What Car would you get for $50,000 (Similar to the VINwiki Series)

After some consideration of several options and varying levels of taking this seriously...

Take this beauty I already own

And pay somebody to install one of these

Panoz Esperante GTS.  Falls well under $50k, so leaves me money for spares, fuel and track entry fees for several years.

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/2003-panoz-gts/

May not be the fastest thing for 50k. But hands down this is my choice:

Pete. (l33t FS) said:

Off-lease RS3, full stop, why this a question?  

 

Modern Audi luxury, 5 cylinder howl, sub-4 seconds to 60, legit 12 second car.  And it looks like a Jetta.

This plus an extended warranty.

Keep the ideas coming!!!  I am enjoying seeing all the different choices. 

R35 GTR

Looks like Hellcat Challengers are starting to creep into that price range. So that might be where my search for a not-boring daily driver could go if I had nearly 10 times the budget.

Adrian_Thompson (Forum Supporter) said:

There can only be one.

The newest, nicest V8 Vantage S you can find.  I'll take mine as a drop top, others may want a coupe.

If I had a Vantage, I'd shave my beard, put on my tuxedo, and put together a James Bond movie theme playlist before taking my wife out for a cruise.

buzzboy said:

Take this beauty I already own

And pay somebody to install one of these

Oh if we're allowed to do that, same answer but with this thing I already own.

rs3 would be such a nice daily.

https://www.cargurus.com/Cars/l-Used-Audi-RS-3-d2564#listing=273196175

F type R

Or

AMG G Wagon

Dudewheresmycar said:

rs3 would be such a nice daily.

https://www.cargurus.com/Cars/l-Used-Audi-RS-3-d2564#listing=273196175

Have you seen the trunks in these things? It's more like a bookshelf than a trunk. 

DirtyBird222 said:

Have you seen the trunks in these things? It's more like a bookshelf than a trunk. 

Have you looked at the rest of the cars in this thread?

Street car would have to be NSX but I'd rather have one of these.

have you seen the engine hahaha

This one!

ProDarwin said:

DirtyBird222 said:

Have you seen the trunks in these things? It's more like a bookshelf than a trunk. 

Have you looked at the rest of the cars in this thread?

Yea and they all have more usable space than the S3. 

ProDarwin said:

DirtyBird222 said:

Have you seen the trunks in these things? It's more like a bookshelf than a trunk. 

Have you looked at the rest of the cars in this thread?

My choice has a huge trunk, thank you!

I love the fact that there are no wrong answers in this thread.  I particularly like the NSX and Panoz.  AMG Wagons also rock.

Used four-clover

If someone plopped $50K into my lap and said I had to spend it on a vehicle, I'd probably order a Transit 350 HR LWB XLT and start building my camper van.   In boring, invisible silver.  Not sure about windows or not (windows can add to the stealthiness and might even allow the van to be titled as a car/station wagon in PA - which is a substantial yearly savings over a truck):

No wait!  Nicest S4S I could find.

For a daily driver, I've been secretly entertaining the idea of the fourth-gen (F02) Alpina B7 BiTurbo long-wheelbase. I think they're beautiful and understated, especially in Alpina Blue. Gorgeous interiors. Very comfortable and practical as a daily driver for someone like me who's commuting on the highway.

But then I have to snap myself out of it. They're modern BMWs with turbos, direct injection, and loaded to the gills with gadgets ... so you know they're going to be horrible to actually own. I hate myself for lusting after them!

They were about $130k new, but you can find them used for $55k

In reply to Robbie (Forum Supporter) :

Take a drive in mine if we bring it to the challenge!