Thread: which is a better car

If I had the money and another vehicle to drive in the winter - I would be the owner of an '03 Cobra - there really isn't any discussion needed about that.


-Swash

i still like my GP, dont get me wrong. it is fun everytime i get in it and the blower whine is all kinds of entertainment. i am just looking for a nicer car to drive around now. something with a nice leather interior, comfy ride quality, enough power to keep me happy when i want to pass people..hell, maybe a nav unit? my choices as of right now: legacy gt, g35x, and audi a4 quattro. i plan on test driving each of them to see which one i like the most, but i think the g35x will suit me the best because it is a bigger car that wont make me want to mod the crap out of it since its N/A to begin with. the legacy gt and a4 are going to make me want to buy things since it already has a turbo on it. who knows what ill end up buying.

Originally Posted by Swash

If I had the money and another vehicle to drive in the winter - I would be the owner of an '03 Cobra - there really isn't any discussion needed about that.


-Swash

I understand but there is better, a Vette would be my first choice for a toy car, for obvious reasons.

Why skimp...like Swash I've always wanted a '03 Cobra after riding with my buddy Cam who has a 790RWHP Whippled Cobra...there is nothing like pegging the speedo before entering the highway from a onramp or getting sideways at 80 from laying into the throttle...I plan on a Audi RS4 or Cadillac STS-V before too long...maybe when they drop around 20K ish or so...after the GTP is paid off

Originally Posted by bluegtp91

Why skimp...like Swash I've always wanted a '03 Cobra after riding with my buddy Cam who has a 790RWHP Whippled Cobra...there is nothing like pegging the speedo before entering the highway from a onramp or getting sideways at 80 from laying into the throttle...I plan on a Audi RS4 or Cadillac STS-V before too long...maybe when they drop around 20K ish or so...after the GTP is paid off

Lol if I was modding it that would be different there's always the KenneBell S/C that gives 300 hp ON TOP of the stock with no other mods, think about that with a tune and air intake and your at just about 600 HP with $5,000 invested = tits.

Also the RS4 is a car for Cocks. The STS-V I like but I'd LOVE to own the new CTS-V.

IF I end up buying another car in the near future it'll be a Jeep SRT8 hands down. 425 HP and AWD for the MI winters = Perfect for me.

Originally Posted by Dboy23

Lol if I was modding it that would be different there's always the KenneBell S/C that gives 300 hp ON TOP of the stock with no other mods, think about that with a tune and air intake and your at just about 600 HP with $5,000 invested = tits.

Kenne Bell = FAIL. Read about them. They blow up because of the high pressure after the oil seals in the blowers fail. I'll go with the tried and true Whipple thank you and make as much power.

Originally Posted by Swash

Why don't you go dig up Tim King's GP and then stack it up against any of those cars. Why don't you try comparing apples to apples??

Stock for stock - I'll argue with ANYONE that for performance per dollar return - the GTP is damn near impossible to beat - the SRT4 comes to mind as a possibility, though. Couple that with a great look, features found only on (some) Vettes and Cadillac's (and on NONE of those "cars" you listed) - and you can keep any one of those ****ing tin cans from the orient. Give me the same amount of money that any one of those cost - in that current form - and I will build you 2 GTP"s that will suck the ****ing paint off as they go by them. That's a guarantee.

-Swash

I definatly agree with this. A GTP is a very good value, especially with how there priced nowadays. I'm sure i'll always have my GTP, its realable, pretty quick, and is about one of the best looking cars on the road to this day IMO. All these AccordS, Maximas, whatever of the era don't make a pipple on a Grand Prixs ass as far as looks go.

Very good informative thread, I agree with everything you had to say Swash. Our minds think alike as far as cars go and whats rice and whats not. I respect real import tuners, not ricers. I used to hang out with a couple Supra guys myself (one had around 800 HP, the other with a little over 1,000 HP), I respected them for what they were but not my taste, i'd never own one.

I'm like Swash, If I want a toy, it'll be something American Muscle because that were my taste is...

Originally Posted by Iron Indian

I definatly agree with this. A GTP is a very good value, especially with how there priced nowadays. I'm sure i'll always have my GTP, its realable, pretty quick, and is about one of the best looking cars on the road to this day IMO. All these AccordS, Maximas, whatever of the era don't make a pipple on a Grand Prixs ass as far as looks go.

