Even if you could still get a GT-R into the country without getting caught, I highly doubt you could get one for 35k.

For 35k, I'd buy a clean BMW 850 CSI and use the money left over to fix what will inevitably break on it.

 

Porsche 911

 

Either hold out for the FT-86/BRZ, or get a quality condition used NSX

 

I'd get an NSX. Sell my current car and get an 05 NSX.

 

LOL that has got to be the most random choice ever in one of these "What would you buy with $xx" threads.

 

I worry about 335i's reliability issue, the fuel pump issue and long term turbo issue to be specific. I can't find an E9X M3 for less than $40,000 with decent miles. 328i is a very balanced car except not as fast as IS350 and 335i, everything else are pretty much the same.

 

New: I'd get a 370Z

Used:I'd try to find a nice single turbo MKIV Supra.

 

Used LS460, used IS-F, New Ram 1500 Laramie, or gently used NSX.


My tastes/wants are relatively simple in life...

 

A 05 for 30-35k? HA! Ive never seen a 200x NSX under 50k.

 

Salvaged Aston Martin V8 Vantage

 

Something with Extreme HP and European...

 

LOL?

I don't see anything funny about it at all. For my driving-needs, Outbacks are just about the best thing out there for the money. And, believe me, I look at a LOT of new cars every year (some of them, of course, for CL-requested auto-reviews), so I know what's out there on the market. There are lots worse ways than Subaru, IMO, that you can blow an automotive-dollar.

Now, for a used-car, that may be a different story. Several posters here have mentioned a used Lexus LS, for 30-35K, and I tend to agree with them.

 

A used viper or lotus

 

I would either go with an 06 LS430 or a W220 Mercedes S600. I've also had my eyes on the 850CSI, SL500, and IS-F, but I want a big presidential sedan more than anything right now.

If only $35,000 would fall from the sky and land in my front yard...

 

2007/2008 750i/Li, 2008 LS460, or 911