rodjonathan

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so qas some of you may know my 335 burned down with my house and not that the final amount we are gonna spend on the house including EVERYTHING is set in stone i know how much of the insurnace money im setting aside in my savings and the rest is for my next car ... ill be checking them out in person but heres what ive dug up online while bored at work its between these 4 for right now ... all are priced about the same all have manual trannys except the xf let me know what youll think

chino0314

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numero uno!!!!!
number one

rodjonathan

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^ ha ha that was my first choice too but idk i dont like the interiors on the m3 plus after driving the ctsv i think its better than the m3 in EVERY way

RickA

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Why is a Z06 in a list of options with 3 sedans?

renesisgenesis

m3. 8400 rpm. The m3 is the only one out of those I have driven (e92 coupe), so I guess I am biased. But according to Clarkson, the BMW will mean you are a ****.

RickA

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They don't call them douchemobile's for nothing...

My vote is for Z06, but that's the only one I've driven out of those 4... mostly because if I could afford a Z06, sedans wouldn't be in the list of possible alternatives

bose

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Get the CTS-V, it has the same engine as the ZR-1 and all the awesomeness of a Cadillac interior.

Here's just a few things you can do to make it faster than ALL of those cars.
http://www.worldcarfans.com/10905071...0hp-zr1-engine

renesisgenesis

I think the caddy styling is really bad. Looks cheap somehow which is supposed to be the opposite of a caddy. The vette is cool, but the performance of the m3 is really, really good, and it's so much more practical. I think it does 0-60 in well under 4.5 if i remember correctly.

bose

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The CTS V does the 1/4 in 3.9 seconds.


Also: http://www.caranddriver.com/news/car..._ring-car_news

http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/com...cedes-c63-amg/

Nevermind get this instead: http://www.motortrend.com/roadtests/...ook/index.html

playdoh43

you already have a fun car in the RX8. Id get a cheap car and invest rest of the money, we are still 40% from being back to 14,000 in the DOW. There hasnt been too many great oppurtunities to double, tripple or quadrupple your money in the next decade. You might be looking at ferraris or a beach house by then.

just my 2 cents.

8 Maniac

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3.9 seconds is pretty fast.

Feras

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Z...0....6...

qed

Design1stCode2nd

Between those four I'd take the M3.

bose

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Stock for stock the Z06 is only .2 seconds faster than the V, plus not nearly as comfortable.

dsire4u

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no ctsv man
Cadillac vs BMW
who wins?
bmw

rodjonathan

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^ nah you dont know anything about the cts v then my friend id pick the caddy anyday! the interior is better and it has more presence IMO ... also for all those wondering why the z06 is in there ... well i have a camaro already 2ss/rs and its not a z06 but its a 2 dr sports car so is my 8 thats why im considering the 4 door sedans just for sth more convenient ... since earlier ive ruled out the jag its beautiful but the auto is killing it ... also ive driven the m3 and the ctsv and i believe the ctsv is the better car any and every day unbiased ... then comes the z06 IF i can get that exact one

lesper4

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LOL, my order of preference
1 - M3 (arragance, sedan?)
2 - XF (Nice)
3 - CTS-V (its a cadi or an olds mans vet)
4 - ZO6 (everyone has one)

rodjonathan

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thanks for the input bro ... and yea i have a fun car in the 8 plus i have my new camaro but heres the deal with the housing market the way it is now its literally costing me a VERY VERY SMALL fraction of the check the insurance cut me to both build and furnish my new house so all the rest of the money is already being invested and saved plus im getting 2 seperate checks for my 335 and my gfs car totalling to more than i will spend on my car and we already got her an second car (suv) so i figured id spend the 50 odd k on sth i want since i have alot already being invested plus i have a secure job (work for my dads and uncles companies) and i get a car allowance perk of working with the old man so money that i would have been putting in installments for a car will be going straight to savings anyway see what i mean ... if i hadnt got a good sum of money i wouldnt have been buying a car but doing exactly what you said

CarAndDriver

My vote is for the M3. It will also hold its value the best of all the cars, IMHO. Last would be the XF - I have read in the long-term test, the electrical gremlins show up. I'd probably put the Cadi 2nd. C&D loved the CTS-V and it almost got first in a recent comparo test but had the manual which was a negative. Corvette ages someone into middle age crisis case.

rodjonathan

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^ lol i have ruled out the xf and the me is about to go next i THINK lol

8 Maniac

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I haven't ever really liked the way the CTS looks. Just something about it bugs me for some reason. My vote would go to the m3 or the vette. Does the vette have anything else done to it? than exterior stuff?

rodjonathan

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the interior on the vette is BEAUTIFUL ... everything is wrapped in leather (custom job) suede down the center of the seats to match the exterior and its tuned intake exhaust dynoed at 647 hp it says hes done some engine work not specified so ima call him for more details this weekend ... also i think the cts v is sexy but if the vette doesnt sell im getting that ... its down to the cts v and vette m3 is now off the list ... major reason being i had the 335 and i know the m3 is an m car but its too close for me to get it again honestly the only car id repeat would be my 8

smokedRX8

nothin like BMW engineering. Honestly, i can't describe the difference in the all around feel of their cars. Having driven the V, ZO6 and the M3, and owning 2 beamers, I would def go with the M3. More practical, better handling car, not heavy like the V, goes like stink. Resale value is also much much better than any GM product. But that might not mean anything to you, idk, just my opinion!

alfy28

the red car, with nice head light design.

rodjonathan

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lol thanks for the input this is exactly what tore me between the 2 but after driving the v then a friends m3 back to back i would personally pick the v of course the m3 is german but the americans deserve a round of applause for the v ... and performance wise the v is more in the m5 playground than the m3 so it will definitely outperform the m3 also resale value doesnt matter to me ... right now it depends on the z06 if it doesnt sell when i go to see it its mine if not ill go with the cts ...