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