Daily sports car?

LBV said:
My newer 5.0 Mustang has a parameter in the engineering mode menu that allows the ECU to apply it against that calculated higher mileage ... if I recall mines at .9xxx. I've got it now where the car's calculated fuel economy is pretty well spot on to my actual fuel economy ... which is to say about 13.7l/100km.
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I was close to pulling the trigger on one those with x-plan pricing, GT Fastback, but RWD and the fuel economy scared me away lol

But a STI is way worse

edit - JEEZ only 2.49% for up to 72 months... Wow cheap
 
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Georg3__ said:
I was close to pulling the trigger on one those with x-plan pricing, GT Fastback, but RWD and the fuel economy scared me away lol

But a STI is way worse

edit - JEEZ only 2.49% for up to 72 months... Wow cheap
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Yeah I wouldn't consider it a "daily sports car" as per the thread title although someone on the street has a 2015 GT that he daily drives ... had an older previous gen GT that he did the same on.

Mine's a fair weather toy only but damn I miss it as much as I miss riding my bikes ... I do enjoy it on a handful of more days than I do the bikes as I'll take it out when the roads are dry & clean but too cold for the bikes.
 
mimico_polak said:
Ugh….I’ve always wanted a Mustang GT.

Maybe one day…it’ll fit 3 kids so there’s that.
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The mini has no rear seat belts. That's ok with me. It rotates really fast under hard braking and would do poorly in a crash. Kids dont need to ride in the toys. I could put one in the front seat for a treat as there are no airbags.
 
AllistonGT said:
The one I drove (2018 convertible GT) I wasn't a fan of the auto trans. So many gears!! Dam thing changing and jerky all the time. I think it had like 10.
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A toy like that would only be manual. That’s considered wife proof in our house.

Plus it would be a third car…the Volt can be her backup.
 
mimico_polak said:
One of my exes was a bigger car nut than I was many years ago. She’s also a volt driver now after her car got totalled though. Guess that phase passed.
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My present sports car will be my last. It's my second. Cars are becoming appliances that I have little interest in.
 
basmn said:
on my 3rd audi... 08 ,12, 22. Never a problem... reliable, great fuel mileage... gave up on domestic vehicles long ago
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BMW cars I wont touch. Last domestic I owned was GMC step side back in the 80's. Swore id never own another. I'm that spiteful.lol
 
800over said:
Co-worker just picked up a GR Corolla. Sweet machine. Too bad no one can get one.
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I’m really loving the look and sound of the GR86.

Honestly I think I’d snap one up as an affordable toy instead of an MX5.

Not too powerful, a bit small, but sounds like a good and attainable toy car.
 
mimico_polak said:
Honestly I think I’d snap one up as an affordable toy instead of an MX5.
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I still have a soft spot for the RF hardtop. Love the look of the flying buttresses above the rear fender, like the old C3 Stingrays.

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Lightcycle said:
My all time favorite Japanese sports car would be the 3rd gen RX-7. Twin-Turbo, of course.

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Just need to resto-mod the outdated interior. Yeah, yeah, I know... blasphemy, blah blah blah...
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I've always loved the looks of these but they're always priced out of my grasp. I also really like the RX8 looks and have stopped myself at the last second at least 5 times from buying one.
 
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