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Re: Sporty Cars
« Reply #574 on: July 06, 2020, 08:39:15 AM »
If you wanted a two seater and had $100 K to spend, what would you opt for?  (No, you can't buy a beater and pocket the change.)  

I'd want to test drive a Porsche Boxster.  I don't know if I fit in it.

https://www.caranddriver.com/porsche/718-boxster

https://www.caranddriver.com/chevrolet/corvette

Probably one of those two, convertible.
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« Reply #575 on: July 06, 2020, 10:53:41 AM »
my golf clubs would probably fit better in the Vette

I'm only 5'10".  I'd be fine in either.

Convertibles are fine, but not a big deal to me.  The coupe would probably be my choice.
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« Reply #576 on: July 06, 2020, 09:56:15 PM »
Corvette Racing's victorious drivers in IMSA's WeatherTech 240, Antonio Garcia and Jordan Taylor, have described the American marque's landmark 100th North American sportscar racing win as "huge" and "special".

https://www.motorsport.com/imsa/news/corvette-daytona-garcia-taylor-victory/4825715/
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« Reply #577 on: July 07, 2020, 05:06:23 AM »
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« Reply #578 on: July 07, 2020, 10:42:54 AM »
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« Reply #579 on: July 07, 2020, 11:00:15 PM »
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« Reply #580 on: July 08, 2020, 08:35:05 AM »
More of a challenge is to find a less than $15,000 used sporty car you'd like to own as a third vehicle to drive around on nice days for the heck of it.  The Saturn Sky would be on my list I think, if one had a manual and was in decent shape.

I'd want a convertible, a manual, not crazy horsepower but decent, two seater, some room for an over night bag, depreciated pretty much, not too old so it has fuel injection.
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« Reply #581 on: July 08, 2020, 11:37:09 AM »
more options if you upped the dollars to $20K or 30K
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Re: Sporty Cars
« Reply #582 on: July 08, 2020, 01:03:36 PM »
As is always the case.  Some marques like Porsche don't depreciate much, but can still break down and cost money.

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« Reply #583 on: July 11, 2020, 10:36:07 PM »
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« Reply #584 on: July 11, 2020, 10:39:42 PM »
Quote from: Cincydawg on July 02, 2020, 12:17:52 PM
https://www.automobilemag.com/news/why-ford-mustang-ii-was-not-terrible/?sm_id=organic_fb_AMAG_trueanthem&utm_campaign=&utm_medium=&utm_source=&fbclid=IwAR0QVvljCu5ymDW_rM5gqEonya29gxxCj1cHrV7Dmnhz8ShrXM6OYwW2svk

I test drove one once, it was atrocious.
A gussied-up, heavier Pinto.  If you're gonna buy what's effectively a Pinto, pay less money and get a lighter, more efficient car by buying a real Pinto.

It served one function in retrospect.  It carried the Mustang name as sort of a place-holder for awhile.  So unlike all other pony cars, the Mustang has been in continuous production.
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« Reply #585 on: July 11, 2020, 11:07:52 PM »
Quote from: Cincydawg on July 05, 2020, 02:05:59 PM
https://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/a15141790/gto-vs-gto-road-test/?src=socialflowFBCAD&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=socialflowFBCD&utm_medium=social-media&fbclid=IwAR0D6ULRspNIyH4UoY3W5rtTpl2S7j1H1ccXks_k-9fM4o5oTyQBrJKWxu0

Anybody down for a GTO?
What a great article!
I wasn't reading C/D in 1964 when they did the GTO vs. GTO test, and I might not have been in 1984.  But in the '70s, I read every issue.  And Don Sherman, Brock Yates, and David E. Davis, Jr., were the guys who made that magazine go.
The original Pontiac GTO in the 1964 comparison was a ringer, of course.  It had a 400-CID engine rather than a 383.  It had a lower (higher numerical ratio) gear in the rear end for better acceleration.  You could not buy a Pony-Ack GTO like the one they ran in that comparison test.
The three major car magazines then were Car and Driver (C/D), Road & Track (R&T), and Motor Trend (MT).  And they were distinctively different.  MT was bland, R&T was heavy on technical specs, and C/D was about how performance cars stirred your soul.
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« Reply #586 on: July 11, 2020, 11:13:14 PM »
Quote from: Cincydawg on July 05, 2020, 08:57:50 PM
CWS likes the fake hood scoops.  Some later Firebirds had functional ones.
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If you wanted a two seater and had $100 K to spend, what would you opt for?  (No, you can't buy a beater and pocket the change.) 

I'd want to test drive a Porsche Boxster.  I don't know if I fit in it.

https://www.caranddriver.com/porsche/718-boxster

https://www.caranddriver.com/chevrolet/corvette

Probably one of those two, convertible.
Can you get into a Porsche Cayman for $100k?

If I had $50k in loose change to spend on a toy, I might get an old TR-3A (I had a '59 one for awhile) and resto-mod it.

British Racing Green with tan top and seats.  And an all-new, made-in-America wiring harness to replace the stock one made by Joseph "Prince of Darkness Lucas.
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Re: Sporty Cars
« Reply #587 on: July 12, 2020, 06:41:58 AM »
Quote from: CWSooner on July 11, 2020, 11:13:14 PM
Can you get into a Porsche Cayman for $100k?
From $57,500.
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