Automotive → Re: which car to get?

Test drive a used CL65 that's in your price range, just to do it. It's a $190k car so it has the luxury part covered. Its twin turbo v12 makes 604 horsepower and 740 torque so acceleration is covered (magazines list 11.8 @ 122 for the quarter mile). Brakes are 8-piston with massive rotors so it will stop. Like all Mercedes it's not light so it doesn't corner like a Miata but it will do anything you're willing to attempt on public roads in a car you value.

A test drive will tell you if it is or isn't what you're looking for. It's a very much Jekyll-and-Hyde, where it will commute just as comfy and quiet as you want or rip the doors off the car trying to keep you from merging. Passing on a 2-lane road will make you laugh every time.

There aren't a lot of cars out there that do either sport or luxury this well, and damn near none that can pull off both at this level. It isn't a "look at me" kind of car. Few people will realize that the standard-looking coupe next to them has 50% more torque than a Viper or hits 60 in 3.8 seconds. For some people that's exactly the kind of car they're looking for.

cl65 amg is nice but i still think its out of my reach, since id rather not get a 8 year old used model. my stance on sports car is not to get them used becuase for all i know the previous owners could have drag raced them at every traffic light.

also that in that vid , it is a 2008 gt500. i think the 2013 gt500 could beat it.