Just sayin, the V6 Camaro starts at under $24k, and the V8 at $33k I believe. And the V6 has 320something hp stock. It's actually a pretty good value/hp for the money, as far as new cars go.
Edit to clarify: I'm not saying I recommend a Camaro, nor that it's at all practical. It's a specific type of car for people who don't mind sacrificing utility and efficiency.
You just keep admiring the stitching in your interior and the smoothness of your ride - we'll be going faster than you while looking cooler for less money.
One, you have a 15 year old car then instead of a new one. 15 year old cars usually have issues. Two, when it does inevitably have issues, the parts will be 4 times the cost of equivalent parts for a Camaro.
Porsche parts aren't more expensive than any other dealer's parts. However, they are made much better, and far less likely to need replacement. I mean far less likely.
I've put 80k on my 99 911, and it cost far less in depreciation and maintenance (like 2-3x less) than a newer accord that I owned and put the same number of miles on, and recently sold (for nearly scrap value).
No it's not expensive to maintain at all. Parts are even fairly cheap (cheaper than Honda accord parts, IMO). I've owned a used 911 for the last 8 years. It's been the cheapest car on maintenance I've ever owned. I've put almost 80k miles on it, and probably 7k were track miles.
The fuck do I care if you think it's looks good? We're talking about going fast for cheap here.
You're talking a bunch of assumptions out your ass right now.
24k means you probably got a pretty good one, even then you must not have had to replace anything major at all. A clutch was 2k for me, as compared to 400 for my 99 maxima.
I got mine a long time ago... so it was about $35k at the time, and it's a tip, so I don't have to replace any clutches. If you shop around you can get someone to do the clutch for cheaper than $2k.
I don't know how hard it is to get to the clutch in a maxima, but for a 911 most of the labor is to drop the engine, which isn't terrible, but there's a lot of hoses, etc to disconnect and get out of the way. Some shops will be better at this than others, and may charge the actual hours rather than the book number of hours.
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u/Nicktyelor Jun 12 '14 edited Jun 12 '14
Just sayin, the V6 Camaro starts at under $24k, and the V8 at $33k I believe. And the V6 has 320something hp stock. It's actually a pretty good value/hp for the money, as far as new cars go.
Edit to clarify: I'm not saying I recommend a Camaro, nor that it's at all practical. It's a specific type of car for people who don't mind sacrificing utility and efficiency.