"Vee Ate Injun" (VeeAteInjun)
04/23/2014 at 19:42 • Filed to: used car madness
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"Vee Ate Injun" (VeeAteInjun)
04/23/2014 at 19:42 • Filed to: used car madness | 2
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So what's your choice...
would you rather:
spend $35,000 on a 1975 Datsun 280 2+2
(no, I didn't misplace the comma on the price)
-or-
save some money and buy the Ferrari 308 GTSi?
So the Ferrari is actually the sensible choice in this matchup?
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jkm7680
> Vee Ate Injun
04/23/2014 at 19:46 |
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Ferrari.
Me Gusta Datsun
My Wallet No Gusta
Ferrari- Wallet will make exceptions
Racescort666
> Vee Ate Injun
04/23/2014 at 19:46 |
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Yeah, I'd say Ferrari in this case. I do love those old Datsuns but man, Italian cars are starting to grow on me.
Reigntastic
> Vee Ate Injun
04/23/2014 at 19:46 |
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I'm surprised to say it, but I'd probably get the Ferrari, mostly for the gated shifter.
Telumektar
> Vee Ate Injun
04/23/2014 at 19:47 |
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I would buy la Ferrari, I like the 308 a lot.
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Vee Ate Injun
> Reigntastic
04/23/2014 at 19:50 |
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yeah... both " 308 " and " gated shifter " are on my bucket list, so it'd be nice to kill two birds with one stone. or, er... prancing horse.
lone_liberal
> Vee Ate Injun
04/23/2014 at 19:50 |
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It would 100% depend on whether that Ferrari had it's maintenance done recently as some routine maintenance items on 308s are quite spendy "A major service, including the replacement of the two timing belts, is required every 30,000 miles or five years, a job that can cost $2,000 to $4,000." If that was done I'd be doing my best Magnum PI impression all day every day.
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Vee Ate Injun
> Telumektar
04/23/2014 at 19:53 |
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can't argue with ya - my 308 lust started a couple of years ago and hasn't diminished. plus, for us shmucks here in California the law requiring 1976+ cars to be smogged looks like it will fall in the next couple of years (or at least get adjusted to 1982 i believe) so there's something additional to hope for...
Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2
> Vee Ate Injun
04/23/2014 at 19:54 |
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Rarri
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Vee Ate Injun
> Vee Ate Injun
04/23/2014 at 20:03 |
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so no one has commented on the Datsun's $35k asking price? that seems quite astronomical, even for this nice example, especially when i was considering a similar 2+2 in very good condition a few months ago for $4,500?
plus, aren't the 2+2's not as popular as their solitary 2 brethren?
Bandit
> Vee Ate Injun
04/23/2014 at 20:04 |
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Ferrari. IMO the "3 series" ferraris are some of the best looking ferraris ever produced
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Vee Ate Injun
> Bandit
04/23/2014 at 20:07 |
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agree, i've had a 308 boner that's lasted for the last few years...
Dunnik
> Vee Ate Injun
04/23/2014 at 20:08 |
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This dude in the Hawaiian shirt and the porn stache seems to like his.
dogisbadob
> Vee Ate Injun
04/23/2014 at 20:10 |
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LOL $35k for a Z, although it does baby better than the 308, but that's what the Mondial and 400i are for.
Easily the Ferrari in this case.
AthomSfere
> Vee Ate Injun
04/23/2014 at 20:49 |
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I am leaning towards the Z:
More reliable, more mod-able if I chose to.
Just as rare and right hand drive (RHD is one of my dreams to own)
Fender mounted mirrors, another strange dream of mine.
Although I like the 308, I think the Z is better looking and more practical. As long as the Z is 100% street legal I would go that route, but I question it since it was supposedly imported 26 years ago.
EL_ULY
> Vee Ate Injun
04/23/2014 at 20:49 |
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Datsun
jlmounce
> Vee Ate Injun
04/23/2014 at 21:34 |
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nobody had mentioned it, so I will. The By in prices may be similar, but actual costs will be much higher with the 308. Although the 308 is relatively thrifty when compared to typical Ferrari maintenance, expect to pay multitudes more in pretty much every aspect of driving the vehicle.
Quattro-luvr, Powered by Datsun & Stinger
> Vee Ate Injun
04/24/2014 at 10:15 |
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That Datsun is cool. RHD, non-US parking bench bumpers, Japanese ID plate. But thse items and 2+2 doesn't make for $35k.
Ferrari.
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Vee Ate Injun
> Quattro-luvr, Powered by Datsun & Stinger
04/24/2014 at 15:51 |
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agree. i didn't initially realize it was RHD, so that gives it points. but not 35k points worth...
ZiptieMcBumper
> jkm7680
04/30/2014 at 12:13 |
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Me gusta Zeta.
No me gusta dos plus dos.