... so...

[Apex]

So...went the first time since it was tuned and it was nothing but spin and traction control winding out 2nd. It didn't do that before. Dude really dialed in the power, but now traction is legit an issue.

A good problem to have?

Now you see why some guys run drag radials on the street.

In4wheelies

[Tar]

My gearz guy asked me what work I planned to do to the car before choosing between 3.90s and 4.10s. He said if anything like a supercharger was in the works then not to go with 4.10s. You might already be at the limit for 4.10s traction wise, but great tars will fix a lot of that hopefully.

[ChrisoftheNorth]

Yeah, pretty sure I'm at the limit of 410s, and I love it. Hopefully tars will make the difference. What I have now are pretty old.