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[Taka Mizutani]

Solstice? No way. I sat in one, they're more claustrophobic than my Miata.

I might very well not be at S-Fest..........

At least I had some awesome Unibroue beer while I was in Montreal last
weekend.

Taka


On Sun, Aug 10, 2008 at 12:05 PM, James Pasqualoni <jim.pasqualoni at gmail.com
> wrote:

> I hate to admit it, but have you considered the Solstice/Sky turbo?  Fun
> little runts, they are.  Also hearing rumors of Taka missing //SFest-is this
> true?  No corn on the cob???  ;-)  Et tu Vincent?
>
> www.fest.com
>
> On Sat, Aug 9, 2008 at 10:26 PM, Vincent Frégeac <s.sikss at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Taka,
>>
>> One car that was not mentionned, great sport car, can be found under 35K$,
>> and you can survive a 1000 miles trip in it: Lotus Esprit SE, S4 or
>> S4S.Personnaly, I would go for a S4S because it's really track oriented,
>> although much rarer than a SE or a S4. Or a 300 Sport, but that may be
>> over
>> budget. You can also try a V8TT, sometime one goes for less than the 35K$
>> budget, I've even seen a 350 Sport going for a bit below 40K$. Now, _that_
>> was a steal.
>>
>> It meets the criteria, I think:
>> - Practically: None, except if you play golf, a golf bag is all it can
>> carry.
>> - Winter performance: Not _that_ bad I would say, a mid-engine RWD on snow
>> is kind of fun, except that a Lotus Esprit rust faster than you can spell
>> R-U-S-T.
>> - Power, handling, breaks, feel: That's what lotus is all about, except
>> that
>> power is interpreted in power/weight ratio. The S4S at 340HP is not that
>> much for a supercar, but HP/lb is another story.
>>
>> Side advantages, you won't find another one at every corner, and they're
>> one
>> of the most beautiful sport coupe ever made (personal taste or course).
>>
>> You need to know where to find parts, and they're not exactly cheap, but
>> probably not worse than P-parts.
>>
>> BTW, I don't know how the S2000 have been mentionned with the 1000 miles
>> roundtrip criteria. Personnaly, I love it for pure fun on short distance,
>> but I've made Montreal-Quebec in one, and it took me 24h to get normal
>> hearing back. This shit is the noisest stock car I've ever been in, and
>> not
>> exactly a pleasant sound.
>>
>>
>>
>> Vincent.
>>
>> -----Message d'origine-----
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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
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