Poll: daily driver v8 rwd manual

OP is gay. Where you been?

We have many conspiracies to discuss! More importantly... was Trump really sick or was he busy finalizing his plans to imprison the deep state and obviously had to conduct this business "off site"?

I am biased......

gimmie11s said:

OP is gay. Where you been?

We have many conspiracies to discuss! More importantly... was Trump really sick or was he busy finalizing his plans to imprison the deep state and obviously had to conduct this business "off site"?

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Op is very happy potus is good.

op is keeping an ear to the conspiracy theories, they are at the cusp of culminating into a nothing burger and Trump wins on merit, or a wtf expose and Trump wins a landslide.

I think we get devastating drops later this month, not trying to derail a thread, happy to carryon elsewhere.


Back to sedans, I get a medium chub for clean is300’s with getreg swaps and clean mods.

It sounds like your not on a budget, but if you were I would go Gen 1 CTS V full bolt ons.

Since your not on a budget it would be the Gen 2 CTS V or the M3 for me personally. The Gen 2 has alot more potential for power, but the high revving engine in the M3 would be very fun in the canyons(also the M3 wins in the looks department IMO).

All things aside I would want to drive both cars and pick what felt right. I believe I would lean towards the Gen 2 CTS V personally.

I chose something else, a 2013+ BMW M5. I have the 7 speed Auto, but North America did market a manual transmission as an option. Clean looks, 550hp twin turbo V8 is torquey. Cruising on the interstate I can get close to 500 miles out of a tank of fuel. Great street manners for a daily driver, M2 mode is a blast. I picked up mine relatively inexpensive with low miles and maintenance records.

SS for me, one of my favorite things about it is the understated look.

Here you go OP

8,600-Mile 2017 Chevrolet SS 6-Speed

offroadkarter said:

Here you go OP

8,600-Mile 2017 Chevrolet SS 6-Speed

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Need to rename "bring a trailer" to "bring an enclosed trailer".

Corbic said:

Need to rename "bring a trailer" to "bring an enclosed trailer".

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you mean for future collectables and investments such as this?

No Reserve: 10-Mile 2002 Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS Intimidator

offroadkarter said:

Here you go OP

8,600-Mile 2017 Chevrolet SS 6-Speed

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already sold! Sexy machine, I really like them.

a 2650 TVS and its perfect

C63 AMG

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No E55 love?

Corbic said:

No E55 love?

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No manual but yes much love from me, miss mine but will get another dad-mobile in a few years. Will keep watching this thread, cant wait to see the end result. My money would be on CTSV G2 then G1.

G8 GXP and SS are too "rare" and fixing and or mods may be more skimp. I fell out of owning a limited production car when I owned my 04 GTO only made for 3 years.

No budget I vote Gen2 CTSV or E92/94 BMW (known for the "driving experience" and handling) where the CTSV may take some tweaks to get it around a corner.

CTS-V....... Just be prepared for some insane repair bills for ridiculous problems. In other words, if you're comfortable doing work in the car yourself get the V, if you're not get something else.

Just TR6060 swap a Charger. Interior is way better then a Gen1 CTS.

5.0 swap it

Blown 89 said:

CTS-V....... Just be prepared for some insane repair bills for ridiculous problems. In other words, if you're comfortable doing work in the car yourself get the V, if you're not get something else.

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What insane bills or ridiculous problems are you talking about/experienced?

Blown 89 said:

CTS-V....... Just be prepared for some insane repair bills for ridiculous problems. In other words, if you're comfortable doing work in the car yourself get the V, if you're not get something else.

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And those BMW options will be any better for repair costs? LOL

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What insane bills or ridiculous problems are you talking about/experienced?

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Everything.

These cars have bushing problems that aren't cheap to fix. Replacement bushings are rarely, if ever in stock and you're required to buy the entire control arm as factory bushings are not able to be pressed in.....easily, if at all. I ruined 3 bushings and finally gave in and bought an entire arm. Mine went out at 5k miles. The labor to replace the fronts is insane. The rear bushings require back halfing the entire car. Luckily mine haven't gone bad.

Shocks and struts are expensive on that car. The wagon requires disassembling the entire interior from the font seats back. Literally every interior trim piece has to come out to access the shock towers. IIRC that's a 10 hour job just for the rears. The fronts weren't that bad but the struts themselves are expensive ($400......EACH).

Right now I have a fuel leak because GM's engineers are all ****ing retards. It's a 90 degree elbow made of plastic and broke at 30k miles. The dealer needs to drop the entire carrier and suspension to access it. The fuel basket/pump assembly is $400. The dealer want's something stupid like 3 grand in labor to fix it. I'll be cutting an access panel/hole in the rear floor pan with sheers to save time and money.

I'm having alignment issues in my car and as such have bought a new set of fronts every year for 5 years. As you can imagine tires on this car aren't cheap.

The brakes on this car are stupid expensive. I don't complain because that's the price of big huge 6 piston Brembos but still....for a daily driver that's expensive. Pads are $250 for each side on the fronts, and $70 each side on the rears. That's a total of $640 for pads. Sure there are other companies that make aftermarket stuff but the aftermarket for this cars isn't like that of the Mustang. Front rotors are $200-300 each. The aftermarket ones SUCK. They're terrible. I went with the most trusted aftermarket brakes and the squeal like race brakes. The fact is that the factory parts are the best option by a country mile.

I just did my taxes last Wednesday and I spent $4,000 in parts alone. Labor for what I did to the car as routine maintenance at $80k miles would have totaled another 10 grand.

Don't get me wrong. I love this car. I really do, it's amazing but two things can be true at once; the car is amazing and GM engineers are ****ing retards and parts are impossible to find, even factory parts. Many factory parts have national backorders or have been discontinued. Nothing is easy to fix and nothing is engineered well. They're a great modding platform but the aftermarket is really limited and OEM parts can be scarce.

The Germans aren't any better with cost and maintenance. I'm sure their part availability is better though. You're going to run into the same problem with the SS and G8 now that they're out of production.

That being said, I blew the doors off a GT350 last night with a table saw in the back so it's kinda worth it