02-16-2012, 09:24 AM | #127 |
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After some thinking I realised that after the new car smell fades away and the hype settles down as it becomes another car on the streets, you'll realise you could have bought a equal/better car for much less...Especially if you're coming from a better/equal car that's just older than the GT86...
In the end it's just a RWD coupe with 200hp... Coming to think of it, I'd rather buy the original AE86 for fun if I don't care for power...Or a Miata...A Supra maybe? MR2 Turbo ? MR-S ? Lotus Elise S1 ? Silvia S15 ? If you do your math, no matter what hidden costs an older car may have, it probably won't be as much as the difference in purchasing price from a used to a spanking new car... But I'd buy a new WRX STI Plus you guys got all the muscle cars available for really cheap, I don't get why this car attracts you so much ? |
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Kinda thinking of moving on here too. I still have relatively low miles on my truck and im buying a house now. I might just wait it out for a couple years and see whats on the market then.... If gas prices aren't crazy by then I could always get a used Mustang GT and procharge it. With a track pack and some wilwood's it would actually be pretty damn fun till I blow it up and wish I had a Toyota... I JUST WANT a Fast car that handles decent. Why can't Toyota give me that.
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Fuckit! I'm getting another Supra! That's a cheap muscle car...
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He's not trolling, he's just being realistic. Buying a new car is a terrible financial decision, and by extension so is buying a brand new Zx6. If someone isn't as enamored with the concept of "driving experience >> outright speed" as a lot of us are, Vasilis for example, then they'd be much better off buying something else.
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Being warrantied has nothing to do with it. If you want to be the first and sole owner of a car (or any product for that matter) and the opportunity cost of that is worth it to you then it's a sound financial decision. Like I said it's completely subjective based on a persons financial situation and what they value in life. To argue otherwise is ridiculous.
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Mustang or not, I'd take a Boss 302 (LS or not) over a BRZ/FRS any day of the week, if only I wanted to dump 40-50k on a car.
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I respect the GT500 but I'd get a 302 LS over it also. That is much more my type of car
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