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Originally Posted by Number 3

Ok, so I am having severe car lust issues over several items right now. Dancing in my head and I am not in control:

C7 Z51 Convertible - For overall fun and top down driving enjoyment

C7 Z06 - The retirement buster and I do mean busted

C6 Z06 - Just cuz I worked on it. Highlight of my career and all. Blah, blah, blah

ATS-V - Have to drive one, said I'd never go back to a small car......but could be tempting

CTS-V - Could fall into the C7 Z06 category. I'm suspecting it would be $80,000 and up.

Audi S6 - V8 AWD and I still do love me some Audi refinement. But right there with the CTS-V for price I'm guessing. S6 will run about $77,000 equipped the way I like :(

'14 Z/28 - If the $54,000 price point is really available, this is another way for Number 3 to own an LS7. And I have been quite open and honest about how I feel about the LS7.

Gen 6 Camaro - I'm holding my breath on this one. Chazcron's renders are truly awesome, but I'm not liking what I see. I know all of the details are missing and likely the highlights and low lights of the sheet metal aren't exact. But all I'm seeing is a Gen 5 that looks less "cartoonish" to me. The Gen5 is looking dated and now has the cartoonish look of a coupe that was built off a huge sedan architecture (which it was, actually). I saw a 1LE the other day that made my head spin a bit so it's still there, but the Gen 6, at least from the renders is only a smaller more tame version of the current car. The interior could swing me over the fence on this one.

So my only reservation on all of those is GM itself. On the two Audi's I've traded in (not sold privately) I was pretty much able to maintain my original down payment. With GM cars?? Will never happen. Because of GM's Walmart approach with their 20% off sale, I've pretty much lost my sizeable down payment on the SS. It seems for an addict like me, buying a GM car is a poor decision. Lease, keep forever, or go back to Audi. And as I just went off on FB about how 7 of the top 10 selling cars last year were foreign, that is a really tough choice for me.

Having not seen the sixth gen yet, the ATS-V would be the most tempting for me. Manual trans, magnetic ride, LF4-455HP, and it comes in Haha We'll Never Put This On A Camaro Blue.