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And you know what happens when you assume. 1. His mods will fetch closer to $1,000 than $2,500. Also includes removing mods, selling hassles, and replacing with stock. If the car is a daily driver and he can't front the cash, he will be without parts during the transaction. 2. This leaves him with $6,000, after the hassle of selling a car and mods, he is now carless, while searching for a TT that is up to his standards for only $8,000-$9,000. 3. Step 2 assumes he can be without a car, and has $2,000-$3,000 to add to the pot. 4. It all assumes that he can afford the extra money, as well as the extra insurance costs of having a TT. 5. Also assumes the NA doesn't do it for him. I personally love my 2+2 NA and while a TT might be nice, I am much more content with my car. Sure, I could sell it, add a few thousand and get a TT. From my point of view, in order to replace my NA with a TT in equal condition, I would need to add >$5,000 up front, and I would still have a car in relatively unknown condition, much higher insurance (for a 22 year old), no back seat, and much higher maintenence and mods, let alone the risk of losing $2,000 turbos at any point in time. I'm just venting because it gets old when people imply that the same car without boost is inadequate, when I barely even push my NA engine to it's limits. Turbos would be a great kick a couple times a week but they are incredibly impractical for a large number of us. I love my car for it's style and performance, even if it is a few seconds slower than yours. /rant off. -Alex
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