Build your own z06
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Build your own z06
Thought this was interesting. Buy a z06 and for 6 grand you can hang out and build your own motor:
http://www.wired.com/autopia/2010/07...ld-experience/
http://www.wired.com/autopia/2010/07...ld-experience/
#3
What a fantastic scam!
For 6 grand you come to our plant. Transportation, housing and meals are on your own dime. We put a babysitter with you to watch you put your own engine together, saving us the cost and manpower of assembling it for you.
I should start doing that in my business. You buy a pool table from me, which includes intallation in the price, for a mere $500 extra I'll watch you load, transport and assemble the table yourself. I'll even put a plaque on it that says you did it yourself. Think of the extra pride of ownership.
It's brilliant.
For 6 grand you come to our plant. Transportation, housing and meals are on your own dime. We put a babysitter with you to watch you put your own engine together, saving us the cost and manpower of assembling it for you.
I should start doing that in my business. You buy a pool table from me, which includes intallation in the price, for a mere $500 extra I'll watch you load, transport and assemble the table yourself. I'll even put a plaque on it that says you did it yourself. Think of the extra pride of ownership.
It's brilliant.
#4
That's probably why they charge 6k. They're pretty sure the motor will break and buy charging you 6k you've already paid for the replacement.
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It's like those "vacations" where you go to Italy and pay a few grand to work on a farm for a week or two while you pick ingredients, and receive instructions from chefs on how to prepare your own meals. You do the work but pay for the experience.
I seriously doubt the motor builders at the Corvette factory are going to let you **** anything up. That gig isn't just handed out to anyone. The guys who work there have a lot more pride going into the finished product than you would find on the assembly line for the Malipoo or Impala-shot-calla.
I seriously doubt the motor builders at the Corvette factory are going to let you **** anything up. That gig isn't just handed out to anyone. The guys who work there have a lot more pride going into the finished product than you would find on the assembly line for the Malipoo or Impala-shot-calla.
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Hell I would too, I agree it's nothing more than a money making scheme by GM but Id still do it if I could.
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http://forum.miata.net/vb/showthread.php?t=385540
I'd do it if I had the coin. I'd slip in with ARP head studs in my pocket though.
I'd do it if I had the coin. I'd slip in with ARP head studs in my pocket though.