Been thinking alot lately and looking at american muscle cars (boo I hear you say), since they are pretty hard to come by in the UK, how much would one cost to get imported to the UK? And what are good american muscle cars? new or a few years old. Been looking at a few, but need outside opinions.

Thanks.

What do you mean new American muscle cars?

As in, 2008 model. :)

As in, 2008 model. :)

Somebody doesn't get sarcasm...

I'm not sure how much it'd be to import a car to the UK. What're you looking at? I personally like the new challengers and camaros.

Save your money and get a VXR or whatever you're calling Monaros, then get the real holden badging.

There's a proper car.

Yeah I've been looking at them camaros, they are nice.

Seen the VXR Monaro, nice car, given its pricetag in the UK its outside my price range, £30.000 is about $55.000, can get a nice american car for about $30.000...hence why i'm asking how much import costs would be. :)

Something between five and ten grand plus duty since its new.

Do yourself a favour and get the Monaro.

monaros are hot.

they dont make them anymore.

the VXR's are holden astras.

the VXR8 is a rebadged V8 commodore.

monaros are hot.

they dont make them anymore.

the VXR's are holden astras.

the VXR8 is a rebadged V8 commodore.

You know what I mean.

Yeah I've been looking at them camaros, they are nice.

Seen the VXR Monaro, nice car, given its pricetag in the UK its outside my price range, £30.000 is about $55.000, can get a nice american car for about $30.000...hence why i'm asking how much import costs would be. :)

I have bolded the oxy morons in this sentence.

monaros are hot.

they dont make them anymore.

the VXR's are holden astras.

the VXR8 is a rebadged V8 commodore.

Delicious irony.

yeah i noticed that.


why go american?

you'll only get shit.

go australian.

get a v8 commodore, or a v8 falcon.


or a turboed six falcon, if you are into that sort of thing.


fuck running a v8 on british petrol prices though.

I'm curious as to why holden's V8 is 0.8L bigger than the XR8's yet only generates 2kw more.

6.0 to 5.4?

isn't it?

6.0 to 5.4?

isn't it?

I thought they came up with a new 6.2?

XR8s sound better.

i like the new camaro, sure did take gm long enough, i've seen the concepts at car shows for years now...


http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg309/n_autoforums/medium_2398867462_a4280f6144_o.jpg

the base v-6 has 300 hp for $23k new. $31k for the SS with LS-3 420 hp

http://cache.jalopnik.com/assets/images/gallery/12/2008/07/medium_2690470007_f283a743b0_o.jpg

http://jalopnik.com/5062459/chevy-camaro-ss-pricing-to-start-at-30995-ls-at-22995

Just buy a used Z06.

For the shipping, probably £2000 - £3000. Then more for registration, making the car road legal, etc. There are groups that do it for you, to save you the hassle.

I thought they came up with a new 6.2?

XR8s sound better.

that's right they did.

they both sound shit stock. so quiet.


i had court on monday. it got adjourned till november.

my lawyer is getting me off on dangerous driving and burnout, while im taking the hit on neg driving.

I'm curious as to why holden's V8 is 0.8L bigger than the XR8's yet only generates 2kw more.

So what? Horsepower per litre showdowns, used in nerve grating regularity, are so bullshit. The factors that actually matter are numerous, and HP/L isn't one of them. You guys should know better.



i had court on monday. it got adjourned till november.

my lawyer is getting me off on dangerous driving and burnout, while im taking the hit on neg driving.

:eek: What?

So what? Horsepower per litre showdowns, used in nerve grating regularity, are so bullshit. The factors that actually matter are numerous, and HP/L isn't one of them. You guys should know better.


You've missed the point.

The Ford vs holden pissing contest goes on POWAH.

Smitty, I hope you didn't spend too much on your lawyer? You'll probably get a fine and demerits only.

The Ford vs holden pissing contest goes on POWAH.


Didn't you say the Holdan had more power? Snookered.

:eek: What?

I did a sick tokyo drift in my dads V8 and got caught lol.




Smitty, I hope you didn't spend too much on your lawyer? You'll probably get a fine and demerits only.

Reckless driving is a jailable offence and/or loss of license for 18 months. I wouldn't have been jailed for it obviously but 18 months is a long time. And I only have one point left so either way I lose my license, but this it's only for 3 months.

haha the lawyer is one of my dad's work colleagues so it's a bit under the table but the guys not a cheap solicitor.

and they can't confiscate the car :D

I thought you had to maim someone to be up for negligent driving (and that it was jailtime). Is that not how it works there? What's the difference between Culpable, Negligent, Reckless and Furious?

^ They are sick of bogans doing burnouts, so they are rather harsh now :(

or a turboed six falcon, if you are into that sort of thing.

80% of peak torque from 1250rpms = that sort of thing.

Fuck getting V8s just because they are V8s.

Neg is doing something wrong unintentionally, reckless is doing somehting wrong intentionally.

I would have gotten a 'furious' charge but my drift wasn't quite long enough.

It's not really a typical bogan car, it's a VZ SS that sits quiet nicely and is rather clean, no spoiler, nice set of 5 spoke 19's on it. Bogans drive VN/VR commodores with stockies and S13 silvias.

culpable driving is when you kill someone i think.

i was looking at this a while back when i imported a beat to shit 67 mustang to regen, it only cost me about £2000 i cant remember the company, they just pick up vehicle, stick it in a shipping cargo container and drop it off at a port, expect to wait a while, just google it, its fairly easy to find out

LS2 GTO! do it now