Possibly trading in Z...what to get?

kensnismo

new ZL1 camaro 580 HP about $47,000.

NYBladeZ

That is before dealer markup, you will pay over $50k for it and if you aren't willing to someone other old guy who will think its a collector car will.

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2008 Lotus Exige S Club Racer aka Bella, always leaves me smiling

kidkotic2001

Cadillac CTS coupe 4 seats and you wont loose a lot of HP or handling. If you get the CTS-V I believe it has more power than the Z.
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NYBladeZ

For all the stats the CTS-V puts down I saw a relatively stock 2004 Sti beat it once and on two other runs the CTS-V was in mid 4th before he caught up. Embarrassing for what on paper is a godly car.

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2008 Lotus Exige S Club Racer aka Bella, always leaves me smiling

ZeeingAround

Sounds like the CTS-v driver didn't care about the old suby or couldn't drive.

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Lemers

Or it took a little longer getting that heavier V8 moving

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NickTurnon

I would highly suggest checking out the Cadillac CTS-V- The stock engine produces 556 HP. Its beyond luxurious & it is a great riding car.

The 335 btw is a fantastic car. A4 was my first choice. Even above the 370..
I chose the 370 because it would take a ton of mods to get the A4 to the speed I need. The BMW has class.

Let me know what you chose

chuckd05

cts-v is def another one... i love the suby sti as welll, i considered it but it needed a block re build to make the power Id want and that is something I didnt want to do to a new car..

but the STI can make 400ish perfectly safe and they sound awesome...

cts-v is def just a bad *** car that no one can say two bad things about.. but its pricey

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UNKNOWN_370

Fun four seaters.

G37s coupe or sedan
Mitsu evo
Subie sti
Bmw 1 or 335I
Mustang or camaro SHELBY/SS-ZL1
Hyundai genesis coupe 3.8 manual or genesis r-spec
mortgage your house and buy a GT-R black edition. the gtr is so sick. You hear the tturbos while it cruises at 5mph. How sick is that.

Justin1686

gotta give a little more detail. how much u wanna spend, 2 seats, or 4 seats. etc.

as you've seen you've gotten a large range of cars suggested to you, so i'll chime in just a little too..

dont do a4, i have multiple friends with audis. all with a4, much rathe my car, only way to do it is s4, or consider an a5.
3 series is nice, i personally think the 1 series is too small.
cts-v, am i the only one whos knees hit and cant fit properly in it?
mustang gt or shelby are decent.
porsche cayman.
g37.
vette.

obviously pending on price, might have to looked CPO on all of these. but those would be my suggestions.

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NYBladeZ

The price of heavily modding the Z is a bit on the high side because the market is just now opening up. Not knocking the 135 but a lot of my buddies have tuned bmws and it is by no means cheap. GTM kind of has the market cornered when it comes to major aftermarket tuning and product development which doesn't help the issue and VVEL remains locked so the Z's true potential is unknown and may never be known. Nonetheless, looking back it is still cheaper to tune a z33 than an e46 m3.

On the CTS-V trust me he cared, a lot and he got laughed at by a lot of people. Its a paddle shift so driver input is at a minimum. Dare I say overrated.

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2008 Lotus Exige S Club Racer aka Bella, always leaves me smiling

chuckd05

Cts-v comes in manual.

135 is def much cheaper to mod but more expensive if it breaks. Like I said 1500 in you have over 400tq to the wheel

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Red370

Women drive 1 series bmws, I would know, I live in Germany. Go with American muscle, for the price, nothing beats em, any model. And if you want a true performer with bang for the buck, get a Boss. Dont know too many cars that for less than 50k can beat an R8 around Laguna Seca.

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ImportConvert

One word of caution. The tires on the boss are basically a full-on track tire. Most other cars do not come this way from the factory so their OEM handling isn't as good. However, you do have to replace those tires VERY often, and at a rather high price.

Red370

True statement. You gotta admit though, for all you get with the car, $42k for a proven track performer, it cant be beat. They have them here at the AAFES car sales for MSRP, ZERO dealer mark up, and i'm still kicking myself in the arse for buying my GT when I did.

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