New P5 Owner - I love her!
I just picked up my Laser Blue 2003 P5 in San Jose, CA this past Saturday. Traded in my 98 Honda Civic LX with 153K miles for her. What a fantastic car! She's already hauled a couple loads of groceries that I never thought would fit in the back! This weekend, I move the rest of my stuff out of my house and I'm sure she'll surprise me again with the amount of stuff she can haul.
There weren't any car accidents reported on her carfax report, but my boyfriend and I noticed that the passenger side fender was a bit off from the hood. Coupled with the fact that the alignment is WAY off, I'm starting to wonder if she met with a curb or some other low speed "oops". As part of the deal, the dealership is putting 4 new tires on her and doing an alignment if it's then necessary. When I went in to have them order the new tires, I asked if the OEM Dunlops were covered under the workorder, I eventually was told that they would be installing "Nexen" brand tires and the OEM Dunlops would be additional. I quickly researched Nexen and didn't come up with much, only that they were mentioned most frequently on Corvette and Mustang forums and seemed to be liked for high performance cars.
I'm hoping to start doing some work on her - first a stereo. I need my Sirius satellite radio and ipod adapter back so I'll be looking at what Alpine has to offer that will fit in this car. Looks like that'll run me about $650 with parts and install. Also looking at Lojack for the insurance deduction (I'd make up for the cost of the Lojack in the first year of ownership). Also looking at a new cold air intake and some other performance mods, but much more research will be required for that.
All in all, I love this car. She has a nice performance boost over my Honda and she looks fantastic.
I just picked up my Laser Blue 2003 P5 in San Jose, CA this past Saturday. Traded in my 98 Honda Civic LX with 153K miles for her. What a fantastic car! She's already hauled a couple loads of groceries that I never thought would fit in the back! This weekend, I move the rest of my stuff out of my house and I'm sure she'll surprise me again with the amount of stuff she can haul.
There weren't any car accidents reported on her carfax report, but my boyfriend and I noticed that the passenger side fender was a bit off from the hood. Coupled with the fact that the alignment is WAY off, I'm starting to wonder if she met with a curb or some other low speed "oops". As part of the deal, the dealership is putting 4 new tires on her and doing an alignment if it's then necessary. When I went in to have them order the new tires, I asked if the OEM Dunlops were covered under the workorder, I eventually was told that they would be installing "Nexen" brand tires and the OEM Dunlops would be additional. I quickly researched Nexen and didn't come up with much, only that they were mentioned most frequently on Corvette and Mustang forums and seemed to be liked for high performance cars.
I'm hoping to start doing some work on her - first a stereo. I need my Sirius satellite radio and ipod adapter back so I'll be looking at what Alpine has to offer that will fit in this car. Looks like that'll run me about $650 with parts and install. Also looking at Lojack for the insurance deduction (I'd make up for the cost of the Lojack in the first year of ownership). Also looking at a new cold air intake and some other performance mods, but much more research will be required for that.
All in all, I love this car. She has a nice performance boost over my Honda and she looks fantastic.
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