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Old 08-06-2023, 05:35 PM   #1
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Attn FC—R129 manual swap

https://www.thedrive.com/news/this-c...-as-a-service?

Pretty expensive but also pretty cool.
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Old 08-06-2023, 08:20 PM   #2
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Um, yeah. That is epic.

(It doesn't quite sound like a Pagani, but that is secondary and still sounds pretty good).

I will let this whole thing ripen over a couple of years, but if this is legit and cars are not exploding I would definitely consider this.

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Old 08-07-2023, 02:18 PM   #3
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the real question is how hard was the dme work? $30k is a pretty aspirational price for fairly limited actual fabrication.
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Here’s another one. For 15k, honestly FC should just go buy it. Or maybe Nick
📸 Look at this post on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/share/2oXRb...ibextid=79PoIi
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Here’s another one. For 15k, honestly FC should just go buy it. Or maybe Nick
📸 Look at this post on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/share/2oXRb...ibextid=79PoIi
Uh, seller joined facebook in 2020. Looks to be a high school student. I'm sure all is well.
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Here’s another one. For 15k, honestly FC should just go buy it. Or maybe Nick
📸 Look at this post on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/share/2oXRb...ibextid=79PoIi
Very cool, and tempting.

But Mrs FC getting the Mini has killed any chance of adding another toy car. With the M5 that I hope to get this year we are up to 5 cars. That's crazy enough. If there is ever a 6th car, it's a beater as an extra car for the kids and even that sounds absurd just typing it out.
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