Plaid fast car slow, or semi fast car slow?

wearymicrobe wrote: Going to throw this out there as I was just offered one by a dealer friend. 2013 GT500 (Stock with 11K miles)

NO! Tis a wallowing pig!

The Boss 302 with Laguna Seca or just track pack is the one to get.

Yeah the new Boss 302 is just great, as was the original.

Or wait a few months for the new facelift challenger SRT8.

Plaid.

wearymicrobe wrote: Going to throw this out there as I was just offered one by a dealer friend. 2013 GT500 (Stock with 11K miles)

OK, so no to the Ford GT. But with this, you're speaking my language. Most powerful production V8 in the world? Check. Shoehorned into a Mustang? Check. 200+ MPH top speed? Check.

What could go wrong?

I love the GT500, It's plaid speed plus. 650hp is hard to argue with. It's not a wallowing pig by any means, but really not in the group. I'm still voting for an R8 or Turbo S

I have a Mustang GT (w/ track package) and it's ridiculous fast with 420hp. I can't imagine it with 650.

I think this car showed me the upper limit of how fast I want a car. 420hp is enough for a street car for me. Even on the track the GT500 would probably be, for me, uncontrollable lool.

I had the opportunity to try and teach a guy autocross in his GT500 a few weeks ago. He had remarkable restraint with the accelerator. The car could clearly liquify tires at will at any street legal speed. I can see where a car like that could be tons of fun, and I heartily endorse anyone with a big tire budget buying one, but I don't think that's the sort of thing the original poster had in mind.

A standard fare 911, Warehouse, and an arsenal of $20xx challenge cars? Whats more fun that mercilessly flogging a beater like you hate it?

beans wrote: Whats more fun that mercilessly flogging a beater like you hate it?

Mercilessly flogging a 911 turbo because you can afford to I'd say

what about a new polestar volvo? http://www.volvocars.com/us/top/about/default/Pages/default.aspx Comes in wagon or sedan and a trip to sweden. It also looks ALOT like the new mazda wagon but with twice the power.

I totally dig cars like the GT500, Polestar, CTS V etc. But they are in no way my mind can configure the emotional, tactile, visceral equivalent of the cars like the 911 Turbo, R8, Aston etc. They are the kid haulers so you can enjoy the supercar when you're on your own. If one of the junior super cars meets your needs and you don't need the extra capacity the others bring, I don't see how any insane person would consider them in the same sentence.

Gotta’ love these first world problems.

Wearymicrobe, why limit yourself to asking GRASS-ROOTS people…get an Ethiopian pen pal and ask them.

Bhahaha, zero offense buddy, enjoy your success, I don’t do so bad myself…I just thought it was funny.

If I had that kind of money, I'd get a used 987 Boxster and pop a 997 GT3 3.8 engine in the back of it.

If I had that kind of money, I would let the Porsche engineers do the work and enjoy my time in the seat, rather than in the garage.

93EXCivic wrote: Morgan Aero 8? http://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/dealer/morgan/aero_8/1634187.html Probably best bet for holding value.

This is seriously gorgeous, but the ad is terrible. Better pics, and an asking price!

nhmercracer wrote:

93EXCivic wrote: Morgan Aero 8? http://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/dealer/morgan/aero_8/1634187.html Probably best bet for holding value.

This is seriously gorgeous, but the ad is terrible. Better pics, and an asking price!

I called on this a while ago they wanted 165K. Not exactly going to happen.

wearymicrobe wrote:

nhmercracer wrote:

93EXCivic wrote: Morgan Aero 8? http://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/dealer/morgan/aero_8/1634187.html Probably best bet for holding value.

This is seriously gorgeous, but the ad is terrible. Better pics, and an asking price!

I called on this a while ago they wanted 165K. Not exactly going to happen.

It would almost make the Ford GT that you rejected as not DDable look like an over size limo in comparison. Morgans are barely more DDable than a se7en type car. Yes some mad man will do it, but it doesn't make sense for the remaining 99.999999999999% of the population

Maroon92 wrote: If I had that kind of money, I'd get a used 987 Boxster and pop a 997 GT3 3.8 engine in the back of it.

This would be fun. I toured a shop recently as part of a local PCA event. They've left racing full time to instead focus on Cayman swaps.

http://www.teambgb.com/for_build.asp

It's expensive, but the cars must go like stink.

Adrian_Thompson wrote:

wearymicrobe wrote:

nhmercracer wrote:

93EXCivic wrote: Morgan Aero 8? http://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/dealer/morgan/aero_8/1634187.html Probably best bet for holding value.

This is seriously gorgeous, but the ad is terrible. Better pics, and an asking price!

I called on this a while ago they wanted 165K. Not exactly going to happen.

It would almost make the Ford GT that you rejected as not DDable look like an over size limo in comparison. Morgans are barely more DDable than a se7en type car. Yes some mad man will do it, but it doesn't make sense for the remaining 99.999999999999% of the population

I am kind of insane.

~1K miles a months between the two of them at the peak. I used to DD a 65 Shelby cobra replica during the summer, and had a 356 vert for a year as my only car.

wearymicrobe wrote:

Adrian_Thompson wrote:

wearymicrobe wrote:

nhmercracer wrote:

93EXCivic wrote: Morgan Aero 8? http://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/dealer/morgan/aero_8/1634187.html Probably best bet for holding value.

This is seriously gorgeous, but the ad is terrible. Better pics, and an asking price!

I called on this a while ago they wanted 165K. Not exactly going to happen.

It would almost make the Ford GT that you rejected as not DDable look like an over size limo in comparison. Morgans are barely more DDable than a se7en type car. Yes some mad man will do it, but it doesn't make sense for the remaining 99.999999999999% of the population

I am kind of insane. ~1K miles a months between the two of them at the peak. I used to DD a 65 Shelby cobra replica during the summer, and had a 356 vert for a year as my only car.

Then for you the Ford GT is the car to have

I dont know if this is a good deal, dont really shop these often but I bet it's fun.

http://www.lotustalk.com/forums/f162/nissan-gtr-alpha-9-edition-1000hp-monster-223049/

Datsun1500 wrote: I love all of the R8 bashing. Anyone here have one as a daily driver? I do, and it ticks all of the boxes in he first post. Everyone saying it's slow, or not exotic enough, what do you drive?

I'm not a basher, I'm a wanter. REallity for me is a used 997 or 981 in 4 or 5 years time

I would also consider a C7 Stingray Z51 package and a C63 AMG Black Series.

We need a new word then Plaid for the 911 Turbo its like beyond Plaid. Its full on Spaceballs II fast, like "now is not now" fast. Its just astonishing how fast it is, I cannot imagine the 991 TT. 100 mph feels like 30 though again is just not "fun."

How people buy these things and drop 30-50K in tuning just blows me away. But you can sneeze and be double the legal limit in the thing without even breaking a sweat. The 60-120 or so it just instant compared to anything else I have driven.

Dealer buddy lent me his base cayman, not a S, with a manual and that is fun. You can push it without being a complete lunatic on the street. His opinion is to find a base 911 10-13' PDK as the sweat spot or a 13-14' Cayman if possible or lease a F-type

Ooh, I'm not even going to pretend to know what they drive like but the F-type is awfully pretty!