I have the option to buy 1 of 2 cars. The cars are the identical make / model, but one has a built motor, turbo setup, and tuned by a professional. Would you buy a car that was heavily modified?

 

No, I wouldn't buy a car that has been turbo'd or built. I would buy a stock car and do the work my self, you will enjoy it more and all the blood and sweat put into it will make it worth it.

 

if its from a well known professional and good deal i would

 

well if it has all been done legit, and there are papers to prove it, and the price isn't bad, i would buy it less work more fun

 

It can depend...but if you've never built a motor before i would def. get the stock one..but if the turbo'd car is a VERY VERY good deal, i think i would get that..

 

It's called another person's headache and Algerian Engineering. So in other words, no.

 

I personally can't stand to buy a car that's "done." I enjoy building them far more than having them.

 

I wouldn't. Just to name a few reasons why:
1. It's more than likely been raced
2. I don't know what parts were used to build it without actually pulling it apart
3. I don't know if they took short cuts or did half *** work putting it together

 

i agree. I definalty wouldnt buy a car that has any type of forced induction on it, simply for the fact that u know its been "abused". Dont do it man save urself a major headache......

 

It depends. What is in it, how many miles on the engine, how they drove it, and how they maintained it.

 

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1. It's more than likely been raced
2. I don't know what parts were used to build it without actually pulling it apart
3. I don't know if they took short cuts or did half *** work putting it together</TD></TR></TABLE>
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No, takes the half the fun away.

 

the best part of a care in my opinion is building it yourself and hearing it start after days of work

 

if u cant do it yourself why not...

if the car has been tuned properly whats to lose

worst that could happen is u blow the engine.. in which case u sell the turbo and ****, and buy a stock engine..

id go for the prebuilt car...

 

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thats it....it of course is someone elts problems, let me give u a brief story... my friend wanted a hatch and there were none out there but one popped up on autotrader one day but it had been played with but he still insisted i went to look at it with him..well the car did check out ok i mean look decent didnt look like a lot of wear....fast forward about a month and a half now and the car starts rubbing in the back (fenders and tires) so we take the springs out look around and the spring were put in up side down..hmm ok next thing is he is driving and the trans goes out. this car has 55k mind you and so we rip that apart and i can say there are wires and **** everywhere they they didnt organize when they "modded" it. anyway we look at the clutch and the damn thing had more wear on it than my 95k coupe...well thats just my experiance seen with buying a car thats been played with for some people its a good thing because they have no idea what they are doing and dont have all the money to do it.

 

Who built the car?
Do u have any links?
If it is a a reputable builder, I would buy it.

 

I'd never buy somebody's project, no matter who built it. I don't need somebody else's headaches.

 

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yeah it defeats the pupose.. kinda..

 

Definitely do it yourself...Its worth it and you have more fun than just buying something you cant modify....b/c someone else already did this and that....

 

yeah a factory boosted

 

Personally i would buy the professionally done up ride with the most proof of products/work possible. On the other hand you cant trust whats underneath the hood these days cuz someone "said so". Much more satisfying if you DIY from scratch and plus if something goes wrong or breaks you know its not cuz the previous owner beat the pi$$ out of it.

 

I wouldnt cuz i know the fact that ppl with built cars beat the shiet out of them. i know cuz i do it and everyone else would too if they got a built car.

u dont wanna waste your money buying a car that wont last u and u end up wasting money to fix it

 

i wouldnt because the previous owner prolly ragged the **** out of that car, now granted its just an assumption but theres a pretty good chance. i prefer buying a stock car off of some old people that took real good care of it and modding it myself so i know what exactly has been done and i would know everything is done exactly how i want. its your choice but so do what you want...thats just my two cents

 

Bought my car built from Inline Pro, Had a few wiring gremlins but that was it. I happen to like electrical engineering so fixing wiring wasn't a problem. by the way its a 11.7 sec hatch... No regrets.

 

If you know what your looking for and you run the proper test on the vechicle you can save a **** load of money buying a already modded car. A fully built motor is built to race so why would you complain about it being raced on. If it shoots good comp #s on a comp test and everything else checks out. I would deff buy a previous built boosted car. Ive built two boosted civics myself so far also. It tends to get very pricey to do it right and maint. them. But you can deff save Alot though!