Quote (slacker057 @ Nov 4 2013 08:47pm)
Christ someone sounds classy as fuck...
Two completely different cars in two completely different classes. Not comparable.
Quote (FMX_89 @ Nov 4 2013 08:52pm)
Honestly they aren't that bad if you are doing the work yourself. Fluids are still expensive. Tires are constantly expensive (other comparable cars are close to the same though.) It's the ass shafting Nissan dealers put to their best paying customers that is appalling. Their labor costs on that car are ludicrous. It isn't a Ferrari or Lambo no matter how you slice it. They charge like it is though.
Also the vette is ~1.5 sec slower around Laguna Seca with the same driver. For the price it is quite worth looking at if he intended on leaving either car stock. I understand what you mean from a car snob pov though. It's a base model corvette. No matter how quick it is, or how nice the interior is, or how fun it is to drive, or how cheap, it can't be compared to something twice the price. Besides, if he was looking at corvettes in that price range I would steer him towards a 2011-2013 Z06 with the Z07 package. That is probably the purest corvette that has been built since the C2. Big inch N/A power and torque, most refined chassis of the generation, magnetic ride from the ZR1, carbon brakes, and sticky tires. It's one of those rare cars that I get excited talking about. It's also rare because there are still some sitting on lots brand new and we ALREADY know that they will be THE corvette to have from this era in 20, 30, 40 years. It is very likely that there will never be another big inch N/A corvette.
But I digress. If you do the maintenance on a GTR yourself, mainly brakes and fluids, you can make it manageable especially if you use aftermarket brakes.
My point.
Quote (Tracerz @ Nov 4 2013 09:01pm)
its just that i need awd for the snow :( but i guess I could pick up a beater and run that and the stingray which is suprisely a very sharp looking corvette
If you're even looking at a GTR it doesn't snow enough where you are for you to need awd. Get some good winters tires and the corvette would be fine.
Quote (0berst @ Nov 4 2013 09:16pm)
If you want to be miserable, sure. They may be fun on a track but cars like that get old when driven daily.
I once had to drive my Lotus as a daily for about a week and it was awful. With my experience with GT-Rs, I imagine it would be just as bad.
You're just a bitch lol. My Z06 is a much bigger pain in the ass to drive than any Lotus with how low it is and I've been driving it everyday since I bought it.