[s-cars] Advice needed- warning NAC heretical content inside

[rshydo at ithacamechanical.com]

Taka -

I'd say Factory Five.  I've known a few people that have done their kits
and been happy with them.  Not sure whats in a complete build, but I bet
you could end up with exactly what you want in their chassis.  Kinda like
a value menu, little of this, little of that, hold the chrome bumpers. 
Should be very easy to tune suspension settings and amount of stuff in the
interior to meet the "1000 mile drive" requirements.

Only other things I'd toss into the mix:

Supercharged (aftermarket) Acura NSX
BMW E30 M3 (know you said no bmw, but I had to toss it out anyway)
Last gen RX-7 turbo
Supra twin turbo

Rob




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> Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2008 08:34:58 -0400
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> Listers-
> I'm looking at getting a new car and would love some input.
>
> I'm looking only at 2-seat sports cars (or 2+2 coupes).
>
> Budget is under $35k tops.
>
> Porsche 996
> Chevy Corvette C6
> NO BMWs
> ???
>
> Those are my top contenders.
>
> Practicality is not an issue (actually, both cars above are pretty
> decently
> practical).
>
> Bad weather performance is not an issue (that's what snow tires are for
> and
> I wouldn't drive this car in the snow).
>
> Power, handling, brakes, driving feel are my top priorities. Reliability
> must be halfway decent (no Ferraris).
>
> I also want something that I can take a 1000 mile road trip and not be a
> hairshirt experience (like a Caterham 7).
>
> My concern with the above-
>
> Corvette is a GM- typical GM parts bin crap abounds, possibility of lots
> of
> stupid little things failing here and there.
>
> Porsche is a Porsche- high parts prices, high maintenance prices, high
> insurance rates, much higher mileage for comparably priced cars.
>
> Audi TT- no way. Audi S4- not a sports car. Audi RS4- yes, but too heavy,
> too expensive. Audi R8- way out of budget.
>
> Lotus Elise- concerns with subframe delamination and failure, very hard
> ingress/egress, not that much power.
>
> Factory Five Roadster, turnkey- definitely nice, but a little too hard to
> live with.
>
> Taka
>
>