Buying a 10+ year old car what could go wrong?

[Bobby Stainless]

Welcome to fucking Kansas...

Good sandwich shop in Wichita called Cinnamon's Deli.

[hawkgt]

Welcome to fucking Kansas...

i think you said merriam in anther thread? aristocrat motors? seen alot of good cars in that place. lived in the area years ago when I had no choice as a teenager. torn label brewing is pretty good for a cold one down in crossroads district.

if driving back through ks, stop at the chef in mahattan, ks. good breakfast and lunch.

[guroo270]

Last page was discussion about the Golf R and a S5. I just posted a 458 Speciale.

guroo: Find a S2000 and buy that.

One of my dream cars, but probably much harder to find an unabused one for anywhere near that price. Those things hold their value, big time. Kinda like buying a Ducati vs. Gixxer.

[stfu&gbtw]

[BmillsSkier]

Good looking hot hatch, clean without the boy-racer flair. Got any interior pics? Is it a GTI or R32, I can't recall? (Also, what's the difference b/t those two if any VW fanboi wants to chime in. )

[guroo270]

The Golf R is the replacement of the R32. I'm dying to get just the GTI. I scared the shit out of the sales guy in one (don't worry, I've had professional training), and it just seemed pretty perfect. My girlfriend makes fun of me because I drive slowly now as I'm just not in a hurry, no fun roads, and I drive a navigator, but we got out of that test ride and was like, "WTF was that?" She drives 100 on the freeway.

Awesome pick up. I love the contrast in that car with white, but that's very sleek and undetectable sans laser.
My dad just got rid of his GTI in the exact trim I wanted for an A3. He says the A3 is an okay car, but that he just kinda connected with the GTI and he's going back to get another. That's coming from a guy that owned in succession: 88 targa, 98 carrera S (in silver, named GORT), a 745i, Jetta, leaf, then the GTI. While of course we would both just pick the 98 over the 88 if we ain't payin', the 88 was both of our favorites. There's just something about taking an 88 to the track and railing on it with reckless abandon (it also just has a more visceral, no computer-all mechanic feel to it), as opposed to taking a $90k (not sure what they are now) car into a turn at full clip thinking, meeeeeehhhhh, this might be too fast. I know, cool story bro.

Always wanted the white GTI, plaid interior, red stitches... Just feels perfect to me. License plate - STMTRPR and not because of the Darth ad.

[stfu&gbtw]

Fun car. Nice interior. Looked at an s5 here too... nicer car.. lol. I love cars. Bummed I have to drive this back on i70. I'll get a couple of interior pics.

[Bromontana]

may be a retarted question but I thought that S5 is being shipped to Denver?

[BmillsSkier]

There's definitely a niche market for those z3m's.

Not a huge fan of slammed cars but you could literally eat off any part of this car. Clean as fuck. Kid I know through some friends owns this:





will edit with higher res pics when I get home, mobile upload is shit apparently

Cool pics. I too am not a fan of slammed cars and I don't understand the whole 'stance' culture but I'm also in my 30s and an ardent fan of everything stock. That said that kid's M Coupe looks pretty sweet, now he's just got to raise it a couple inches, he can even keep the rims.

I'm reminded of a conversation between Clarkson and Hammond:

JC: I see your 325 has been lowered

RH: Yes, for a sportier feel

JC: Lowered is just another way of saying, what is it?

RH: That it's been ruined.

[Aldo]

Getting a p car education here. Never really been a fan but still enjoying what's being discussed .

I recall buying 2 Porsches from older guy on Long Island about 8 years ago. Both his original cars driven daily with miles. I think a 78 911sc that was pretty ratty, and , wait for it, 84 930 coupe. Both cars bought for 17k. Split ways with partner left both cars on floor. Smacks forehead.

[stfu&gbtw]

may be a retarted question but I thought that S5 is being shipped to Denver?

Different s5. These guys had one too. Will undoubtedly sell this and buy that.

