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$4,600 tax return! decisions decisions

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Old Mar 20, 2008 | 05:35 PM
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$4,600 tax return! decisions decisions

just got back from my tax guy and i made out like a bandit! now i already need to put aside like 2 grand for bills that have piled up but im definitely going to need to get some more mods for the summer. one will prob be a tuner but who should i order it from? bamachips or brenspeed? help me out on the other mod choices.
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Old Mar 20, 2008 | 05:39 PM
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can't go wrong with either really
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Old Mar 20, 2008 | 06:39 PM
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CAI/Tuner from Bama, and lowering springs would be my suggestion.

-danny
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Old Mar 20, 2008 | 07:32 PM
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all of it
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Old Mar 20, 2008 | 08:16 PM
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CIA/tuner from Brenspeed.


Your car looks pretty stock? You are heading down a slippery slope my friend.
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Old Mar 20, 2008 | 08:32 PM
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The bills you have now will still be there next year.......

Spend all of your return on a blower!
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Old Mar 20, 2008 | 08:44 PM
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Originally Posted by tom281
The bills you have now will still be there next year.......

Spend all of your return on a blower!
I'm with Tom.
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Old Mar 20, 2008 | 08:47 PM
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How do you guys end up with so much tax return? Do you get more taken away throughout the year or do you just make so much that is what you get back? Maybe it's different here in Canamada. I make 75000ish a year and I only get 1200 back.

Your best bang for the buck seat of your pants feel mods are CAI with tuner/tune, and 4:10 gears. That's the way I'd go. You can get some nice tuner/tune and cai packages from brenspeed.

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Old Mar 20, 2008 | 10:56 PM
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How do you guys end up with so much tax return? Do you get more taken away throughout the year or do you just make so much that is what you get back? Maybe it's different here in Canamada. I make 75000ish a year and I only get 1200 back.
I pay quarterly taxes on top of what I already have to pay at the end of the year. A tax return isn't something that I know anything about.
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Old Mar 21, 2008 | 01:06 AM
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Originally Posted by 2kanchoo
How do you guys end up with so much tax return? Do you get more taken away throughout the year or do you just make so much that is what you get back?.
To get a lot back you must first be ripped off all year in each paycheck. It amuses me to hear people tell me, "I really made a lot of money this year with my tax return!" Ummmm... it was YOUR money!!! The government is letting you have SOME of it back! End of rant.

I say you are in striking distance of a supercharger with $4600. I'd get the S/C!!!! (instead of being like me and WISHING for one for the last few years...)
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Old Mar 21, 2008 | 01:55 AM
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1 gallon of gas.
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Old Mar 21, 2008 | 02:28 AM
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Get a whipple man...plus the gallon of gas faber mentioned. the rest of the mentioned items are nice, but those can always be done with small amounts of extra cash...DO IT, DO IT....
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Old Mar 21, 2008 | 08:57 AM
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Springs/D-Specs.
MGW Shifter.
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Old Mar 21, 2008 | 12:10 PM
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I don't claim all the deductions I have plus I pay a little over each week. We usually get around $7k back. Yes I know we could claim the deductions and deposit/draw interest on it annually but I think between me and the wife, we'd end up spending it early LOL!
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Old Mar 21, 2008 | 07:04 PM
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a S/C just isnt in the cards right now. i really need to get my credit cards under control. And if i want to reach my goal and finally get the hell out of my parents basement (yea 25 and still at home but it is NYC) im going to have to wait on the whipple.

aside from the tuner, i will most likely be going with a short throw shifter, probably hurst and then go with either the lowering springs or the electronically controlled exhaust cutouts (i like the sound of no muffler but not all the time so this is the next best thing). we will see but a s/c just isnt going to happen for a while.

id also like to pay the car off first before i start putting big money into it. hell, my tax return will be even more next year because of my annual raise next month!
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