A guy here at work gave me a ride in his new Cobra R today. All I can say is WOW! No air conditioning or stereo or backseat, but it's a sweet ride. I had a smile on my face for the entire ride!

2000 Lightning (black)
SnugLid (going to be installed tomorrow!) and BedRug on order

 

but was it worth $55-60k? I know to the people who can buy one that is probabaly a drop in the bucket, but from what I can tell the new corvette (ZO6????) is a much better deal. I read 2 different rags that compared those 2 & a viper - the corvette was the overall winner for everyday use (& was also the cheapest)

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99' SVT Black Bolt NLOC #392
best run 13.54 @ 101.35

**The Storm over Phoenix**

 

$55K dollar car with probably at least $10K dealer mark-up plus sales taxes, if any. $55K includes $3K gas guzzler tax. Also, no warranty. Does not sound too enticing to me. The Vette is probably a better value.

My Lightning salesman drove the Dealer's Cobra R which they have been trying to sell for a long time. He was not impressed.

 

10k mark-up??? I have seen $25k

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Jim
jim@jimshaw.cc

Black 00, Swanson Chip (Superchip re-burn is on the way)
super whites, Airaid w/10" Big Mouth filter, chrome wheels
AIM 2" drop shackles, Mobile1 w/FilterMag, clear corners
2000 E320, 1993 Cobra R, 1959 Corvette, 1949 Plymouth Coupe

Looking for a better paying job to support my L

 

Local dealer has one for MSRP of 54000.00 and dealer snicker of $89000.00....

 

I heard on the Corral that Central Ford in Houston is asking 125k and Russell and Smith is asking 90k

to me these people should be shot....that is just wrong IMHO

Just my .02

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Mike B. '92 GT, '99 GT convertible, '99.5 Lightning
Houston Performance Chip
Pro-M 80 MAF
Bassani Full exhaust

Best ET 13.16@103.84

 

I think my coworker paid 70K for his. He's test driven Corvettes and Vipers. Likes the Corvette a lot, but he's a Cobra guy. He likes the handling a lot. In the magazine tests, didn't the Cobra R beat the Viper and Corvette on the track? Anyway, it's a lot of $$, but I still enjoyed the ride!

 

125k?? You can buy a used Diablo for that, and do 0-60 in 3.9sec

 

Hey POPs99L, I am sure your talking about the R at Leaf Johnson. I went and looked at it this weekend and could not believe the $89,000.00 price tag. A couple of minutes before I got there, some man drove up in his and looked the one in the showroom. Also there was two Cobra Rs at the Whataburger in Round Rock two weeks ago. I would sure like to drive one.