If you had 45k for one car...

[gimmie11s]

'87 GN with a built 3.8 and a giant turbo.

And an LS swap?

At the drag strip last month there was a GMC Syclone with a built LQ4 6.0, twin 6266 turbos, and a built 4L80e.. The build was so so effing clean you could eat off of any spot in the engine bay. I about lost it.

He was ironing out a bunch of kinks so it wasn't all that fast (mid 10s at high 120s), but the damn thing was well positioned to be a clean, reliable 8 second DD. It was a bad bitch to say the least.

 

[Relaxed Chaos]

Pick up a 13-15 RS5. Incredible car inside and out.

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[_Snake_]

Agree. No doubt German cars are fun to drive have and have great performance (I drool over a 911 Turbo). But hell to the no would I ever want to own one. I had a 1991 Mercedes 420 SEL. Was a wonderful car, but for a beater S class would cost over $5000 to fix. I cant even begin to image the price tag on a MODERN German performance car.

My long block is $25k. Hence my stock tune. Lol

 

[jeffh81]

I just throw this out there, since no one else has.....

2018 Camaro SS 1LE

There are stupid discounts on the left overs on dealer lots, plus new car smell.

No kidding. They hideous though

 

[03Sssnake]

No kidding. They hideous though

Side profile isn’t bad, but the view from the front looks like a bag of dicks...

 

[9397SVTs]

And an LS swap?

At the drag strip last month there was a GMC Syclone with a built LQ4 6.0, twin 6266 turbos, and a built 4L80e.. The build was so so effing clean you could eat off of any spot in the engine bay. I about lost it.

He was ironing out a bunch of kinks so it wasn't all that fast (mid 10s at high 120s), but the damn thing was well positioned to be a clean, reliable 8 second DD. It was a bad bitch to say the least.

Remember this?

 

[gimmie11s]

The LFP truck... yep.


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[ATX5.0]

With 45k I’d buy a gen2 built block, cams, etc capable of 500whp plus (naturally aspirated) and build my 2012 mustang. I’d also spend money on a tremec trans, other drivetrain mods, brakes, wheels, etc and have some cash left over.

 

[Dusten]

With 45k I’d buy a gen2 built block, cams, etc capable of 500whp plus (naturally aspirated) and build my 2012 mustang. I’d also spend money on a tremec trans, other drivetrain mods, brakes, wheels, etc and have some cash left over.

That sounds awful to dd

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[03Sssnake]

That sounds awful to dd

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Sounds glorious and awful, kinda like my 99 SS. I get glares at stop lights, because you can literally hear the car killing the environment.

 

[ATX5.0]

That sounds awful to dd

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Forgot about the DD. Payoff the ‘18 f150 crew I daily.

 

[Dusten]

Forgot about the DD. Payoff the ‘18 f150 crew I daily.

The post was 45k for one car to use for everything...

Hence daily drive.

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[Klaus]

With 45k I’d buy a gen2 built block, cams, etc capable of 500whp plus (naturally aspirated) and build my 2012 mustang. I’d also spend money on a tremec trans, other drivetrain mods, brakes, wheels, etc and have some cash left over.

I guess you could just buy a gt500 instead.

 

[mysticsvt]

Hey guys-

Like the title says... If you had 40-45k for one car to drive year round as a daily, and "weekend warrior", what would it be and why?

I would lean towards a '13-14 GT500, but wanted to hear other people's opinions....

Agreed

 

[351stang]

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[Lemmiwinks]

I want to say Gen 2 Viper, it is a good daily as I've dailied mine.
But it's not good in the winter.

For this answer I would probably pick a BMW M550D.
Roughly 400 diesel horsepower which can easily be bumped to atleast 600 with some easy mods and it's luxurious and nice to ride.

I did race a BMW 535d in my Viper and it was close, I beat him with about half a car length.
And his car was a damn station wagon.
Driving behind him I could hear his turbo spool. It was a pretty awesome ride

 

[black92]

Went and test drove a 2013 Audi S6 Prestige this morning with 81K on the clock ($28.5K), but $500 gets you a 2 year/100K powertrain warranty. I loved it. Freaking LOVED it... However, I have no reason to replace my car with it other than just because. The car is everything I wanted, minus the exhaust being way too quiet. My vote stands with an S6.

 

[trxcobra]

996 911TT, or 997 Carrera S/4S would probably be my choice if I were looking to spend $45-50k on a fun daily. Though not sure if having a warranty is a must for you.

 

[jeffh81]

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The suckers got way too marked up from 5th to 6th gen and they uglified them on top of that. Ive been getting those letters for months. The car is an ugly, but great performance car

 

[Klaus]

For this answer I would probably pick a BMW M550D.
Roughly 400 diesel horsepower which can easily be bumped to atleast 600 with some easy mods and it's luxurious and nice to ride.

I had to look this up to see what you were talking about. Bad ass. Essentially a diesel M5 wagon. No chance this makes it to the US. Also, list would be >2x OP's budget. Other than that is a good choice though.