[BmillsSkier]

Anyone have an extra $190k I can borrow?

[Art Shirk]

Thought this was pretty funny. The suit is horseshit but it's pretty tough to claim the dude doesn't have the resume to expect some decent treatment.

https://www.google.com/amp/jalopnik....?client=safari

[BmillsSkier]

Thought this was pretty funny. The suit is horseshit but it's pretty tough to claim the dude doesn't have the resume to expect some decent treatment.

https://www.google.com/amp/jalopnik....?client=safari

To be fair, I'd refuse to sell one to anyone who bought a white Testarossa too.

[The Suit]

Already requested they send this one from Houston:

https://www.carmax.com/cars/audi/s5/2012/13412637

Sweet looking ride. What's your depreciation forecast on that? Has the SC V6 proven to be as much of a letdown as the 4.2 fanbois thought it would be?

My wife has an S5 with the V6. I really like the car, and I particularly like that motor. She had a V8 S4 before it. I like the V6 in the S5 better.

We also have an SQ5 with a slightly more powerful version of the V6, and I don't particularly like it in that car. That may be because I don't really like the SQ5.

[stfu&gbtw]

My wife has an S5 with the V6. I really like the car, and I particularly like that motor. She had a V8 S4 before it. I like the V6 in the S5 better.

We also have an SQ5 with a slightly more powerful version of the V6, and I don't particularly like it in that car. That may be because I don't really like the SQ5.

Interesting - thanks very much for that perspective. As a big fan of the 4.2, it hadn't occurred to me that anyone would feel that way, but I will find one to drive somewhere to see for myself. Not familiar with that setup.

Do you know if they offered the S5 with the v6 and 6 spd manual?

[Bobby Stainless]

Pretty sure the V6 S5 coupe has a manual.

Or you could go this route.

http://www.millermotorcars.com/used/...5c04058082.htm

[The Suit]

Do you know if they offered the S5 with the v6 and 6 spd manual?

That's what we have.

[DeepHelmet]

Audi's new(ish) supercharged V6 is a beast. I like the sound of the V8 better but the V6 feels faster.

[Shredhead]

Thought this was pretty funny. The suit is horseshit but it's pretty tough to claim the dude doesn't have the resume to expect some decent treatment.

https://www.google.com/amp/jalopnik....?client=safari

Preston's fucking crazy and I'm amazed he's still alive. He was frickin old and looked like a hermit, when I met him twenty five years ago.

[BmillsSkier]

Here you go stfu:

Bidding ends in 3 hours and it's in your price range.

http://bringatrailer.com/listing/1968-porsche-911-2/



Shit, if I had an extra $50k laying around I'd be tempted to scoop this one up. It may not be concours ready, but it's damn close.


Ooooh, dibs!



http://bringatrailer.com/listing/1989-porsche-928-gt/

I wonder what kind of a pain it would be to title and import a CDN car and how relatively annoying the metric clusters would be day to day?

[Bromontana]

This one is likely to sell under $50k and has some nice mods.

http://bringatrailer.com/listing/1981-porsche-911sc-2/



remember, the goal here is to give stfu as much heart burn as possible while buying the newer Audi. We need to make him feel like he's making an awful decision

[delco714]

Fun car. Nice interior. Looked at an s5 here too... nicer car.. lol. I love cars. Bummed I have to drive this back on i70. I'll get a couple of interior pics.

Congrats dude! My boxster gets delivered to me in a few hours :-)

[Bromontana]

dayumn, productive week for the addicts. Congrats delco!

[SkiCougar]

So talk about soltices.

The more active posters dont need to hush to allow silence to dominate. Thats how threads die.

Feel free to contribute rather than moan.

Ok,

My 2007 Solstice GXP with 21,000 miles.

I realize and cede fully that its got nothing on a 911, many beemers and some Mercedes convertibles; but I drove those and liked it best. it's not the fastest by a longshot but it's quick, sounds great and I like the looks.