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Old 01-28-2025, 06:34 AM   #54
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Originally Posted by Martinjlm View Post
During the Pontiac / Saturn / Saab sell-offs when those divisions were being folded, I had a deal to buy a Solstice GXP Coupe for $16k out the door. I made one crucial and stupid(?) mistake… I called my wife and asked permission. Got a David Letterman Top Ten list of reasons why I shouldn’t do it. Those cars sell for $30-40k these days.

Learned my lesson, though. The Camaro and the MR2 were both “look what I just bought” discussions. And I survived both.
That would have been a steal. I think our Red Line stickered for $29k (another GM problem) and we got it out the door for about 20 if memory serves.

Another deal was at launch they had built a bunch of base Solstice with major front fascia fit problems. Couldn’t be repaired so sold them to employees with a bra and a big discount.

Never see a Solstice coupe though. Super rare. And if I recall (there’s Tharp again) they built 9 (nine) 2009s.
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