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Originally Posted by m4a1mustang
No one is laughing. It's just fun because you made the ImportConvert show fun and entertaining. You were like the Rebecca Black of the forum. Z06 Corvette, 370Z TT, which car should I take? We hate and love you for that.
I'd be lying if I said I wasn't happy to see you finally get your Z06.
<3 u Import Convert. <3 you always.  |
Most of the crap I got was from the Corvette/Viper forums, actually. There are some seriously snotty 'vette/viper owners who think anyone under 30 just COULDN'T POSSIBLY buy a 'vette/viper on their own. They are forgetting its a dodge and a chevy, albeit nicer than the normal images conjured by those names.
The 370Z TT setup was just something I considered after seeing on on the highway. It looked clean and I liked the interior of the car. After looking into what I would have to do to make it work like I wanted, it seemed like a $55K answer to a question that would better be answered by spending a little more and getting all the resale/warranties that a car in that price-range should have.
Still, I considered it, because I would HATE to spend this kind of $$ and have not considered all options.
Cars I considered:
-'08/'09 Viper
-'11 Z06
-'09-10 GT-R
-'12 GT500
-'12 Cayman R
-'11 370Z TT
-'11/12 E92 M3
Reason I went with the Z06:
The Viper had a poor warranty and costs about 50% more than a Z06 to work on, doesn't offer cruise control or other creature comforts, and has a small tank and poor mileage (sucks for road-trips), no traction control, and only about 5% better performance when driven by world-class drivers.
The 370Z TT setup would have no warranty or resale and was not as well-rounded a package as the Z06. The interior is nice, though!
The E92 M3 is more of a luxury car with performance, not a performance car with a bit of luxury. Mustang GT's are ringers for it, and I wanted "more" after racing a few Camaro SS's in my WS6 and being dead even with them and seeing how the mags got the same #'s out of the SS as the new GT. I viewed the M3 as a step up from my WS6 in luxury/handling only. I wanted a bump in speed, too.
The Cayman R. Tons of pricey options, not much faster than a stock 370Z if you get over the PDK or go from a roll.
GT500. Didn't like the driving position, the SRA, or the shifter and the reports of grinding transmissions left and right.
GT-R. If I were to buy one, it would have to be new after reviewing all the grief the transmission. What did it for me was the long-term test car that one of the magazines had where they said "It does great, there is a little hitch in the transmission, but nothing to worry about" something like that. Yeah, I knew I'd worry. Also, Nissan doesn't discount them enough to put it in my budget of trying to stay under $75K total TTL/Warranty, etc.
The Z06. Interior was comfortable and of good quality but looked a bit dated. The rest of the car was superb, as was price/warranty, etc.
I went with the one I could afford that wouldn't wrap me around a tree for looking at it wrong that would still stomp 99% of the cars out there and look good doing it and have all kinds of warranty backing it up.
Anyway, I put a ton of research into each car on my list and that's what I came up with. Maybe that will help OP in some way.