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26 minutes ago, Drak3 said:

Don't lump me in with them. I'm an enthusiast of mechanic design, be it engines, weaponry, or productive machinery. Not a guy with a wrench that reads the marketing garbage AFE/insert other "enthusiast" brand that can't legally warranty half of their products.

 

I fail to see a correlation between people screeching variations of "forced induction is more efficient!!! Reclaimed energy!!!" and anything I've said.

If you can't be civil. Please leave

 

Edit. That goes for everyone in the thread

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4 minutes ago, terrytek said:

Do friends just never ride with you or something?

But I honestly prefer a city where it's a melting pot of good food tbh. Then i'm spoiled with culture bc I can taste different cultures.

How much is that in freedom currency?

That's pretty much normal over here.

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14 minutes ago, terrytek said:

How much is that in freedom currency?

 

Around 52k USD.

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3 minutes ago, JoaoPRSousa said:

 

Around 52k USD.

shit. those go for around 25-30k around here.

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I've just looked it up, a brand new RC F here in Portugal costs 124.200,00€.

The base price is 65.452,51€.

You pay 35.523,10€ of only taxes, plus 23.224,39€ of VAT.

 

But wait, there's worse.

 

Ford Mustang GT

Price: 96.662,24€

Base price: 34.353,59€

Taxes: 44.233,60€

VAT: 18.075,05€

 

WTF

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Dat a$$... :x

 

 

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24 minutes ago, JoaoPRSousa said:

I've just looked it up, a brand new RC F here in Portugal costs 124.200,00€.

The base price is 65.452,51€.

You pay 35.523,10€ of only taxes, plus 23.224,39€ of VAT.

 

But wait, there's worse.

 

Ford Mustang GT

Price: 96.662,24€

Base price: 34.353,59€

Taxes: 44.233,60€

VAT: 18.075,05€

 

WTF

when taxes cost more than the actual car itself.

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2 minutes ago, terrytek said:

when taxes cost more than the actual car itself.

It would be cheaper to buy one here brand new, put on a couple thousand miles so you don't have to pay new car import taxes, and mail it on a plane to your nearest airport.

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Yes!!!! So much better looking than the old car.

 

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2 hours ago, WhiteJaguar77 said:

Dat a$$... :x

 

Dat rear bumper tho, ewwwwwwwww

 

2 hours ago, AlwaysFSX said:

It would be cheaper to buy one here brand new, put on a couple thousand miles so you don't have to pay new car import taxes, and mail it on a plane to your nearest airport.

 

Not really.

How much is a brand new Mustang GT on the US? I'll simulate importing one and you'll see it is 100% not worth it.

 

It costs you 39.015,29€ to import a car with a 4951cc that puts out 281g/Km (CO2)... It's ridiculous.

 

You'll still pay custom fees, the shipping of the car and all that shit, so, it isn't worth it anyway.

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16 minutes ago, JoaoPRSousa said:

 

Dat rear bumper tho, ewwwwwwwww

 

 

Not really.

How much is a brand new Mustang GT on the US? I'll simulate importing one and you'll see it is 100% not worth it.

 

It costs you 39.015,29€ to import a car with a 4951cc that puts out 281g/Km (CO2)... It's ridiculous.

 

You'll still pay custom fees, the shipping of the car and all that shit, so, it isn't worth it anyway.

Glad I dont live in Portugal

Can have whatever damn car I can afford here :P

Needs money for car parts :P

 

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3 hours ago, bcredeur97 said:

theres good food to be found everywhere (usually). You just have to find it. 

In louisiana though, and especially new orleans, good food is everywhere. It makes me feel spoiled sometimes. and fat... lol

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3 minutes ago, iDeFecZx said:

Glad I dont live in Portugal

Can have whatever damn car I can afford here :P

 

That's not the only thing Portugal is really bad at when it comes to cars. You can do literally zero to your car. Every single modification you do to your car is illegal. Of course, things like remaps, no one cares, but, if you have a turbo engine, I think you can do whatever the fuck you want with it as long as you don't mess up your emissions. Either they are similar / close to stock or you're straight up fucked.

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3 hours ago, TVwazhere said:

Been news for almost a month :P 

Since my Focus is a 5 door and I mostly use if for "practical adult things" cages aernt an option (I'm not gonna track anyways) but I kinda want to remove the back seats for weight, just because. 

oh ... well im quite slow then cause i dont browse other topics on this forums xD 

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eyyyy I visit the public library once and look what happens! 

 

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Oooooooooooooooooooooooooo

 

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3 hours ago, JoaoPRSousa said:

Not really.

How much is a brand new Mustang GT on the US? I'll simulate importing one and you'll see it is 100% not worth it.

 

It costs you 39.015,29€ to import a car with a 4951cc that puts out 281g/Km (CO2)... It's ridiculous.

 

You'll still pay custom fees, the shipping of the car and all that shit, so, it isn't worth it anyway.

Usually most countries have taxes on importing "new" cars that can be circumvented by just putting a couple thousand miles on it, which is pretty easy all things considered.

 

Unless Portugal is a special kind of stupid. :/

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3 hours ago, bcredeur97 said:

eyyyy I visit the public library once and look what happens! 

 

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NC not found

 

32 minutes ago, AlwaysFSX said:

Usually most countries have taxes on importing "new" cars that can be circumvented by just putting a couple thousand miles on it, which is pretty easy all things considered.

 

Unless Portugal is a special kind of stupid. :/

 

Portugal is the next level of stupid.

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2 minutes ago, JoaoPRSousa said:

 

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Portugal is the next level of stupid.

Why are they so strict when it comes to cars :/

 

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2 minutes ago, iDeFecZx said:

Why are they so strict when it comes to cars :/

 

My babys undergone quite the transformation over the last few weeks

 

Because, reasons

One of the biggest reasons I want to move from here. I love it here and shit, but when it comes to cars, it's just utter bullshit.

 

Looking good :D

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Just now, AlwaysFSX said:

MPS 6, more space I think.

They seem to have similar MPG, but the Mondeo is a V6 and sounds great

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Just now, IAR117 said:

They seem to have similar MPG, but the Mondeo is a V6 and sounds great

So long as it isn't anemic I don't care too much about what's inside it. Just so long as I get practical use out of it. That's up to you to decide though.

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