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Old 12-03-2010, 05:38 AM
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Originally Posted by 02firehawkT/A
Your sig is amazing. When I was deciding whether or not I was gonna try and find a clean M6 fbody or get an A4, the idea that road dome would be almost impossible with an M6 greatly factored into my decision. Guess what I bought..


To the OP: I know it's been said but dude.. CTS-V. I've never personally drove when but I know when I graduate school that's the first car I'll be looking to get. It's a caddy, can be daily driven all the time any time, and it's gotta big *** Corvette V8 under the hood. Basically the perfect car if you ask me and they can be had used for around 20k if you find a sick deal.
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Originally Posted by 02firehawkT/A
Your sig is amazing. When I was deciding whether or not I was gonna try and find a clean M6 fbody or get an A4, the idea that road dome would be almost impossible with an M6 greatly factored into my decision. Guess what I bought..


To the OP: I know it's been said but dude.. CTS-V. I've never personally drove when but I know when I graduate school that's the first car I'll be looking to get. It's a caddy, can be daily driven all the time any time, and it's gotta big *** Corvette V8 under the hood. Basically the perfect car if you ask me and they can be had used for around 20k if you find a sick deal.
That's funny, a Corvette V8.
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My buddy raced my high 13 second LT1 against his 08 335i after he did a bit of boost work and had waste gates installed and exhaust... He lost by about 1.5 cars against me to about 115mph.

If you want fast, vette all the way b/c the camaro is not going to be a whole lot faster than the 335i.
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Originally Posted by IZRED
That's funny, a Corvette V8.
You're right, it's not like there was an LS6, then an LS2, then an LS9 in the CTS-V all of which were in the 'Vette. It's not even like the Vette was the first car with each of those engines in it. Good pickup there on the joke

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Well played sir.
Old 12-04-2010, 10:27 AM
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Cts-v ftw!
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what is your "near future" timeframe? if you're willing to wait a little, why not get a 2012 Z28
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another Vote for the C6 but don't since you didn't like the C5 got 2010 Camaro SS if you like ease of doing your own repairs and nice warranty. One downside is they have blindspots(worse then the BMW i'm guessing) but they are alot easier to DD
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Another vote for the CTS-V. I'm not a fan of the new Camaro (funky IP, bunker windows, smallish trunk, blah, blah, blah) and for $30k, I'd take a used CTS-V instead IF room is an important consideration. Otherwise, I'd get the Vette.
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You said you had issues with the c5 so why get a c6? If you don't plan on tinkering much with your car and you want to keep it relatively stock, BMW is hard to beat out of the box. I've driven a 325 and a 535 and they feel very agile and sporty, and with AWD they offer a ton of grip on the street (I've never taken one to the limit on a track, but there are some twisties in my area that I've blasted down).
Also, as NW-99SS stated, silver is much easier to keep clean. I work at a performance car dealership detailing cars & we use a product called Wizards Mist 'N Shine. If you can find a shop by you that sells it (you cant buy their products directly) it's the best product I've ever seen. Got water spots?, just spray, apply with microfiber, shine with dry micro fiber. You can do paint, glass, chrome, I've even polished interior carbon fiber panels on neglected Ferraris to new condition with this stuff. Good luck with your decision, you can't go wrong with any of those 3 cars.
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Originally Posted by transamraformula
you said you had issues with the c5 so why get a c6? If you don't plan on tinkering much with your car and you want to keep it relatively stock, bmw is hard to beat out of the box. I've driven a 325 and a 535 and they feel very agile and sporty, and with awd they offer a ton of grip on the street (i've never taken one to the limit on a track, but there are some twisties in my area that i've blasted down).
Also, as nw-99ss stated, silver is much easier to keep clean. I work at a performance car dealership detailing cars & we use a product called wizards mist 'n shine. If you can find a shop by you that sells it (you cant buy their products directly) it's the best product i've ever seen. Got water spots?, just spray, apply with microfiber, shine with dry micro fiber. You can do paint, glass, chrome, i've even polished interior carbon fiber panels on neglected ferraris to new condition with this stuff. Good luck with your decision, you can't go wrong with any of those 3 cars.
what shop?
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Originally Posted by redbird555
I would look for a c6 08 on up the ls3 is a much better platform not too much more money and with bolt ons would be in the range of a stock z06 for power. btw all c6's are a6 not a4
I'm pretty sure in 2005 the C6 auto was an A4.
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Hold out for a C6 Z06.
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C6s are REALLY good deal right now.
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Originally Posted by 02firehawkT/A
You're right, it's not like there was an LS6, then an LS2, then an LS9 in the CTS-V all of which were in the 'Vette. It's not even like the Vette was the first car with each of those engines in it. Good pickup there on the joke
wrong. the ctsv started life with a ls6, then ls2, then the LSA which is vastly different than the ls9



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