So, Pontiac finally built another head turning sports car, and it’s comparably cheap at a base price around 20,000. I am going to go try and test drive one today and see what they are like. If you go to http://www.pontiac.com/solstice/index.jsp you can check the car out. I guess it’s not that much different than the Mazda Miata, which starts at 21,000, but I think the Solstice looks far better.
I’m going to get me a new car when I get me a "real" job, probably next January (don’t worry I’m not going to sell the stang). Now if they build that Charger I saw the prototype for I might have to change my mind on some things, but as it stands now, the new car I’m going to get me is a C5 Vette. The only problem I would have in justifying the purchase of the Solstice is the performance of its 177HP DOHC I-4.
The mags report that the Solstice has a 0-60 time of 7.3 sec, and gets 20/28 city/hwy gas mileage. I’d probably buy a 2000 hardtop Vette and it looks like their prices are around 23,000 right now. The engine in the C5 Vette has 350HP and is rated at 18/27 city/hwy on gas mileage. Pretty damn good if you ask me, but of course real driving, for me, would probably see more like 13/25 city/hwy because of my lead foot.
And then there is purpose. I want a car my fiancée and I can run at the track. I figure that my 73 will be replaced as my daily driver (it’s so fun to drive though) since my stang gets like 12/18 city/hwy mileage (I could probably do some things about that since I tuned it for max power).
Anyway I was wondering what you guys thought.
I’m going to get me a new car when I get me a "real" job, probably next January (don’t worry I’m not going to sell the stang). Now if they build that Charger I saw the prototype for I might have to change my mind on some things, but as it stands now, the new car I’m going to get me is a C5 Vette. The only problem I would have in justifying the purchase of the Solstice is the performance of its 177HP DOHC I-4.
The mags report that the Solstice has a 0-60 time of 7.3 sec, and gets 20/28 city/hwy gas mileage. I’d probably buy a 2000 hardtop Vette and it looks like their prices are around 23,000 right now. The engine in the C5 Vette has 350HP and is rated at 18/27 city/hwy on gas mileage. Pretty damn good if you ask me, but of course real driving, for me, would probably see more like 13/25 city/hwy because of my lead foot.
And then there is purpose. I want a car my fiancée and I can run at the track. I figure that my 73 will be replaced as my daily driver (it’s so fun to drive though) since my stang gets like 12/18 city/hwy mileage (I could probably do some things about that since I tuned it for max power).
Anyway I was wondering what you guys thought.
