Owned for one-year Total Investment.

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jeffs64

Discussion Starter · 18 d ago

Okay I purchased my Sky in August of 2022 so far here is what I've have invested.

Purchase 2007 Sky Base Silver 5 Sp Man with the two tone Red and Black interior 49950 miles $11500
Had a bad ECM P0606 code replaced the ECM $125
Replaced Upstream and Downstream 02 Sensors (I work in a parts store) $45
Replaced Front and Rear Rotors drilled and slotted with Semi-Metallic Pads. $208
Air filter $15
Wheels and Tires. Original wheels and tires are in very good shape 75% thread left. $1805
Oil and filter were changed at time of purchase. Top in perfect condition. --------
$13698

So there you go should last me years as my DD. now has 54300 miles on it. Ready for an oil change.

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Rob the Elder

· #2 · 18 d ago (Edited)

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rogerh12

· #3 · 18 d ago

Well, bought my 2008 redline cheap, in January in a snow storm in Idaho, for $4750, but with a salvage title, due to theft & recover later. However, it cost $1800 to get it out of idaho in the dead if winter, and back to Kansas city. Then another $900 to fix the leaking water pump, replace hoses, belts, plugs, the usual (mostly labor cost, at a discounted $65 a hour). Fortunately, the Goodyear asymmetrical tires were almost new, so that saved some money, and it was a rust free car with 72K miles. Looks fantastic following my compound and wax job, runs fantastic too, though it did have a recall on the passenger seat airbag sensor (no charge)

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jeffs64

Discussion Starter · #4 · 18 d ago

rogerh12 said:
Well, bought my 2008 redline cheap, in January in a snow storm in Idaho, for $4750, but with a salvage title, due to theft & recover later. However, it cost $1800 to get it out of idaho in the dead if winter, and back to Kansas city. Then another $900 to fix the leaking water pump, replace hoses, belts, plugs, the usual (mostly labor cost, at a discounted $65 a hour). Fortunately, the Goodyear asymmetrical tires were almost new, so that saved some money, and it was a rust free car with 72K miles. Looks fantastic following my compound and wax job, runs fantastic too, though it did have a recall on the passenger seat airbag sensor (no charge)

Lets see a pic

rogerh12

· #5 · 18 d ago

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jeffs64 said:
Lets see a pic

Since it's race season, of course I have my 13 pieces of "Flair

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rogerh12

· #6 · 18 d ago

It's funny, at the last Autocross race, the announcer said that having two Sky's there made it more of a car show than a race..... no ****. FYI.. Mine had the most flair of anyone's of course.

jeffs64

Discussion Starter · #7 · 18 d ago

Rob the Elder said:
My sol is insured for $70k. I have more than that into it. You are not alone.

let’s see a pic

Rob the Elder

· #8 · 18 d ago (Edited)

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Rob the Elder

· #9 · 18 d ago

Here you go.

Punisher | Pontiac Solstice Forum

RTE

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mikeyt

· #10 · 18 d ago

Oh goody. A 'my dicks bigger than yours' thread...

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JohnnyG

· #11 · 18 d ago

I never got the impression that the OP was bragging about anything?! $13700 is not a huge amount of money for a car plus one-year maintenance!

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jeffs64

Discussion Starter · #12 · 18 d ago

There’s alway someone who takes the fun away from a forum like this.

jeffs64

Discussion Starter · #13 · 18 d ago

JohnnyG said:
I never got the impression that the OP was bragging about anything?! $13700 is not a huge amount of money for a car plus one-year maintenance!

not bragging. Just saying what a fun car for just a little amount of cash. If wanted to brag I’d talk about my wife or my son. Or maybe even my C6

JohnnyG

· #14 · 18 d ago

Yup, and that's just how I read it!

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jeffs64

Discussion Starter · #15 · 18 d ago

Rob the Elder said:
Here you go.

Punisher | Pontiac Solstice Forum

RTE

sweet ride

jeffs64

Discussion Starter · #16 · 17 d ago

Rob the Elder said:
You guys are why the Sky forum is small and dyeing. Its really sad.

I thank you. Your a sweet heart of a guy

jeffs64

Discussion Starter · #17 · 17 d ago

I find it very helpful to use this forum. Share information. It’s fun. To the guy with with the big dick. I’m 66 years old and really shouldn’t waste my time even responding to your two cents. Enjoy life it’s much too short

Robotech

· #18 · 11 d ago

kensgottaski2 said:
It's spelled dying, and if you don't like the forum, check out....permanently.

You joined 18 minutes ago and your first and only post is to cyberbully a member who has been here for 16 years, has nearly 5,000 posts, and is a moderator on our sister site for the Solstice? The man has a point. If posts like these from you are what we can expect, RtE won't be the one leaving this community. This is not a good first impression for you if I'm not clear.

@mikeyt, your statement was flat out rude. People make these kinds of posts because they like to share their owner experience, not to say they re better than anyone else. Based on your very low bar of what makes that kind of post, every post about a new mod, what deal someone found on a part, something they think is cool about their latest drive/autocross/cruise/car show/track day...can all fall under your label of a penial posturing post. Yea, is a post of them "showing off" something about their Sky experience...but no on here took it the way you did until your post.

RtE, This forum has always been slower than the Solstice forum. Half the production numbers and a less performance oriented image for younger, newer buyers has been the drive for that in addition to social media platforms replacing forums for community discussions among younger owners.

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Robotech

· #19 · 10 d ago

Getting this back on track...

jeffs64 said:
Okay I purchased my Sky in August of 2022 so far here is what I've have invested.

Purchase 2007 Sky Base Silver 5 Sp Man with the two tone Red and Black interior 49950 miles $11500
Had a bad ECM P0606 code replaced the ECM $125
Replaced Upstream and Downstream 02 Sensors (I work in a parts store) $45
Replaced Front and Rear Rotors drilled and slotted with Semi-Metallic Pads. $208
Air filter $15
Wheels and Tires. Original wheels and tires are in very good shape 75% thread left. $1805
Oil and filter were changed at time of purchase. Top in perfect condition. --------
$13698

So there you go should last me years as my DD. now has 54300 miles on it. Ready for an oil change.
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That is about what I paid for my 07 base in 2014...nice to see them holding value like that. And that is a good price for an ECM replacement. Do you have a tech2 for the security handshake stuff?

boboborino

· #20 · 10 d ago

Rob the Elder said:
You guys are why the Sky forum is small and dyeing. Its really sad.

Robotech said:
RtE, This forum has always been slower than the Solstice forum. Half the production numbers and a less performance oriented image for younger, newer buyers has been the drive for that in addition to social media platforms replacing forums for community discussions among younger owners.

Oh don't kid yourselves the solstice forum isn't much better. When ONE of the latest hot topics is 25 pages about a battery question and where the OP goes on about discussing getting naked with his date on a picnic, making love (fucking) and driving home nude, ........well what else is there to say? Not to mention that the average age over there is probably 130 years old! YIKES!

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