Trade-in for a Cayman S. :)

Endgame

no no.. i mean 2.9%

Mt Tam I am

OP: A new purchase, at a great rate makes a poor financial decision. Stick with your Z and two years pay down.

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Zsteve

2010 vette 0% interest.

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cab83_750

Yeah! Heavily discounted too! Cormier Chevrolet has the best/highest discounting. Too bad they did not have the a black/manual/Grand Sport I was looking for. Z06 was great (obviously ZR-1 was perfect), but as I said, I don't want to commit a 'feloneous financial mistake.'

The Manager told me that they can order a 2011, if I wanted. My first sports car love was the Stingray. Never did buy one, though. Maybe in 10 years when it 'fits me'.

Why did you sell you Z? You can PM me if needed.

BTW, today in speaking with the Nissan salesman, he said that for some reasons, the Z aren't selling anymore (or as quick as before). Their convertibles are even discounted $8,000.00. He is not sure if it is the economy or the car itself. On the Porsche side, I saw a list that salespeople use --- a lot of cars are staying in the lot for longer than expected.

Endgame

its the economy. get ready for the second big wave next summer people....

ImportConvert

+1, with an unemployment rate still deep in the 9's, a lot of people are forgoing cars like these.


High MSRP's are scaring people off. The cars are going for 10-12% under MSRP.
Also, same as I stated above.
Another thing is the C7. I think a few people are waiting at this point.

I thought they were darn near the same based on every comparo I have seen. Do you have other data/experiences with them?

ChrisSlicks

They are essentially identical in performance. The advantage the Cayman has is a slightly more compliant suspension which would tend to make it easier to drive, although not necessarily faster.

I have a friend who is planning to make the leap from a C6 Corvette to the Cayman R. That car will be interesting, a good 400 pounds lighter than the Z with the same power. A very nice track toy indeed. Not for me though, I like cars I can work on myself, the Porsche's are a PITA in that regard.

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zmyride

I've been contemplating a new cayman s too but my Z sports is only 11 months old , not ready to give it up yet. A new S with taxes would be around $70k I could get two Zs with that money. Dollar for dollar I think a Z is a Better value.

I might just get a couple years old S for around $40k and save about $25k. It's very tempting.

ImportConvert

I think a car is more than the sum of its monetary value. For example, you could get 2 Corvettes (C5) for the price of one 370Z.

However, you couldn't drive both of them, could you? Obviously you like the Z more than the C5, so that's what you got.

Value is a personal thing.

Zsteve

Only if money is an issue. Most who buy highend cars, its not. In the vette forum I was surprised how many paid cash for their 60K car. The Dollar for dollar game is played by those who have to buy according to their income and want to justify thier choice of car. Im sure if you had a million dollars you wouldnt be in a Z. Right now the new stang beats the Z in dollar for dollar too for the price range and performance most of us here have to go by.

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ImportConvert

The 'vette is marketed toward a demographic that makes well over 6-figures a year. Hell, the average WS6/SS F-body customer made around 70K a year from what I recall. Those were 90's dollars, too, lol.

A lot of those guys are older, and have bought/sold many 'vettes previously. The younger ones are usually military and ratholed their money instead of burning it on bitches and booze. Or really dedicated guys like me who live small and put 1/3 of their gross income into a savings account until we scrape up 20% down or so and get the bank to take us on.

mick

when (billionaire) tom cruise appeared in top gear, jeremy clarkson asked him what car he drove. cruise said he drove mostly motorcycles and flew airplanes. i guess a car is too slow for him

cab83_750

I have never seen an S for $40k. non-s are in the high 30s. Maybe end of 2011, the first gen S could hit high 30s or low 40s.

optiontrader

Interesting - the slow sales seem even more widespread that I thought. Is the government padding the durable goods reports every month?

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