I could not agree more than what Bartruff has said. Buying used has substantial advantages, you touch, drive, feel the car. Make no mistake YOU WILL HAVE PROBLEMS regardless of what brand you buy. You can play the hand jerk off with dealers and vendors for warranty as you car sits for week if not months or you can buy used at a $5-10K discount and get it fixed at your convenience and your shop. The only vendor I have had postivie experiences is as far as engines to this point is Keith Craft, he is lost in the 50's or something because every single time you call his shop an actual person answers the phone and he is usually within 10 feet of it, WTF buisness plan is that??? I like waiting on answering machines and "techs" guessing at questions, what else would I have to do?
Once again BUY USED!!!! Have inspected, look at each panel, identify all marks, nicks, when you get home you know what you have.
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Originally Posted by Bartruff1
After 2 years and 6K miles...I WOULD BUY A USED ONE....and save myself some money and some trouble....these are not kit cars in the sense that they have been built by god knows who using god knows what ... so you can find a very good used one...when I bought mine (new) I assumed that a new car would be less trouble...that was not true in my case...perhaps others(most?) had better " luck ". I would likely buy one in here that has been debugged and registered, licensed and insured. I do not like to screw around with cars ...I want to put gas in them and go...I want them to be trouble free....mine was a pain in the ass and still has squeaks and leaks... Having said that, these cars are a rush unlike any other car I have ever driven and on the right road and the right weather (think motorcycle) I still get excited about driving it...edited to add that ...make sure you are honest about how you are going to drive it and that will help you decide on the performance choices...in my case, I cannot approach 50% of the car's potential....welcome to the madness...bart
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