Which car?
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Yeah I understand the whole import thing but if there were any decent American AWD cars out there with a manual trans I'd be all over it. Sounds like the Audi is the clear winner so far. Guess I'll stick to that unless they come out with something better for 2010 or very early release 2011 car. Thanks for all the input and if anyone has something new to add that we've missed please throw in your two cents.
The audi is nice, but considering this is america, I would go for the camaro. See it in person, craftmanship is top notch compared to the previous models. GM has put alot of money and effort to give us back what we thought we would never see again. Considering 4 piston brembo brakes, LS3, Independent rear, it is a great car. Plus I have a friend that drives an Audi and when we talk about cars he turns in to a douche (kind of biased). Funny thing is that my family tree comes from Germany.
You get the Audi get ready to buy 30 dollar oil filters and so on. Pretty much everything has to be ordered from over seas. Plus you can't just go to wally world/autozone to get wiper blades and other misc. parts. My G/f has an 08 Jetta and she is out of a car for 2 weeks minumum, just because of an ignition problem. Not to mention her 60 dollar wiper blades.
You want all wheel drive, just get a truck. IMHO
You get the Audi get ready to buy 30 dollar oil filters and so on. Pretty much everything has to be ordered from over seas. Plus you can't just go to wally world/autozone to get wiper blades and other misc. parts. My G/f has an 08 Jetta and she is out of a car for 2 weeks minumum, just because of an ignition problem. Not to mention her 60 dollar wiper blades.
You want all wheel drive, just get a truck. IMHO
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In NY I'd stick with the awd, grab a CTS, or a Saab 9-3 with the 2.8 turbo. Most people forget about Saab being under the GM curtain, but it adds a European touch, and the sport is about the same price as the A5 and still gives you the AWD and similar performance (0-60 in 6.0 flat for mags). I built all three on the individual websites and without options all three go for between 39-42. Just my .02.
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Maybe it is my severe loathing for the 4L60(E) transmissions that has made me go so far away from automatics. Has anyone driven the new ford or chevy cars with the 6 speed autos? I've driven the 5 speed autos and they're not of any worth to me either but still not the same as these new sixes so any input on whether or not it is really that much of a sacrifice driving the autos anymore would be a real factor in choosing a car. With auto as an option it opens the door to a lot of other cars I've been ignoring.
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Also, think I'd go with the Taurus over the CTS if I narrowed it down to the two, not quite as refined but it has an extra 61hp and 77ft-lb and costs 5k less with the same options (plus tax free and military savings since I can get fords through AAFES).
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In NY I'd stick with the awd, grab a CTS, or a Saab 9-3 with the 2.8 turbo. Most people forget about Saab being under the GM curtain, but it adds a European touch, and the sport is about the same price as the A5 and still gives you the AWD and similar performance (0-60 in 6.0 flat for mags).
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Depends on how good the engineers are on each application, this tranny will be geared differently of course between the Taurus/Camaro/3 series, but you'll only know for sure after a test drive.
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Mod plans are all going to be for the 78, it has a long way to go. http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2943061/3 page isn't up to date, I got it running right before I left for my deployment.
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I had been following your buildup of you're caprice some time ago and could never find any updates, looks good, didnt know you were planning an all out race car though. The frame swap and suspension are impressive !!! my 468 powered 79 caprice aerocoupe is getting a complete 95 impala suspension swap and rear end. Anyway, buy the Audi its much sexier, awd, and everybody'll have a Camaro.
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Yeah you do, my buddy got the first new Mustang (07?) that was blue with white stripes while in Iraq. Great discount while your over there. I'm going to go test drive some cars with a friend in the next two weeks, want me to try out the 9-3 and the CTS if I see them? (it is Lexington after all, we rarely get the good stuff)