Let's Talk about sweet cars

[cardinalkarp]

Y'all should be walking more and saving the planet.

My 120 mile round trip drive to work prevents that kinda thing.

[Popeye_Card]

I have an approximate 1.6 mile round trip commute each day. I could walk it, but then when would I drive my cars/bikes?

[cardinalkarp]

#humblebrag

[IMADreamer]

Being someone who looks at Bring A Trailer frequently I’m astounded by the price Porsches bring. Even used (albeit slightly for the most part) they will consistently sell above the original sales price (and in most cases WELL above the original sticker). The GT3’s basically increase by 50k + the moment you buy it (IF you got it for sticker price from the dealer, which I honestly have no idea if that’s common or not).

It’s insane really. And look, I understand they are fantastic cars (although I’ve never driven one), I might be more apt to buy a Merc AMG or something along those lines since they just don’t seem to hold value when used as well as the Porsches do. Granted if you’re only looking to own the Porsche for a few years, only drive it occasionally you likely wouldn’t even lose a cent on it. Granted, it’s all a pipe dream for me.

I've kicked around the idea of a 2012-2014 C63 AMG for a long time. They are the last of the NA V8s and that's something special. Kind of a muscle luxury car, but they are well used at this point. A lot I've seen were kind of rode hard and put away wet. I think that has a lot to do with it's rapid depreciation. People go "oh cool a V8 luxury car I can buy." but then maintenance comes around and it's super pricey. So I lot of it gets pushed to the next owner. I also worry that after the fun of the V8 sound wears off there isn't much of a driving experience there. Granted that sound would probably never get old.

Y'all should be walking more and saving the planet.

No thanks, I'm good.

[Popeye_Card]

Sorry, but this is the sweet cars thread where we are supposed to discuss the joy of driving/riding, and not the agony of the long commute.

(I’ve had the long commute, and it sucks. Sometimes the short commute also sucks when sometimes you just want to clear your head - especially on a motorcycle ride. Sometimes I take a long detour in the morning just to get some riding time in.)

[IMADreamer]

I'll never give up driving until I physically can't. It's one of the great joys in life. Warm summer night with the windows down just cruising is one of my favorite things to do. A good backroad where you can open a car up a little is heaven. Not to even mention the days I spent racing as a youth. The racing was fun, but the bond with your team wrenching on each others cars, going out and settling rivalries. Nothing like a Summertime Friday night when anything is possible in your car.

And then when you are on that perfect road, in the perfect weather, and just the right song comes on... Is there anything better than that?

[IMADreamer]

Kind of a funny scene this weekend. We are chilling at this bar in Nashville and a 911 Turbo pulls up and parks. It was beautiful. About five minutes later a guy in a McLaren 620LT pulls in. 911 guy got one upped. Then maybe 10 minutes after that a guy with a McLaren 700 pulls in. One upping the 620. My buddy goes "imagine rolling up in a 911 turbo and not having the coolest car at the bar.

[tlombard]

Apparently I haven't been around here for a couple of years but I've added a couple of vehicles to my collection over the last 4+ years since I started CDL school. LOL

Current:
2024 Peterbilt 579 - I'm up to 357,496 miles as I sit right now and she'll be paid off in just over a year. I've probably put way too much money into the stereo but I love how it sounds and enjoy working on it. Alpine 6 channel DSP, Focal FPX 1200.5 for the amp and Infinity Kappas all around - 3 way components up front, 6x9 components in back and two 12s in sealed boxes on my top bunk. I did all that work myself and am constantly tweaking and planning the next round of upgrades. I started out small and am on version 5 or 6 of the system now. LOL

2009 Infiniti M35S which I've had since 2019 but absolutely love and don't ever want to get rid of.

1995 Mitshubishi 3000GT (manual) that I bought from Gateway Classic Cars in Philly back in February of 2024 and had shipped home. I've had a system installed in this car too but I didn't do the work myself. Way too small for my big self to be working in. Alpine amps, speakers, head unit and a 12" Kicker down firing in the hatch.

2012 Camaro SS 45th Anniversary Edition Convertible with the manual that I bought in November of 2024 with 35,817 miles on the Odometer.

Trucking has been good to me. It keeps me busy but I love it.

[cardinalkarp]

Is your 3000GT the TT variant?

[IMADreamer]

3000GT is such a cool car.