Alfa Romeo 4c or Porsche 718 Cayman
06-13-17, 12:31 PM
#31
Exactly, which is what they were going for lol. I wasn't worried about interior quality and feel when I was in high-school or college, but now that I'm older, I want more luxury and reliability.
Our S550 hasn't skipped a beat reliability wise, but it has had some really annoying issues like the Sync Headunit freezing or just randomly resetting. It sucks on long road trips, because sometimes you can't fix it until you pull over and shut the car off.
I'm looking at the RCF because of it's combination of reliability, luxury, performance, and build quality. I was blown away by the 2017 I test drove!
Nick C.
Our S550 hasn't skipped a beat reliability wise, but it has had some really annoying issues like the Sync Headunit freezing or just randomly resetting. It sucks on long road trips, because sometimes you can't fix it until you pull over and shut the car off.
I'm looking at the RCF because of it's combination of reliability, luxury, performance, and build quality. I was blown away by the 2017 I test drove!
Nick C.
Went to the Ford dealership, saw the vehicle, almost bought GT350. But they wouldn't give me anything for my current IS350 since they would need to auction it off to a lexus dealer. So I would either have to sell the IS350 or trade it in at a Lexus dealership.
But I loved the car. the clutch felt too soft and has that weird two stage springs. But everything else felt great.
The following users liked this post:
Diode Dynamics (06-14-17)
06-13-17, 01:13 PM
#32
Lexus Test Driver
The Alfa Romeo Quadrofoglio is a beast. I had one for the weekend and got to open it up. Very cool car, very quick and sounds great.
I heard these things were sold out through the end of the year, but this one is available:
https://www.musiccitymotorcars.com/n...FAEAV2H7541851
I heard these things were sold out through the end of the year, but this one is available:
https://www.musiccitymotorcars.com/n...FAEAV2H7541851
Last edited by DougHII; 06-13-17 at 08:30 PM.
06-13-17, 08:34 PM
#33
Lexus Test Driver
The sound from the M4 absolutely kills it for me. Plus the looks are kinda meh IMO. (My dad has an E92 M3, that's a different story, love that thing).
I agree with your assessment of the RCF, but I figured a few aftermarket modifications would get it exactly where I want it for a daily. The GT350 is an amazing car, and an incredible package for the money. I just want a little more luxury myself, since I've been daily driving a Mustang for a while now.
Also, the interior on the RCF is worlds apart from the GT350 IMO.
I'm excited to see what the next GT500 comes out looking like
Nick C.
I agree with your assessment of the RCF, but I figured a few aftermarket modifications would get it exactly where I want it for a daily. The GT350 is an amazing car, and an incredible package for the money. I just want a little more luxury myself, since I've been daily driving a Mustang for a while now.
Also, the interior on the RCF is worlds apart from the GT350 IMO.
I'm excited to see what the next GT500 comes out looking like
Nick C.
The following users liked this post:
Diode Dynamics (06-14-17)
06-14-17, 06:22 AM
#34
Former Sponsor
I love the sound of my F80 M3 with competition package. The exhaust sounds much better, especially on sports engine setting where the valves are open 100% of the time. Great over run pop and crackle and pretty dang loud. The M4 Competition Package would sound the same. I agree that the regular F8X without ZCP package sounds lame as hell.
Nick C.
06-14-17, 06:26 AM
#35
Lexus Test Driver
I haven't heard an F8X M3/M4 with the competition exhaust yet. It has to be better than the previous model years though, hard to do any worse IMO. The BMW may be a slightly better driver's car than the RCF, but I'd take an NA V8 exhaust note, and Lexus reliability over those slight differences any day. That's why I'm getting an RCF.
Nick C.
Nick C.
06-14-17, 05:54 PM
#36
Intermediate
Thread Starter
06-14-17, 08:06 PM
#37
Lexus Test Driver
Not any more as I am pretty far removed. I really like having a manual transmission in my M3 and spend a lot of time in this cherry little mint 997.2 cab I picked up for my wife to drive over the summer. I did miss it at first and it took a while to get used to the M3 mainly due to the seating position.
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
LexFather
Car Chat
33
06-21-06 10:39 PM