BMW 1 series

ZR1 will be hitting the showrooms soon, jsarno. ;)

Oh yeah...fully aware. 600 horsepower and a top speed of over 200!!!!
Here is a link:
Chevrolet | 2009 Chevy Corvette ZR1 Sport Convertible (http://www.chevrolet.com/corvette/zr1/?seo=goo_|_2008_Chevy_Retention_|_IMG_Chevy_Corvet te_ZR1_|_Chevrolet_Corvette_ZR1_|_chevrolet_corvet te_zr1)

I think it's either you love em or leave em...I LOVE em. I am a Vette fanatic. The new designs are the best IMO. I always hated the flip up headlights and these new headlights are more Ferrari-esc.



Vette:
Speed - check
Luxury - check (the new ones are LOADED)
4 doors - no
automatic - could be, but that would be a sin.

I understand you'd be looking more to a family car. I do not need to do that. A vette works for me. Might as well chase the dream huh?

You have to live for something.

You have to live for something.

Well, good luck...I hope you get what you want.

Well, good luck...I hope you get what you want.


Me too. Just to clarify things a bit though. I do not particularly like automatics. The car I have now is a stick and I love it to death. The only reason that I am looking for an automatic is because of the heavy traffic. I am sick of fighting with a stick in the stop and go traffic. That is why I am looking for some luxury as well. Recaro seats just arent enough of a creature comfort anymore. In short my body is aging beyond the race car thing. This does not change my desire to drive fast. I just want something more comfortable to do it in.

Me too. Just to clarify things a bit though. I do not particularly like automatics. The car I have now is a stick and I love it to death. The only reason that I am looking for an automatic is because of the heavy traffic. I am sick of fighting with a stick in the stop and go traffic. That is why I am looking for some luxury as well. Recaro seats just arent enough of a creature comfort anymore. In short my body is aging beyond the race car thing. This does not change my desire to drive fast. I just want something more comfortable to do it in.

I completely understand, however, I would emplore you to check out a new corvette. The luxury of the car is far underrated. Not saying you should get one due to the fact that you have a mini zoo over there, but they aren't grandpa's race car anymore. The Corvette has made huge strides in becoming a luxury sports car, and they succeeded in my opinion.

The reasons you mentioned in this post and others is why I was looking at a BMW. However, I do not have the traffic out here so the stick issue is a nonissue with me. Traffic is one of the things I miss the least about Boston.

How interested are you in the Lexus? (realistically)

I completely understand, however, I would emplore you to check out a new corvette. The luxury of the car is far underrated. Not saying you should get one due to the fact that you have a mini zoo over there, but they aren't grandpa's race car anymore. The Corvette has made huge strides in becoming a luxury sports car, and they succeeded in my opinion.

The reasons you mentioned in this post and others is why I was looking at a BMW. However, I do not have the traffic out here so the stick issue is a nonissue with me. Traffic is one of the things I miss the least about Boston.

How interested are you in the Lexus? (realistically)

I will probably buy it within a year or 2. If not the Lexus, then something very similar.

I think I have reversed my thinking, cause this car caught my eye more so than any car in recent years:
Audi of America > See All Models > Audi A5/S5 (http://www.audiusa.com/audi/us/en2/new_cars/Audi_A5.html)

MSRP comes to a lofty 48k after it's fully loaded (manual of course, and in deep blue sea pearl), but after my trade, and negotiations I should be financing around 35 or 36 which is quite affordable.

What do you think of the A5?

I think I have reversed my thinking, cause this car caught my eye more so than any car in recent years:
Audi of America > See All Models > Audi A5/S5 (http://www.audiusa.com/audi/us/en2/new_cars/Audi_A5.html)

MSRP comes to a lofty 48k after it's fully loaded (manual of course, and in deep blue sea pearl), but after my trade, and negotiations I should be financing around 35 or 36 which is quite affordable.

What do you think of the A5?

Audis have electrical problems (http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=audi+electrical+problems&btnG=Search). For that kind of money I would consider Infinity M.

I've never spent more than $16K on a car and I don't intend to ever spend more than $20K (in inflation adjusted dollars) on a car no matter what my salary may be. My current vehicle is a 98 Ford Explorer, has 95K miles on it, and I intend to drive it until it dies. I just can't justify spending a lot of money on a car. But to each his own. The Audi A5 certainly looks nice.

Audis have electrical problems (http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=audi+electrical+problems&btnG=Search). For that kind of money I would consider Infinity M.

Damn it! Are there any cars out there that don't have issues?
Thanks for the link.

One of the reasons I turned my head to an Audi is because it just screamed to me "this is THE car." Have you ever just had that feeling where you saw something and said "OOOOOOOHHHHH" and you had to have it? That's what happened when I saw the A5.
Another was the fact that I had several friends and friends of friends that told me that Mercedes and BMW think their "shit don't stink." In other words, while there were no consistant issues, whenever they had issues they wouldn't seem to care and customer service lacked. But I heard that Audi tries VERY hard to please their customers.