Daily sports car?

Katatonic said:
The wife picked up her car today! She was grinning like an idiot all morning, especially after driving it home. Put about 250kms on it today and loved every bit of it. I haven’t found anything I don’t like about it yet. Drives very nice, the transmission is amazing, the suspension in dialled in beautifully….it’s just an all-round great package.

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I love what they've done with the new Civics. We have a previous generation Si on our street in a white sedan...beautiful car.

Personally I think their Si sedans are 10x nicer than Honda Civic coupes.
 
Diablo GT replicar using an NSX as a platform. Used as a DD. I'd rather have an unadulterated NSX but this is obviously far cooler than a fiero kit car.

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Next, I do NOT call this a kit car. It’s an Acura NSX modified to look and feel like a Lamborghini Diablo GT (which there are only 83 of in the world). The NSX is a Super Car in itself. There is nothing kit about this car.
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GreyGhost said:
Diablo GT replicar using an NSX as a platform. Used as a DD. I'd rather have an unadulterated NSX but this is obviously far cooler than a fiero kit car.

www.ebay.com

1999 Replica/Kit Makes Lamborghini Diablo GT | eBay

Next, I do NOT call this a kit car. It’s an Acura NSX modified to look and feel like a Lamborghini Diablo GT (which there are only 83 of in the world). The NSX is a Super Car in itself. There is nothing kit about this car.
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Someone actually paid $126K for that??? I don't know about unadulterated, but I'd also rather have the original NSX that underpins that thing.
 
I’m keeping an eye on the inbound GR86 allocation. All manuals.

Few autos in Quebec or out west. I’m starting a conversation with a few dealers in Quebec (some are closed on Thursday’s?????). Worst case is I’ll just buy one in cash in the summer from out west and get it shipped here.
 
Evoex said:
I’m keeping an eye on the inbound GR86 allocation. All manuals.

Few autos in Quebec or out west. I’m starting a conversation with a few dealers in Quebec (some are closed on Thursday’s?????). Worst case is I’ll just buy one in cash in the summer from out west and get it shipped here.
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You want an auto?
 
Katatonic said:
You want an auto?
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I do.

-I drive in traffic
-My left knee has been acting up for the last few years, primary reason I sold my 6spd optima
-it’s improved from the gen1 tranny
 
Evoex said:
I do.

-I drive in traffic
-My left knee has been acting up for the last few years, primary reason I sold my 6spd optima
-it’s improved from the gen1 tranny
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Ewww. They didn't put a dual-clutch in it? That's disappointing. I understand your logic, I'm just annoyed at Toyobaru for their choice in a sports car.
 
GreyGhost said:
Ewww. They didn't put a dual-clutch in it? That's disappointing. I understand your logic, I'm just annoyed at Toyobaru for their choice in a sports car.
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Well, it was a collaboration with Subaru, so I’d temper expectations right off the bat.

I think the key thing to remember is it’s meant to be a budget sports car. When you start throwing frills in the Price point becomes less attractive. The new Z is probably 10k or less above this.
 
Evoex said:
I’m keeping an eye on the inbound GR86 allocation. All manuals.

Few autos in Quebec or out west. I’m starting a conversation with a few dealers in Quebec (some are closed on Thursday’s?????). Worst case is I’ll just buy one in cash in the summer from out west and get it shipped here.
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Why not fly out and drive it home? Great vacation with the wife.
 
Evoex said:
I do.

-I drive in traffic
-My left knee has been acting up for the last few years, primary reason I sold my 6spd optima
-it’s improved from the gen1 tranny
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I'm torn on this...I love driving stick. And if I buy a strictly toy...I could probably get away with it.

But if I replace the Volt with something sportier...then manual automatically excludes my wife from driving it (and we've tried her driving my Genesis and Si...didn't end well).
 
mimico_polak said:
I'm torn on this...I love driving stick. And if I buy a strictly toy...I could probably get away with it.

But if I replace the Volt with something sportier...then manual automatically excludes my wife from driving it (and we've tried her driving my Genesis and Si...didn't end well).
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I like stick. My car is currently DCT as a compromise. Less fun than a stick, not as soul crushing as a slushbox and easy to swap cars with my wife. Mini is RHD and stick with a heavy clutch. Wife will never drive that one (which is probably good anyway as it rotates really quickly under heavy braking).
 
mimico_polak said:
I'm torn on this...I love driving stick. And if I buy a strictly toy...I could probably get away with it.

But if I replace the Volt with something sportier...then manual automatically excludes my wife from driving it (and we've tried her driving my Genesis and Si...didn't end well).
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Has she tried a rev matching standard day and night difference.

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mimico_polak said:
Why not fly out and drive it home? Great vacation with the wife.
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Currently I’d like to trade in the X5 locally as I’m not ballin with spare cash. Post wedding I can go gangbusters.
 
mimico_polak said:
...then manual automatically excludes my wife from driving it (and we've tried her driving my Genesis and Si...didn't end well).
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Ditto. Plus you never know if something happens and you’re at the cottage/middle of nowhere and she needs to take over.
 
Evoex said:
Ditto. Plus you never know if something happens and you’re at the cottage/middle of nowhere and she needs to take over.
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I got my wife good enough so she could drive stick in an emergency. She hated it and was not interested in getting better nor learning anything like rev matching. I needed her to be able to get us to help if I was incapacitated. Thankfully, she never needed to use her newfound skill.
 
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