If you have your heart set on a V8 then get it. I bought a V6 because it was in my budget, the V8 wasn't. I really would have liked to have gotten the SS but I tell you what I am really impressed with the power of the V6 and with MRT V2 exhaust it sounds pretty damn sweet and it cost me $10k less over buying an SS.
I have had a few tell me why a V6 and not the V8. My reply is my pockets aren't that deep. One of friends asked what was under the hood, I didn't say anything and fired it up and then said it was a V6. His reply, really that sounds great. A couple weeks ago a stranger stopped by my car and asked "what are they putting in those cars these days"? "Well" I said, "this one here has the V6 in it" the guy kind of had that "oh" look on his face until I told him there was 323 HP under the hood, CAI adds up to 15HP more so it is pushing close to 340HP. His reply then was "wow".
You buy what you want AND can afford. JMO.
Dean.
