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Originally Posted by 96bigbody
Think some of you forgot you could get a 2002 camaro z28 for 19,000. I bought my SS for 24,000 and my used 2001 ws6 with 5k for 20,000. The f-body's are one of the best bang for the buck cars around and can mod them cheap too. The camaro was in the 12's with just a CAI. My 09 370 was 39,000 and the only mod that gives this car any balls is forced induction. Oh..and my z runs hot..the paint is three different shades of white and if you touch the plastic it scratches.  |
I have owned a loaded 2001 WS6 6-speed. The car was a fast POS. Rear-end, transmission, half the electronics, etc. all **** the bed to one degree or another. Worst car I ever owned. My 95TA was a decent car which is why I bought the 2001. Oh well. Now I drive a 145bhp Infiniti G20 and don't regret the trade one bit. It's not fast, but it handles corners at the same speed the WS6 did, and it isn't a POS that breaks literally every other week.
The MSRP on my WS6 was around 36K, if I remember the sticker rightly. The Z MSRP is around 43K, with similar options.
What does that extra 6K get you???
A hard-top (I hated T's, although mine did not leak because I took care of it correctly, they did rattle on very cold days).
An IRS rear suspension.
A NAV system
A Bose sound system (The Bose in my 2002 G20 still sounds GREAT! My 2001 Monsoon sounded like **** when I got the car in 2006).
Door panels that don't crack.
Syncro-rev (Kinda a wash as I rev-match my shifts fine on my own).
Much better weight distribution
A 7-speed auto (if you like slush-boxes...I don't, some do)
An interior that doesn't rattle and sqeek all the time.
Another almost .1 on the skidpad
Resale that doesn't plummet (Wait, your post covered that...)
What do you give up?
A cam(s) isn't really cost-effective.
Stock/stock they are equally quick, but mod/mod definitely not.
That wonderful LSX motor
A back-seat for a muppet
The ability to say "My car has a 'vette motor" to everyone you meet.
Yeah, I owned a WS6, I like the speed at first, but the car was a total POS and instead of fix the problems it had and slap a cam in it for chump change, I got rid of it for a car I wouldn't hate that was slow as hell. I like my decision. I am a quality-minded person. If speed is all you care about, the LS1 F-body is a GREAT! deal.
Here you go, pix of the offending car (2001 MSRP@36K):
Also, I have gotten more compliments on my G20 than I did on the WS6, which really kindof shocked me. The owner of my gym actually stopped to tell me how much he liked the G20 he owned and how reliable and good of a car it was. Lots of women like it, too. Women never complimented my WS6. Girls did, but never women.
G20 (2002 MSRP of around 22K, and check out the interior...oh, 6-disk and Bose w/tape-deck and in-dash CD player too):
370Z interior:
Yeah...I see where that 6K went right there. IRS and the resale value and all that is just a bonus almost.
Oh, don't forget how crappy the economy is. What would my WS6 cost NOW if we account for inflation, around 45-48K?