someone on ls1gto just traded his 06 ibm gto, 36k, its going for a steal $13k i think
the ls2 has its issues too, its not all rainbows and unicorns
ls2 tends to burn oils
ls2 gto's have electronic throttle bodies (which are irritating)
all manual gto's firewalls have a tendency to crack, since we are left hand drive gm had to relocate the driver seat, the hole was stamped punched in the firewall for the clutch master cylinder, gm didn't think to reinforce the hole for stress, the gto's Australian twin doesn't have this problem
parts are terribly expensive or impossible to get, have to get everything used or order from aussie land (this doesn't include motor/trans
new headlights cost like $1k (ea), unless you get cheapo halo's off ebay, you cant order headlights from aussie land because the drivers headlight is fixed to aim at on-coming traffic
i didn't mean to go off, started a thought and i had to finish lol