View Poll Results: Which car should be our next project car

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  • R35 Skyline GTR

    46 11.92%
  • R34 Skyline GTR

    40 10.36%
  • C6 Corvette Z06

    54 13.99%
  • 2009 CTSV with supercharger

    57 14.77%
  • GT500 Ford Mustang

    15 3.89%
  • Viper ACR

    19 4.92%
  • Pontiac G8

    43 11.14%
  • Lexus SC300 with 2JZGTE

    24 6.22%
  • Lexus ISF

    49 12.69%
  • Other: Please explain

    39 10.10%
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Thread: Batlground: Which car should we build next

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    Quote Originally Posted by stormcrow View Post
    gotcha. so, the learning curve comes at the customer's expense and not the shop's? hmmm...not sure if i would want to go down that road as a client.

    keep in mind that a used 09 GT-R can be had for roughly the same cost as a good Z06. i've seen them go for a low as 65k.

    btw, have you guys done any GT-R builds yet?
    I have to tell ya, I'm getting the feeling that you are trying to be a little snide (with all but your first post in this thread)....but I am going to hope that you aren't and continue on as if you weren't. You're new to this site and I have no idea what you know about us, but if you are really interested, you can feel free to check out our website www.batlground.com or stop by on our Toys for Tots dyno day coming up on Dec. 19th. details in my sig.

    1st let's say that, unfortunately, we cannot own every single car that we are capable of working on. I wish we had it like that—but to answer your question, no the "learning curve" does not come at the customers expense. Just the car. That's what I was getting at. Our learning curve comes at our own expense in most cases. That being said, there are plenty of times where the customer will pay for R&D for a crazy project and that is always discussed with them and agreed upon upfront. We are pretty transparent and have no problem admitting when we haven't done something before. Additionally, just because we haven't done it, doesn't mean we can't. That has been proved on more than one occasion.

    2nd, an '06 Z06 (the first year of the new body style) has been going for around $40-48k+, not $65k (That is as of the last time I checked around a few weeks ago). We happen to be getting an '07 for $40k because one of our friends can't afford his payments anymore. Lucky me.

    3rd, we have not had the opportunity to work on an R35 yet.

    Thanks for your interest and input.
    Last edited by Tracy; 12-13-2009 at 07:58 PM.
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