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February 13, 2008
Economic Stimulus Package: Good News For Gearheads
By Jen
Editor
A hotly-contested economic stimulus bill was signed into law today by the prez, which means that most of us will be receiving a $600 rebate check from the government starting in May. From an economic standpoint, this might be a colossal example of throwing good money after bad, but hey, it’s free money. And that means one thing: car parts! Since it’s been widely noted that the "stimulus" part of the deal won’t work if people don’t actually spend their checks on things other than debt or necessities, it’s obviously our patriotic duty to shell out for whatever otherwise-unaffordable part or mod that we’ve been fantasizing about. I’m finally going to get a Weber carb for my Escort, so I can swap its current Holley 4-barrel onto my Eagle where it can actually do some good! How about you—what’ll you be spending your rebate check on?
Comments
Christopher Campbell
Feb 14, 2008 at 4:51 pm
My $600 is going towards a new paint job on my 1978 Camaro LT. Total cost would likely be $3000, how about that for stimulus!
kap0w
Feb 14, 2008 at 4:48 pm
Gotta figure out the grill situation on the tC – as summer comes around it might finally be time to get the windows tinted too.
Heidi
Feb 14, 2008 at 9:10 am
Well, if I really receive any money (I’ll believe it when I have the check in my hand), and if there isn’t something that comes up, I will spend it on a 3″ turbo back exhaust.
Austin
Feb 14, 2008 at 5:14 am
Sounds like a good time for me to pick up that cam I blogged about the other day.
retroman
Feb 14, 2008 at 2:27 am
If I haven’t already done so by then, I’m gonna use it to pay off the parts I already got on credit. Then my card will be squeaky clean and I can throw it back in the filing cabinet and lock it up. If that’s taken care of, then I’ll use it to finance the rebuild on the ol’ Spirit R/T.
NobiZero
Feb 14, 2008 at 1:29 am
that’s going towards my Borla exhaust.
cknarf
Feb 14, 2008 at 1:22 am
do we really need more cheesy lambo doors on otherwise nice cars?
Ted
Feb 14, 2008 at 1:18 am
90-degree lambo door conversion for my Firebird Convertible. I was going to buy a Wings West kit, but I already snagged that for the paltry sum of $200.
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Hey!?! Anyone out there got a Lambo conversion kit for $200?!?
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Might as well ask… that could pave the way for a CF hood.
Stewart
Feb 14, 2008 at 12:20 am
A weekend getaway for my wife and me at the coast
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Plus do the unpatriotic thing, and pay off a bill…
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I just bought a bunch of parts with my income tax return
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I should own stock in Summit Racing…
Trevor Johnson
Feb 13, 2008 at 11:08 pm
hopefully i can find a hotshot header in good condition… and maybe tint the windows…
Highspeedhijinks
Feb 13, 2008 at 10:43 pm
Im gonna get the Caprice windows tinted $250, 3 guages $ 225, and spend the rest on materials for my sub box and center console I’m going to be building
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Check out Page 4 of my profile to see what Im building
Sean C
Feb 13, 2008 at 10:27 pm
I”ll be using it for labor on the ‘ol VW!