Very good informative thread, I agree with everything you had to say Swash. Our minds think alike as far as cars go and whats rice and whats not. I respect real import tuners, not ricers. I used to hang out with a couple Supra guys myself (one had around 800 HP, the other with a little over 1,000 HP), I respected them for what they were but not my taste, i'd never own one.

I'm like Swash, If I want a toy, it'll be something American Muscle because that were my taste is...

I'm with you 100% on that last part, I'd rather have a ZR1 and a CTS-V in my garage rather than a GT-R and an IS-F lol.

Originally Posted by CompCam21

i was talking about cars in the same class as the gtp during that time...and if u have to pull out the jap's greatest in trying to discredit a gtp that u obviously have no arguement...nd the s2000 shouldnt be with those cars for the 32,000 it costs new i would go out nd buy a used vet and rape it all day long...i think if u spend the same amount of money modding an american v8 as u do on any of the rice burners more times that not u get a far faster car.

2008 EVO GSR - 33k, 291 HP stock AWD 4 Banger will take a G8 GT in a quarter mile race and on most tracks. It does 13.5 secs flat in the quarter. The GP is outdated we're talking about the G8 GT still. The new STI is a little more at 35k but has 305hp and will also rape the G8 GT. For someone like me both of these are more practical because of the AWD and our damn MI winters.

Originally Posted by CompCam21

i think if u spend the same amount of money modding an american v8 as u do on any of the rice burners more times that not u get a far faster car.

is that a fact?

id snatch up a 03 cobra and turn it into the cobra called snakebite on youtube ooo man thats nice and if money was free... lol

If there was a single import that I would buy - I would most likely get an STi. I truly thiink that Subaru builds a phenomenal vehicle and that car is a beast from the factory and has ridiculously obscene potential.


-Swash

Originally Posted by Swash

If there was a single import that I would buy - I would most likely get an STi. I truly thiink that Subaru builds a phenomenal vehicle and that car is a beast from the factory and has ridiculously obscene potential.


-Swash

Same with the Evo, my buddy Landon has an Evo X and let me tell you that thing's a beast. It's stock and I raced a 350Z with Headers, dual K&N Intakes, Exhaust, and a tune and literally blew him away. I've seen him race other stuff that he's taken no problem.

WIN
STi = FTW

-Swash

Originally Posted by Iron Indian

I definatly agree with this. A GTP is a very good value, especially with how there priced nowadays. I'm sure i'll always have my GTP, its realable, pretty quick, and is about one of the best looking cars on the road to this day IMO. All these AccordS, Maximas, whatever of the era don't make a pipple on a Grand Prixs ass as far as looks go.

Very good informative thread, I agree with everything you had to say Swash. Our minds think alike as far as cars go and whats rice and whats not. I respect real import tuners, not ricers. I used to hang out with a couple Supra guys myself (one had around 800 HP, the other with a little over 1,000 HP), I respected them for what they were but not my taste, i'd never own one.

I'm like Swash, If I want a toy, it'll be something American Muscle because that were my taste is...

I knew I liked you for a reason....

-Swash

Originally Posted by GrandPrixGT00

do u really need to mod a truck with 500 hp? i think if u mod at all just visuals

Saleen S331 FTMFW! 550 HP S/C

http://www.madness-us-cars.com/vehic...331-2007-1.jpg

Okay I just watched a show called motorweek on tv. They did a road test of a new g8 gxp. Its kinda an expensive car. Not too bad but a bit out of mosts price range. Theu said the track was cold and they couldn't find great traction but the best they could muster was a 13.2 quarter mile. If u ask me, that aint to shabby for what's basically a 4 dour sedan with some cool lookin scoops here and there. I love it. That's plenty enough power for me. Add some exhaust and intake and maybe pcm upgrades and ur runnin high 12s with ur everyday driver family sedan. N/a mind u. But like I said, they aren't quite in the used catogory yet so their kinda expensive right now.

^^ If you want that I'd throw 20 grand more and get a CTS-V. Actually where I live for about the same price I'd get a Jeep Cherokee SRT8, 420 hp AWD and big basically works out perfect for MI weather lol.