What car are you drooling over today?

We have different tastes. She loves the shape of the 90's+ models that you know today. I actually like the 914, 928, 944 and find them to be fun and attainable. Of course I pick the bastard models because here I am on a forum for Mercury Cougars.

I'm lucky in that she doesn't care about the engine. So that 911 spec isn't a requirement (she hasn't driven/been in both to compare tho) we did rent a '13 911 Carrera S in Vegas a couple years ago and loved it. That's what changed my tune on Porsche in general as I was never into them. The Boxsters aren't bad to step into that world. I don't like the first gen but the later ones are sharp. She hates them for some reason.

Figured once it came time and we had the space I'd find one on CoPart or something (well spec'd Caymen or base 911 with the all important Sport Chrono package).

mmc757 said:

TDI Audi's are pretty great cars and easy to find. I wouldnt want one out of warranty...but thats true of pretty much any modern car now I guess.

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AWD is a requirement for us and they didnt make an AWD TDI A3/4/5 (right size category, need <185" length to fit reasonably well in the garage with walking space on one end) from what I can tell anyways. Honestly we would prefer a petrol engine anyways but the XE 25T/30T didnt come with AWD until 2018 and are still out of our budget range being so new. The 20D is a bit of a compromise (2017 available and nobody wants a used diesel so they are much closer to our budget) since we both really like how the XE drives, and we have been looking at moving farther into the mountains away from town so the extra MPG would be nice but not necessary (would be nice for our multiple road-trip vacations per year as well).

Also, neither of us like the styling of the Audis, both exterior and interior, partially because they all look identical and partially because they are just boring aesthetically (they are so conservative German it hurts). I dont mind the lack of warranty on most cars (note the 400K miles on the 6 and 300K on my heavily modded VR4), and either the CLA or XE would be out of warranty anyways. We have driven an A3 and A4/5 and while they were fine, they very much felt (and looked) like 15ft of just some car (and every other Audi on the road). It would certainly get the job done, but ultimately didnt interest us. Both the CLA and XE look better all around (especially with the sport/R-sport package) in our opinion.