12-17-2006, 01:33 PM
So, being the fickle person with cars that I am, I've been tossing around a bunch of ideas as to what I should do. My mind is already made up that the STi will be sold, and the plan was to pick up a C6 after I qualified for a home loan next year. However, I've been thinking about this quite a bit lately. Here's what I've come up with.
1) I really enjoy driving a comfortable car. I find myself choosing to drive the IS over the STi even on my days off.
2) I haven't gone to track events because I haven't had time, and now working weekends, it's going to make it even more difficult to drive any performance car I own the way it should be driven
3) I don't drive like a jackass on the street, and I certainly don't drive my heavily modified car the way it could be... which means a heavily modified corvette wouldn't be driven that way either
Those things, along with high insurance rates don't really make it practical to own a sports car right now. I'll freely admit it, any sports car I bought would be purely for its image, with maybe an occasional spirited drive... but nothing that would justify owning a car capable of performance driving.
That said, I really really liked the IS250 I drove as a loaner car, and I have no doubt that the IS350 would be even better. It has plenty of power (303hp?) and looks FANTASTIC imo. It is the perfect mix of sportiness and luxury, much like my IS. The X package with the new 5 spoke rims is the complete hotness.
I know you can get luxury packages with the C6, but I just dont feel like it would be as practical of a car. Right now I have about $750 a month going out just in car payments between two vehicles, down from over a thousand when I had the Tundra too. So no matter how much I financed, my car payments and insurance would ultimately be lower than what I'm spending now.
I've been on a big kick lately of evaluating every aspect of my life and trying to improve on it if I can, and this is one I've been thinking about a lot lately. I'm just not sure if I see myself in a high powered sports car anymore, because you lose the overall driving experience of being in a well sorted out stockish car.
My brother really wants me to keep this IS so he can buy it from me when he gets out of college... but that wont be for another couple of years. What do you guys think? Realistically I'll probably be that old guy who has a Vette and drives it like a tool bag when he retires, because it's just too much temptation to do stupid stuff driving a 500+whp car on a daily basis =P
If you think there's another car I should consider, choose that option above and give me an explanation.
1) I really enjoy driving a comfortable car. I find myself choosing to drive the IS over the STi even on my days off.
2) I haven't gone to track events because I haven't had time, and now working weekends, it's going to make it even more difficult to drive any performance car I own the way it should be driven
3) I don't drive like a jackass on the street, and I certainly don't drive my heavily modified car the way it could be... which means a heavily modified corvette wouldn't be driven that way either
Those things, along with high insurance rates don't really make it practical to own a sports car right now. I'll freely admit it, any sports car I bought would be purely for its image, with maybe an occasional spirited drive... but nothing that would justify owning a car capable of performance driving.
That said, I really really liked the IS250 I drove as a loaner car, and I have no doubt that the IS350 would be even better. It has plenty of power (303hp?) and looks FANTASTIC imo. It is the perfect mix of sportiness and luxury, much like my IS. The X package with the new 5 spoke rims is the complete hotness.
I know you can get luxury packages with the C6, but I just dont feel like it would be as practical of a car. Right now I have about $750 a month going out just in car payments between two vehicles, down from over a thousand when I had the Tundra too. So no matter how much I financed, my car payments and insurance would ultimately be lower than what I'm spending now.
I've been on a big kick lately of evaluating every aspect of my life and trying to improve on it if I can, and this is one I've been thinking about a lot lately. I'm just not sure if I see myself in a high powered sports car anymore, because you lose the overall driving experience of being in a well sorted out stockish car.
My brother really wants me to keep this IS so he can buy it from me when he gets out of college... but that wont be for another couple of years. What do you guys think? Realistically I'll probably be that old guy who has a Vette and drives it like a tool bag when he retires, because it's just too much temptation to do stupid stuff driving a 500+whp car on a daily basis =P
If you think there's another car I should consider, choose that option above and give me an explanation.
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2001 Lexus IS300 / 2004 2.8L big turbo WRX STI / 2004 Subaru WRX / A couple of old trucks
2017 Mazda CX-5 GT AWD Premium
Past: 2016 GMC Canyon All Terrain Crew Cab / 2010 Jaguar XFR / 2012 Acura RDX AWD Tech / 2008 Cadillac CTS / 2007 Acura TL-S / 1966 5.0 HO Mustang Coupe
2001 Lexus IS300 / 2004 2.8L big turbo WRX STI / 2004 Subaru WRX / A couple of old trucks