New Guy from PR, San Juan

[hectorturer]

Bill, Thanks for your advise! Excellent, I will definitely make my homework.

Tutosnake, yes here the Asian cars are silent monsters, I remember back in 1996, I had my Civic coupe 1.6 Turbo, it was all made with donors and visiting the junker, the turbine kkk was from an old Porsche, the pistons from a Suzuki Vitara, Rod from a 87 Acura Integra, additional fuel supplied with 4 550cc supra injectors, Inter-cooler from a Suzuki truck, Haltech computer, the result in the quarter mile was 11.2 sec at 122 miles in a 1.6 L engine. (took out the seats, with slick tires).

[Tutosnake]

I did forget about the bribe, I mean favor...
Keep us posted on what you decide to get and post pics... lots of great backgrounds on the island for pics...

[BAsque1]

Originally Posted by hectorturer

Bill, Thanks for your advise! Excellent, I will definitely make my homework.

Tutosnake, yes here the Asian cars are silent monsters, I remember back in 1996, I had my Civic coupe 1.6 Turbo, it was all made with donors and visiting the junker, the turbine kkk was from an old Porsche, the pistons from a Suzuki Vitara, Rod from a 87 Acura Integra, additional fuel supplied with 4 550cc supra injectors, Inter-cooler from a Suzuki truck, Haltech computer, the result in the quarter mile was 11.2 sec at 122 miles in a 1.6 L engine. (took out the seats, with slick tires).

I took into consideration the delivery that is about 2-3k, the taxes not sure but this is PR, the last year I pay for a Polaris RZR-S 800 $300 only and $200 for the supervisor... hope to see him again... lol

Hector:
I know that there are a lot of sleeper Asian cars in PR, despite all the modifications they can do I still consider them as "rice burners" (my opinion) there is no substitute to pure American Muscle, when you turn that engine on you know the coffee cans (;-)) are moving up and down unleashing the raw power of displacement.
That being said, all the advise that you have received so far is in fact sound, ultimately, once your decision is done, it is done, being a Cobra owner requires a constant vigilance of all the hicups and quirks of our cars, that is just the culture of it. You are never done, when you buy a second hand car you still want to personalize it to your taste that is part of the fun.

My recommendation, is one--ENJOY IT!! this is not anything like you have experienced before.
Saludos
Lou (Basque1)
PS
The taxes in PR when the car is delivered are based on the year and some of the equipment inside the car. Beware they could be steep.