Help me pick my next ride!!!!

**predator** · 05-10-2008, 06:35 PM

Ok guys so I think i might have the Vette sold and Im starting to day dream about what i could get... Let me know what you think...

XLR

$35k MSRP
Convertable
Uses alot of Vette parts
Rare

After Im done... prolly $50k

Intentions:
Wheels
supercharged motor
full suspension
M6 (they were all autos)

GTO

$12k MSRP
LS1 or LS2
M6

After I'm done... $35k-$45k

Intentions:
Body Kit

super charger
All Wheel Drive

GTM super car
$19k for kit

Intentions:
Super charged or Turboed motor
Porsche 6 speed
tubular suspension
Lambo doors
$45k-$50k upon completion

I like xlrs, but i gotta have a 6 speed... that will be a pain... it will be a nice car the minute i buy, but it will turn out to be the most expensive

GTO needs work to actually stand out... and i hate the factory looks... but with some part from Australian i should be able to AWD it... and it not too expensive...

GTM... i think i would like it when i get done, but if i cant finance a kit i would have to use all my cash on the kit and then it would take me a while to finish it... and even if i can finance a kit it would still take me atleas a year to finish...

well what you think?

-me

**MagicMan** · 05-10-2008, 06:37 PM

Where the hell did you get these MSRP prices from?!

**predator** · 05-10-2008, 06:48 PM

oh sorry... i dont guess its really msrp... more like what i could get one for...

my bad...

just read MSRP as purchase price...

-me

**Hi-Po** · 05-10-2008, 06:51 PM

2003 ZO6 Vette.

**Y2KPewterSS** · 05-10-2008, 06:53 PM

Would this be your only vehicle or do you have a beater?

**LT1 > LS1** · 05-10-2008, 06:56 PM

ariel atom.

$30,000

runs 10's in the quarter, and comes supercharged. it will outhandle a cbr600rr on a roadcourse....

if you were gonna just have a toy, that would be it

**derrinx** · 05-10-2008, 06:58 PM

doesntthe xlr start at like 90k or somehting?

**LT1 > LS1** · 05-10-2008, 06:59 PM

Originally Posted by derrinx

doesntthe xlr start at like 90k or somehting?

i thought it was like $70,000

check the cadillac site. it will tell you, i dont wanna go there.

but, if i had to pick, i would do the kit car thing.only if it had a v-8 though

**predator** · 05-10-2008, 07:00 PM

MUST BE V8.....

i considered an acura NSX with the fortune body kit...

but i didnt think i could fit a v8 in it...

-me

**LT1 > LS1** · 05-10-2008, 07:01 PM

Originally Posted by predator

MUST BE V8.....

i considered an acura NSX with the fortune body kit...

but i didnt think i could fit a v8 in it...

-me

seriously, if you can fit a v-8 in a fiero, you can fit one in a nsx

**predator** · 05-10-2008, 07:02 PM

toy only...

and remember i will be buying a used car not a new on... the MSRP was a bad wording...

**predator** · 05-10-2008, 07:07 PM

oh and for those that dont know... the GTM uses an LS series motor and mostly vette suspension... but it doesnt have power steering... and it is a kit... im a bit worried about the finishes product...

-me

**Y2KPewterSS** · 05-10-2008, 07:09 PM

Originally Posted by predator

toy only...

and remember i will be buying a used car not a new on... the MSRP was a bad wording...

Since you are wanting a toy, I would go with the GTO. The XLR is a badass ride, but just not what I envision as a toy to mod etc. If this was going to be your only transportation I would have said XLR over the GTO.

**predator** · 05-10-2008, 07:21 PM

Oh im also considering tracking down a rare car... such as

Even maybe in vert form... you know like 1 of 9....

and Y2k that is one reason i like the xlr... your never gonna see a wicked modded one... you will barely see a stock one...

-me

**Y2KPewterSS** · 05-10-2008, 07:22 PM

Originally Posted by predator

Oh im also considering tracking down a rare car... such as

Even maybe in vert form... you know like 1 of 9....

and Y2k that is one reason i like the xlr... your never gonna see a wicked modded one... you will barely see a stock one...

-me

Similar to you though, I would be skeptical about one of those kit cars. I don't know much about them

**jujofields** · 05-10-2008, 07:29 PM

Originally Posted by predator

Oh im also considering tracking down a rare car... such as

Even maybe in vert form... you know like 1 of 9....

and Y2k that is one reason i like the xlr... your never gonna see a wicked modded one... you will barely see a stock one...

-me

If you're looking for a rare TA, you should find the guy who has the "inverse" 1999 Anniversary Edition WS6....only 1 of 1 made!!!

**stangslayer98** · 05-10-2008, 07:31 PM

i was looking into buying a kit car myself, the cobra replica all you get when you buy the kit is what you see frame,quarter panels etc.... everything else like the drivetrain, motor, suspension, wheels, brakes have to be from a doner car in the gtm's case a corvette.

**predator** · 05-10-2008, 07:43 PM

Originally Posted by stangslayer98

i was looking into buying a kit car myself, the cobra replica all you get when you buy the kit is what you see frame,quarter panels etc.... everything else like the drivetrain, motor, suspension, wheels, brakes have to be from a doner car in the gtm's case a corvette.

only donared parts are suspension (i would go after market), door handles, wiper motors, gas tanks, brakes and rotors (again after market), radiator, motor (yeah definitely custom built), mirrors, and some other various parts... you dont really use that much of a corvette.... not even the tranny

-me

**Zapper2003** · 05-10-2008, 07:46 PM

Originally Posted by nitrorustler41

ariel atom.

$30,000

runs 10's in the quarter, and comes supercharged. it will outhandle a cbr600rr on a roadcourse....

if you were gonna just have a toy, that would be it

Not sure where you got that figure from, in all the looking I've done, you can't even touch a used Atom for that kind of money. www.arielatom.com or http://www.arielmotor.co.uk/

**Zapper2003** · 05-10-2008, 08:14 PM

I voted GTM as you mentioned this was a secondary, or 'toy' car poll. I love the XLR, I remember when I saw the first one at the Caddy dealership, so badass for a caddy. However, for a 'toy' car it seems too....country club. The GTO's seem to be a dime-a-dozen, and the way I look at it, if you're going to do something like this, make it unique.