You're offered $300,000 to buy an exotic car. What would you buy?

[austinite]

Nice cars. Your CLS is on it's roof.

[Proximal]

Yes & no

I drove a bi turbo v8 c63 AMG - that shit was pretty cool. . . Not something I can currently afford tho. So, a domestic v8 is the best bang for buck in this price range. Loved this thing when I got to drive it around for 20 bucks a day.

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My 2012 C-63 is NA. When you buy one they comp you for their one day performance driving school. Mine was at Leguna Seca. You drive the crap out of everything but the S class and G-wagon (both of which I do not care for). All of the turbo charged cars (E, SL, CLS) didn’t impress me, even with their added hp. I actually liked my car the best (although that was the 507 version), even preferred it to the gull-wing SLS’s.

Got rear ended (no jokes please) last year & I drove a new vette for a month. Immediately I wanted my car back, no comparison, night and day.

Had an NA SRT-8 that I modded and was over 450 at the wheels on a dyno, still no comparison.

Wouldn’t mind trying one of the red-eye versions of the Challenger, but those seem big and bulky.

Tempted to have someone build me a rat rod that can do everything my C-63 can do, but don’t think it is possible.

[GearHeaded]

Tempted to have someone build me a rat rod that can do everything my C-63 can do, but don’t think it is possible.

an old CTS V modded out might get you close

[< <Samson> >]

I change my mind all the time, if I had the cash & the place to put it - I'd just get a 08 and up CTSv to keep - I need a 4 door, but I still want na v8 torque + I still kinda lead towards domestic(for some reason)

[austinite]

I love my CTS-V. Only drive it once a month if I'm lucky to be home. But every time I take her out, it's like magic. I fall in love with it again. As soon as she breaks 1000 miles, Cam and upper/lower pulley's are going in. That should put her somewhere in the neighborhood of 750+ HP.

[Proximal]

an old CTS V modded out might get you close

Test drove that before I bought my c-63. That was a huge no-go.

Just as an FYI, not a Mercedes guy, not into the prestige stuff. Test drove M-3, M-5, vette, cts-v. Nothing made me smile. 30 seconds into my test drive with the c-63 & I was sold.

Mods for this car are reasonable and get get it stupid strong. I just like my relationship with the Mercedes dealership now. They assure me that even though I am now out of warranty, that they’ll take care of me. So I won’t mod yet.

Edit: also want to be sure that I’m not coming off as dissing anyone else’s rides. It’s just they didn’t work for me personally.

[< <Samson> >]

an old CTS V modded out might get you close

The 1st gen CTSv still screams GM way too much. It seemed so unrefined when I had it - feels to me like a fairly normal CTS with a Vette drivetrain.


I sure would love my regular Di CTS to turn into a V