| Many people with a fat wallet and a | | | | of course. |
| large bank account find themselves | | | | Most sports cars with an automatic |
| pondering what they can spend all their | | | | transmission, like most other vehicles, |
| money on. Answer is a brand new sports | | | | will be worth more than the ones with a |
| car that can run the quarter mile in | | | | standard transmission. There are some |
| under 11 sec that's what I would spend | | | | exceptions with true sports cars and |
| my money on. | | | | with sports cars that really need the |
| Here is how to look at buying a brand | | | | ability to benefit from the torque that |
| new sports car, the good ways and the | | | | comes from using a manual transmission. |
| bad ways. | | | | A lot of sports cars are prone to having |
| People who are obsessed with sports cars | | | | problems, some of their parts are exotic |
| can find every reason why to buy one and | | | | and may be hard to find. When or if you |
| every reason why they shouldn't own one. | | | | buy a sports car never expect to get |
| Some of these pros and cons are listed | | | | back what you paid for it. These cars |
| below. | | | | are just another way to get around. Many |
| Sports cars not only fit the lifestyles | | | | become garage babies and are never run. |
| of the rich and the famous but with | | | | Of course driving an expensive sports |
| every person with a bit of money and | | | | car means paying a lot more for gas |
| wanting to spend it on a nice ride. Many | | | | because they usually have the motor with |
| of these sports cars come stock with | | | | a v-8 or v-12 which will get you about |
| horsepower going over 500 some with way | | | | 15 miles to the gallon if you are lucky. |
| more like Lamborghinis or Porsches. | | | | This is also a good reason why more |
| Small sporty convertibles will | | | | people should drive an import, good gas |
| depreciate in value of the years and | | | | mileage plus high performance. |
| will get down to worth less then when | | | | On the other side of the table though |
| you bought it. This really depends on | | | | sports cars are already fast when you |
| the car; Corvettes from the sixties are | | | | buy them, but like they say you can make |
| worth way more now than they were then. | | | | a car as fast as your billfold is fat. |
| People who love spending all their money | | | | That is the beauty of imports, over |
| on these types of cars can choose | | | | exotics. If you don't have the money for |
| between coupes or convertibles I | | | | a 300k factory vehicle you can always |
| personally like imports over anything I | | | | spend a tenth of that and have one |
| would take a Supra over a high end | | | | probably just as fast with the right |
| sports car today. That is a turbo Supra | | | | mechanic. |