If you were buying a NEW car, what would you get?

Hmmmm lets try this one...

 

Go to Milan and bring back an Alfa Romeo 166. And you'll still have about $8k of your $45k left to spare.


http://www.alfaromeo.com/cgi-bin/pb...eglcefecejgdfiidfno.0&categoryOID=-1073751184

 

geeez...lookit all these car snobs in here..

I would get a nice domestic car...Im so happy with my SS at thispoint...if I had the money..I would get me a loaded Monte Carlo SS...or a Mustang Cobra..or a Camaro...

forget all these fancy exotics and rice burners..

now..if wifey hit the lotto.....


one word...


Lamborghini

 

I personally have a Navigator, but they suck, get one of the new infinities, they're really cool looking and they are easy to park, unlike a Navigator.

 

This one comes in at around $42,500

 

McLaren F1

<TABLE BORDER=1 CELLSPACING=3 CELLPADDING=1 WIDTH=425><TR VALIGN=TOP><TD WIDTH=138 HEIGHT=20><P><FONT COLOR="#FE6601">Engine Type</FONT></TD><TD WIDTH=268><P><B><FONT COLOR="#FFFFFF" SIZE="+1">V12</FONT></B></TD>
</TR><TR VALIGN=TOP><TD WIDTH=138 HEIGHT=20><P><FONT COLOR="#FE6601">Engine Size</FONT></TD><TD WIDTH=268><P><B><FONT SIZE="+1">6064 cc</FONT></B></TD></TR><TR VALIGN=TOP><TD WIDTH=138 HEIGHT=20><P><FONT COLOR="#FE6601">Horsepower</FONT></TD><TD WIDTH=268><P><B><FONT COLOR="#FFFFFF" SIZE="+1">627 bhp</FONT></B></TD></TR><TR VALIGN=TOP><TD WIDTH=138 HEIGHT=20><P><FONT COLOR="#FE6601">Torque</FONT></TD><TD WIDTH=268><P><B><FONT COLOR="#FFFFFF" SIZE="+1">649 Nm (479 lb.ft)</FONT></B></TD></TR><TR VALIGN=TOP><TD WIDTH=138 HEIGHT=20><P><FONT COLOR="#FE6601">Max. Speed</FONT></TD><TD WIDTH=268><P><B><FONT COLOR="#FFFFFF" SIZE="+1">356 km/h (222 mph)</FONT></B></TD></TR><TR VALIGN=TOP><TD WIDTH=138 HEIGHT=20><P><FONT COLOR="#FE6601">0-60 mph</FONT></TD><TD WIDTH=268><P><B><FONT COLOR="#FFFFFF" SIZE="+1">3.1 sec</FONT></B></TD></TR><TR VALIGN=TOP><TD WIDTH=138 HEIGHT=20><P><FONT COLOR="#FE6601">0-100 mph</FONT></TD><TD WIDTH=268><P><B><FONT COLOR="#FFFFFF" SIZE="+1">6.3 sec</FONT></B></TD></TR><TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=138 HEIGHT=20><P><FONT COLOR="#FE6601">1/4 mile</FONT></TD><TD WIDTH=268><P><B><FONT COLOR="#FFFFFF" SIZE="+1">11.1 sec @ 138 mph</FONT></B></TD></TR><TR VALIGN=TOP><TD WIDTH=138 HEIGHT=20><P><FONT COLOR="#FE6601">Weight</FONT></TD><TD WIDTH=268><P><B><FONT COLOR="#FFFFFF" SIZE="+1">1138 kg (2500 lb)</FONT></B></TD></TR><TR VALIGN=TOP><TD WIDTH=138 HEIGHT=20><P><FONT COLOR="#FE6601">Price</FONT></TD><TD WIDTH=268><P><B><FONT COLOR="#FFFFFF" SIZE="+1">$1,000,000</FONT></B></TD></TR></TABLE>

Maybe a bit too pricey?

 

If I was actually using my funds, not some imaginary unlimited funds like a lot of the posts in this thread, I would buy a Toyota Prius. Then again, I could be brainwashed by going to the Toyota Center almost every week.

B

 

you can get this and walk more

 

What the hell is that McLaren F1 doing in a trailer park?

 

Maybe that's how they afforded it, by living in a trailer!

Still, nice car.

 

Well the car does cost a million dollars (or is that in pounds), so unless that is Donald Trump or the Sultan of Brunei, I don't think it is surprising to see that vehicle in a trailer park.

 

For what it's worth, my father-in-law, who owns a Heffner Viper, (which has been dyno-ed at 1000+ hp at the wheel) has a Nissan 350Z as his commuter car, and he loves it. It should fall snugly within your price range.

 

Here is the car I want to get when graduate this spring. The new Volvo S40. It comes out as a 2004.5 model. The loaded turbo T5 model comes in at a only a tad over $30,000. Safety and Style at a resonable price and dammit I want one. Three auto magazines have a write-up on it this month so check it out. (Motor Trend, Car and Driver, Road and Track)

 

The new S40 looks like a mix between the '03 S60 and the Lexus IS300. Volvos and Saabs are really popular in my part of town. I actually drove the S60, which was pretty nice, but a tad overpriced.

 

my mom just got a new pathfinder armada and i love it

 

Has anyone esle noticed the similarities beween the new Corvette:



And the Viper:





I just see those Chevy commercials where all the cars are running up onto the trailer thing while it's driving, and I think: "Corvette looks like a Viper, this other thing looks like a Toyota Matrix (GM did help Toyota on that on though), the Silverado looks like a Nissan Frontier with those damn plastic wheel basins..." Chevy engineers must've been hard up for ideas this model year.

 

The Mazda 3's and 6's are pretty nice. But then again in your price range you could probably get a RX8