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56 minutes ago, drewlaws said:


I don’t follow these closely, but they look within reason from a cursory BaT search. Some are more tunable than others. All offer unique top down manual fun.

Under budget: Viper (Gen II or III), Vantage V8 Roadster
Over budget (probably need to spend $90k): 997 turbo cab, R8 Spyder V8

Good suggestions, I've researched these and you're on the right track.

Posted
15 hours ago, faps said:

718 Boxster 

20 hours ago, Gravy Train said:

I'm gonna let this one marinate over the weekend as a multi-part post/response, just to see what ideas y'all come up with that I haven't considered.

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I don't drive my S6 any longer and hate that I've sorta lost interest in the car, with a boatload of OEM RS and aftermarket parts sitting in the garage to get silly with.  Since the original turbos haven't been lifted it yet, I thought this might be the right time to list it on Bring-a-Trailer, as a couple other similarly-modded cars sold well on the site lately.  The proceeds will go toward a fun, perhaps smaller car. 

My 'daily' is a Rivian R1T, so I have the utility part figured out. It's a quad-motor, 835hp unit, and is kind of silly on the street too.

I'm looking for ideas on something fun I'll want to keep in the garage for a while. Requirements as follows:

  • New or used.  If preowned, prefer a modern powertrain with direct injection that's tune-able
  • Budget of $75-$80k
  • Manual transmission only
  • GT, sports coupe or roadster format
  • Offers some form of open-air driving
  • RWD or AWD
  • Something that feels 'special' to have in the garage, that makes you look forward to free time for a drive

 

At first, only two cars came to mind, both with V8s, but that has since changed completely.  Let's see what you'd pick.

Good luck topping the Corvette

Posted

wife is pulling the trigger on a new Santa Fe Caligraphy hybrid. It was that or the Highlander hybrid but she liked the Santa Fe better. 
 
*missed the storage requirement. Storage looks pretty tight with the back row up. Probably not a good fit. 

We pulled the trigger today to get ahead of tariff nonsense and walked out the door at 52k with a new, loaded Sante Fe Caligraphy.

Really nice ride and love all the options that you pay a premium for on the Toyotas. Likely won’t hold its value as well, but we’re gonna run it into the ground anyway…

Thx for the heads up @Firemans4Horn
Posted
1 hour ago, Party_Taco said:


We pulled the trigger today to get ahead of tariff nonsense and walked out the door at 52k with a new, loaded Sante Fe Caligraphy.

Really nice ride and love all the options that you pay a premium for on the Toyotas. Likely won’t hold its value as well, but we’re gonna run it into the ground anyway…

Thx for the heads up @Firemans4Horn

Wow. That’s crazy timing. On Thursday when the car tariff news dropped I emailed 3 dealers we had been talking with and asked for their final best price  

Just got home an hour ago from OKC picking up my wife’s new Calligraphy Santa Fe. Barely scratched the surface on the tech and cruise control but had a blast driving it 3 hours home. Congrats!

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