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Old Oct 7, 2010 | 09:22 AM
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Only caveat... you live in WI.... this is your year-round PLAY car
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Old Oct 7, 2010 | 09:24 AM
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Wisconsin?

Any AWD options?
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Old Oct 7, 2010 | 09:29 AM
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Sequoia... covers all my bases, yearly DD (Caddy recalls, X5 and Q7 reliability scare me, and I was sold on the Escalade)... now I can concentrate on the toy
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Old Oct 7, 2010 | 09:33 AM
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me: I'd go for the shelby (even the camaro too). the exhaust sound is just toooo intoxicating

don't care for the boxsters and m3
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Ford Pinto.
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Originally Posted by Allen K
Ford Pinto.
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Old Oct 7, 2010 | 09:42 AM
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What's more exciting than driving in the snow with a car that could blow up if struck from behind?
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Old Oct 7, 2010 | 09:52 AM
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Originally Posted by Allen K
What's more exciting than driving in the snow with a car that could blow up if struck from behind?
LOL... GREAT point... know a good pre-owned guy?
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Old Oct 7, 2010 | 10:00 AM
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I've been looking but no dice From the options above I'm partial to the Cobra
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i voted for the m3 coupe but in my opinion, if you have the money for a new car, why not buy a used awd such as an audi r8
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Old Oct 7, 2010 | 10:55 AM
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Originally Posted by edgeucated
i voted for the m3 coupe but in my opinion, if you have the money for a new car, why not buy a used awd such as an audi r8
Hard to find a R8 manual low miles in my color choices...
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Old Oct 7, 2010 | 11:30 AM
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Spyder please


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Old Oct 7, 2010 | 11:44 AM
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Maybe this will help... sorry for bad photo chop on Shelby, it would have Vossen VVSCV1 concave wheels, all colors and wheels on BMW and Spyder are correct
What would you drive?-shelby-m3-spyder-compare.jpg
Personally I'm STILL leaning towards Shelby, LOVE this set-up with Vossens and black on white...
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Old Oct 7, 2010 | 11:50 AM
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Shelby...
every time i see a Boxter i think..."poor man's Porsche"
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Old Oct 7, 2010 | 12:01 PM
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Originally Posted by rdgdawg
Only caveat... you live in WI.... this is your year-round PLAY car
The topic is confusing.

Are you going to actually going to drive it IN bad winter conditions? Or, by "PLAY", do you mean only good weather, and put it in the garage from October to April? Or, do you mean, drive it in the winter (at low temperatures), but only when dry and not when the roads are bad?

I can't give you any more advice until you clarify this.
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