considering trading my Nismo for this 5.0

mick

Haha. Thanks, SS_Firehawk. Good observation
The Beetle will be gone soon. I ordered this car in early January and the dealer said it would take at least 16 weeks for it to get here

shadoquad

To quote Borat, "VERY NICE"

mick

thanks, shadoquad.

People say the insurance premium on the WRX is pretty high.
the insurance on the Beetle is lower than my 370z nismo's insurance rate at 2,000 miles a year cap.

At the time when I got the Beetle, it was meant to serve as a daily driver and because there's no space in the garage (and the car had to be parked outside), I figured a Beetle would be good because nobody would do anything to it (Turns out to be true, so far).

Now there's space in the garage, I went for a better (faster) car

shadoquad

Yeah, I got an STI to replace my daily driver. I love it. It's pricey to insure, but it sure is fun and practical!

SS_Firehawk

I want an AWD Juke, but without the CVT Does it fake shift like the Maxima?

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Red__Zed

The WRX insurance is pretty high, but it's worth it in my mind. Fantastic car--you should love it.

mick

Thanks, Red__Zed.
The insurance premium for the Camaro is less than the 370z
I thought 6.2L V-8 and 426 HP would cost more but I was wrong.

Baer383

The cost of insurance has allot of variables one of them being cost of parts when it needs to be repaired.

And Japanese are more expensive parts vs American car parts.

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Red__Zed

There's a lot that goes into premiums, buying demographic does not help the WRX.

for perspective, the wrx was about 60% more than the Z, while my mustang is less than half what I paid for the Z.

shadoquad

In my case, the Z is more expensive to insure than the STI.

I had also toyed with the idea of buying a Z06 over the summer, and it was still cheaper to insure than the Z.

Red__Zed

I'm sure age and location have a lot to do with it. I'm obviously younger and would be irresponsible in a Subaru, and there's very little practical need for AWD south of the mason Dixon

UNKNOWN_370

You shoulda rented the V8.

mick

One thing about the V8 camaro is at 45 mph, you would have to be in 5th gear. With my old 370Z nismo, I would be in 6th gear. The RPM for both would be around 1,800. Before I had the camaro, i thought i would use the 6th gear on this car more than the 370z (because it had a massive engine) but that is not true. If I used 6th gear on the Camaro at that speed, the RPM would be close to 1,000 RPM. that's just too low for me.

UNKNOWN_370

Premiums for this car keep going up and really don't understand why... I find the Z, with VDC on to be extremely stable, sport brakes alone, should be reason enough to discount the insurance. Power is strong but comes on smooth. The Z doesn't even truly feel like a sports car till you're cruising around in the 3500-4000rpm range in 3/4th gears. Which i do for extra fun but it sucks my car clean of gas. I'm sure most people don't do this... We don't seem to be in any extraordinary ratio of accidents.
The days of 24/7 aggressive sports cars are nearly gone. Most of these cars are bi polar. Tame when light on the pedal and wake up when all the right formulas are engaged.

I remember 80's camaro's mustangs and such. Those cars in v8 sport form were hard to drive. Even the v6's had an aggressive pedal. They were just aggressive all day long. The majority of sports cars today are more docile and all this insurance shyt is crap.

ZKraken22

if those options were important to you why did you get the nismo and not a loaded Z?

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