5 spd SVX $2012 with a catch...

Whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

You are too far away for me... which is good and bad.

Airplane tickets are cheap.

SVreX wrote: Airplane tickets are cheap.

But driving 1-1/2 cars back home is tough, especially with bad tires on one of 'em.

I guess it will take some creativity.

Good grief, so let me make sure I get this, right now it's in Albany, and we have to get it from you there before grmc then take it up to somewhere In Virginia, and compete?

Absolutely not.

I'm not sure why this is so confusing.

Before today, "The Challenge" has always meant the $2012 GRM Challenge. "Zeroing out the Budget", and "Challenge Friendly price" have also referred to the $2012 Challenge.

The $2012 GRM Challenge is in Gainesville FL. It's a 3 hour drive from here. EASY.

The Ultimate Track Car Challenge is in VA. If you would like to take it there, be my guest, but it is not what I am discussing.

Sorry for the confusion.

No man my bad I'm new here and didn't know where the challenge was but had va stuck in my head

No problem.

FWIW, it's pretty easy to chart a course from Amarillo to Gainesville FL through Albany GA.

I'm perfectly happy to store until then.

Or, hauling can be arranged. I know it sounds weird, but the $2012 Challenge is where most of us with a kindred spirit for automotive lunacy converge. It's pretty easy to ask a fellow Challenger to haul stuff halfway across the country in trade for a six pack.

Heck, I've probably logged 20K miles hauling crap for Challengers (and enabling their disfunctions!)

Mazdax605 wrote:

SVreX wrote: Airplane tickets are cheap.

But driving 1-1/2 cars back home is tough, especially with bad tires on one of 'em.

So, pre-sell the parts car to JohnnyHachi6, buy some tires locally and fly-and-drive. The airplane ticket is still cheap, especially considering the purchase price.

There are plenty of other creative approaches.

SVreX wrote:

NuJrzRedline wrote: Where did the 5spd come from? They were only ever made with autos.

It's a 4:11 from an RS. You are correct, they weren't made with 5 spds. I built this car in 2005, including suspension work that I learned from my first Challenge car- a '92 SVX. Been driving it ever since, so it's pretty well sorted.

Thanks so much for the quick response. I wasn't trying to be a jerk or anything. I was just always so bummed that such an awesome looking car was stuck with nothing but an auto.

WHHYYYYYYY????!!!!!!!!

There is no way we can go to the Challenge this year (taking the family to Disney World in January), but we can finally take on another car and you know how much we've lusted after this one. Argh!

As a matter of fact, this has been in my email since 2009. Sigh.

Morbid wrote: As a matter of fact, this has been in my email since 2009. Sigh.

I know that place!

Sounds like several of you are really getting hung up on the Challenge thing.

It's not my intent to limit you. I'd really like to see this car there. But I didn't say this year, and I certainly know things don't always work out as planned.

I can't make anyone bring it once they own it. Planning to bring it is about the best I can hope for.

I do, however, greatly appreciate the collective honesty of this group. It means a lot that you take what you say seriously.

Thanks guys!

So with the swapped trans is it awd?

Yes.

The trans was swapped to an AWD trans, and the rear diff was also swapped to match the new gear ratios.

I now wish I didn't just buy my new Metro for $1. Denise would now say no way. I wish you would've mentioned this on the phone, hmmmm.

Dang you Paul. You have no idea how close I've been to buying this car, 3 times now I think. If I buy this, I really do think it could end my marriage. I'm not kidding.
I just keep telling myself "if you drive an SVX, it means your gay." That didn't work with me for the miata, but I gotta try anyway. If my greasecar was sold I'd be on it like Mike Rowe on a Ford commercial.

I have so much want and no reason, see Dr Boost post above re marriage

I'd help you fund it Tracy - just get your Mini over here!

If I weren't basically having a baby the weekend of the challenge you would be picking me up at an airport recieving my kuhmos and tow bar via FedEx and I would be on the greatest adventure of all time flat towing the parts car with the good car to the challenge and back to illinois...

Next time I'm doing better baby math and refusing to impregnate my wife 9 months before the GRM challenge.

nocones wrote: Next time I'm doing better baby math and refusing to impregnate my wife 9 months before the GRM challenge.

I've never met a man before who was thinking about math when he...

What's the nearest airport? Atlanta?

DrBoost wrote: Dang you Paul. You have no idea how close I've been to buying this car, 3 times now I think. If I buy this, I really do think it could end my marriage. I'm not kidding. I just keep telling myself "if you drive an SVX, it means your gay." That didn't work with me for the miata, but I gotta try anyway. If my greasecar was sold I'd be on it like Mike Rowe on a Ford commercial.

What does it means when you have 3 SVXii and 2 Miatas (plus 5 other Subarus)?

I accepted the whole "gay" thing a long time ago. I'm Ok now.