Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 15,316 Real Name: "Diamond Jim" Skelton
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I'm an American car only kind of guy myself. I will not own a Japanese car, although my head was turned by the Nissan GT-R I have to admit... I came really close on that one. I typically go for high horsepower, but my most recent purchase was based on a balance of power and COMFORT. I traded a heavily modified SRT8 Magnum (620hp) for the Challenger SRT8 and love it totally. When stock, it's still a fairly quick car, but now as I modify it, she is really waking up. But I won't be going too wild with this one. "Power" came in my 08 GT500 that I've modified nicely, and it's a little scary for some folks. With the Challenger I get things I can't get in other cars I've looked at. All voice controlled (Sirius radio/30 gig HDD, Bluetooth, etc), touchscreen controls, NAV, heated power seats, 4 wheel Brembo brakes and so on. Most cars with power don't include creature comforts that I want. You choose power or luxury, you rarely get BOTH for under $75k or so. I used to be a Vette guy (owned a 62 and an 89) but once they put out the C4 and C5 wrecks... I lost interest. Even friends at the Corvette forum I'm still on hate those things... they turned into rattle traps quickly and the interiors are pieced together from various GM vehicles including TRUCKS. Shame. By the time the C6 came around (darn near perfection IMO), I already had my son and needed a back seat. I am a huge fan of the C6 models including the Z06 of course. My wife and I looked at the new CTS-V and I really loved it, but something has just told me not to buy one yet. I still feel it pulling at me, and I still may do it. I tend to buy a new car every year, so we'll see what happens. I was also VERY impressed by the Audi S5. I liked it a lot, but I'm just not an import kind of guy. While I respect BMW and Audi, they just don't "fit" with me, I'm just more of an Amrican mucle car kind of guy. I think I might look or even feel a but pretentious driving one of those... at least at 36. Maybe once I hit 40 or older I might change my tune. __________________