Sport Package?

AP - Chris_B · 01-13-2010, 11:48 AM

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Originally Posted by angelofrawr

Forgive me if this is a fairly obvious question, but I'm not sure how to evaluate this. Is the sport package (on an auto or manual) create a noticeable driving difference in normal every day driving, relative to a base model? I mean, it -seems- like a good value, but I've driven several cars with "sport" packages that really haven't mad much of a difference, and I'm wondering if its worth the money if I'm never going to track the car.

If it were my money, I'd ask myself these two questions:

1) Am I going to be daily driving the car with some fun (canyons, HPDE's) thrown in a couple of times per year?

2) Will I be keeping it mostly stock?

If I answer yes to both, I'd buy the Sport package. It will be what I would need most of the time for the way I drive.

If I intend to push the car a bit harder and/or do some modifications or customizing, I would rather spend the $3k on aftermarket improvements as I'm likely to throw off many of the Sport package items anyway.