Replacement Car Contest - We Have a Winner

"rb1971 ARGQF+CayenneTurbo+E9+328GTS+R90S" (rb1971)
12/16/2015 at 13:07 • Filed to: None

It’s the i8. It’s like driving the future, seriously.

Here’s the reasoning on the others:

4c: Great car, not nearly comfortable enough for my needs, but if I needed a track car or lived in Marin and could drive it once in a while it would be on the list. Looks and sounds great.

AMG GT-S: Whammy . See below.

Vantage: My exotic car mechanic told me in no uncertain terms not to buy an Aston. This guy thinks the maintenance requirements on Ferraris are not too bad. No thanks.

Corvette/F-type: Decided they are not exotic enough. However the F-type is a gorgeous car and I’d buy the Corvette if my main goal was to win stop-light drags. (Note: It’s a bummer that all three cars on the list with manual transmissions didn’t ultimately appeal to me.)

AMG GT-S: Yesterday I set up appointments to drive both the i8 and the GT-S. When I arrived at BMW the salesman came outside to meet me and the car was rock-n-roll ready to go. I finished up (verdict: awesome) and told him I was going to Mercedes to drive the GT-S, then I called the Mercedes dealer since I was going to be a little late. When I got there the car was sitting on the showroom floor blocked in my about 10 other cars, and the salesman (who I had to go find) had to ask his manager if I could drive it (took 10 mins to get permission - huh?) then wanted 30 minutes to move all the cars around to get it out of the showroom. If that’s the treatment that dealer offers, it’s sort of a no-brainer. Plus by that point the i8 had really impressed me.

DISCUSSION (17)

For Sweden > rb1971 ARGQF+CayenneTurbo+E9+328GTS+R90S
12/16/2015 at 13:11

I assume you bought the convertible version, as you don’t seem like a terrible person.

daender > rb1971 ARGQF+CayenneTurbo+E9+328GTS+R90S
12/16/2015 at 13:13

Good call, and now’s probably the time to buy a new i8 since the hype appears to have worn off enough that cars aren’t selling with ridiculous markups and whatnot.

Now then, so when are you going to modify it ?

Kinja'd!!!

Jonathan Harper > rb1971 ARGQF+CayenneTurbo+E9+328GTS+R90S
12/16/2015 at 13:16

congrats. when ya get it?

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > rb1971 ARGQF+CayenneTurbo+E9+328GTS+R90S
12/16/2015 at 13:27

Nice. Please, please, please get the blue!

Sneaky Pete > rb1971 ARGQF+CayenneTurbo+E9+328GTS+R90S
12/16/2015 at 13:27

Did you consider a Gen V Viper?

CAR_IS_MI > rb1971 ARGQF+CayenneTurbo+E9+328GTS+R90S
12/16/2015 at 13:35

I am interested to hear how you like it once the honeymoon phase wears off.

JR1 > rb1971 ARGQF+CayenneTurbo+E9+328GTS+R90S
12/16/2015 at 13:37

That car is the future and wold be worth ever penny. You made the correct decision here

rb1971 ARGQF+CayenneTurbo+E9+328GTS+R90S > CAR_IS_MI
12/16/2015 at 13:37

I’m happy to do a 3 or 6 month review (probably 6 is better since I don’t really drive much but I will have at least 2-3 road trips in the car by then) if people are interested.

rb1971 ARGQF+CayenneTurbo+E9+328GTS+R90S > daender
12/16/2015 at 13:39

I may well get new wheels and tires. I don’t love the wheels yet, but I’ll give them a while to grow on me. Like mold, or fungus.

toadterror > rb1971 ARGQF+CayenneTurbo+E9+328GTS+R90S
12/16/2015 at 14:56

Kinja'd!!!

Yours?

AM3R shamefully returns > rb1971 ARGQF+CayenneTurbo+E9+328GTS+R90S
12/16/2015 at 16:00

I looked at a 997.2 GTS at a Porsche dealer, I had set up my appointment a week in advance. Call 20 minutes before to let them know I’m coming and the guy pauses before saying “ohhhh right yeah I remember you.”

I get there and the car is sitting in the showroom and the salesmen I had just talked to was on lunch.

Alex Zapata > rb1971 ARGQF+CayenneTurbo+E9+328GTS+R90S
12/16/2015 at 16:05

Congrats, it’ an awesome car, would buy if I had the money, it looks soooo mad, it gets quite a lot of attention and is a definite future classic (if BMW stops making so many of them sometime soon)...

rb1971 ARGQF+CayenneTurbo+E9+328GTS+R90S > AM3R shamefully returns
12/16/2015 at 21:33

I hope you left and bought something equally awesome elsewhere.

rb1971 ARGQF+CayenneTurbo+E9+328GTS+R90S > Jonathan Harper
12/16/2015 at 21:34

Tomorrow. I’ll post pics.

AM3R shamefully returns > rb1971 ARGQF+CayenneTurbo+E9+328GTS+R90S
12/16/2015 at 22:21

Still on the hunt! Bought something to daily drive recently (335i) as I’m looking to make some adjustments. Currently have 3 cars, going to sell the other 2 and if everything works out I’ll have a GTS or a lime rock park E92 M3.

rb1971 ARGQF+CayenneTurbo+E9+328GTS+R90S > AM3R shamefully returns
12/16/2015 at 23:39

Is the 335 current or previous generation? If so I’d probably buy something other than the E9X M3 just to mix it up.

AM3R shamefully returns > rb1971 ARGQF+CayenneTurbo+E9+328GTS+R90S
12/17/2015 at 15:51

It's an e92, I see what you mean about mixing it up. The LRP M3 makes the most sense as an investment standpoint but I bet a GTS or a turbo would be so much fun.