Help me buy a new car.

[BigRedChief]

My beloved 2005 Mustang has reached the end of its life. 144K miles its time to move on. Going to start a new job with a commute across a long bridge over water. Going to miss it.


You help me decide. Point me in the right direction. Give me the great info that puts me in the right car.......I'll send $50 to the charity of your choice.

Criteria:
I want to spend between $30k - $40K.
Automatic
Got some style
Have to be able to fit in the car comfortably
Prefer a coupe


Right now I'm thinking new Challenger, Nissan 370Z, Mustang etc. Son is telling me to look at used Mercedes, Lexus etc.

What ideas do you have?

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Update 03/11/2015
It's a done deal. I've bought and ordered a 2015 Challenger SCAT Pack Shaker. 392 Hemi 6.4L, 486 HP, 475 toruque, 4.1 second 0-60 time. Has all the same luxury "stuff" as the BMW and Lexus's.

Last years "Shaker" models sold out in 4 days. I decided if I was going retro, go all in and went with the lime green 1971 Challenger remodel. Bumblebee stripe and the Shaker hood. I deleted the stripes on the roof and the hood. Will take 6-8 weeks for delivery. Dark wheels.

I gave $50 each to the charity of their choice to Bearcat and Miles. When Simply Red shows back up, I'll get his charity the money.

The Car arrived finally......

[hometeam]

Originally Posted by BigRedChief

I gave him the VIN# he is going to look up what they paid for it and where it was bought.

oh..

If he calls the GM, the gm will assign a salesperson to it, or, if he doesn't, when I call up there and say hey we need this car, he will tell me to **** off they have a customer on it.

Same customer~

[Simply Red]

I'm still learning all of this - so by all means school me - I just know for a certain fact that both the JB4 and the cobb tune - both gave me tremendous power gains. Earth shattering differences. Well worth the extra coin and time to get it installed.

[BigRedChief]

Originally Posted by Sfeihc

Can't wait to hear your impressions of the Challenger SXT. It seems right up your alley.

yeah I love the retro cars. I really love the Hemi-ed level cars. But, I can't fix the old cars myself and can't afford a 2nd car just for me with also shopping for a boat.

[BigRedChief]

Originally Posted by hometeam

oh..

If he calls the GM, the gm will assign a salesperson to it, or, if he doesn't, when I call up there and say hey we need this car, he will tell me to **** off they have a customer on it.

Same customer~

Not clear here. Your a customer of that dealership?

I've already told them I want to test drive it on Wednesday.

[hometeam]

Originally Posted by BigRedChief

Not clear here. Your a customer of that dealership?

I've already told them I want to test drive it on Wednesday.

... I work for Machens... I told you that.. told you to look at my inventory.. then you picked a car out and called another salesperson. I would like to sell cars to people from CP, especially when I'm actively engaged in linking you to my inventory lol.

That hurts a little bit~

[BigRedChief]

Originally Posted by hometeam

... I work for Machens... I told you that.. told you to look at my inventory.. then you picked a car out and called another salesperson. I would like to sell cars to people from CP, especially when I'm actively engaged in linking you to my inventory lol.

That hurts a little bit~

I'm still not clear here. This is a dealership in Tampa. I just went to the link that Bearcat found and posted. The car is sitting on their lot in Tampa. How can you be involved in the transaction?

[hometeam]

Ah well.. foot in my mouth a bit, I thought you had set up test drive for the machens car you had linked prior with another salesperson!

But, anyone else can now know that I am serious about car stuff :P

[BigRedChief]

Originally Posted by hometeam

Ah well.. foot in my mouth a bit, I thought you had set up test drive for the machens car you had linked prior with another salesperson!

But, anyone else can now know that I am serious about car stuff :P

Dude, I go to the link you posted and then call someone else to buy the car? WTF? I agree, that would seriously be uncool. I'd be pissed too. No worries.

[hometeam]

Originally Posted by BigRedChief

Dude, I go to the link you posted and then call someone else to buy the car? WTF? I agree, that would seriously be uncool. I'd be pissed too. No worries.

That kind of shit is legendary in this business. It happens~

Thats why I was like damn..

Anyways oops

[KC native]

Originally Posted by Simply Red

Wut? I don't understand what you're saying - the Cobb tune added 75WHP and about 90 Torque points - i'm not sure how that's factory - or am I missing something? Also I dyno'd close to 500WHP in the sedan gray JB4 335.

The Accessport (not familiar with the JB4) allows you to go in and adjust the tables that make the motor run and affect how it runs. You can adjust fuel/air ratio, waste gate operation, timing, etc. The factory settings for these tables are set for maximum reliability and minimal fuel consumption. You can get good additional horsepower out of the motor by changing these settings with a tune.

[Simply Red]

Originally Posted by KC native

The Accessport (not familiar with the JB4) allows you to go in and adjust the tables that make the motor run and affect how it runs. You can adjust fuel/air ratio, waste gate operation, timing, etc. The factory settings for these tables are set for maximum reliability and minimal fuel consumption. You can get good additional horsepower out of the motor by changing these settings with a tune.

I see - okay - so the house tune was the actual tune and the ECU work ? got it - like I said i'm sort of new - I know a little about a lot - not a lot about a little.

Am I understanding you correctly now? So the accessport wasn't the ECU work? but rather a code clearer - a map changer and some other things? Am I picking up what you're laying down? I'm still learning a lot. SO much to learn w/ these things.

[hometeam]

**** it if we are soupin shit up lets go big turbo and all the trimmings.

Then a tune~

[hometeam]

Originally Posted by Simply Red

I see - okay - so the house tune was the actual tune and the ECU work ? got it - like I said i'm sort of new - I know a little about a lot - not a lot about a little.

Am I understanding you correctly now? So the accessport wan't the ECU work? but rather a code clearer - a map changer and some other things? Am I picking up what you're laying down? I'm still learning a lot. SO much to learn w/ these things.

AP can apply and change tunes, its just the device a person uses to edit and apply settings in the ECU of the vehicle. A 'map' is any set tune.

[BigRedChief]

Originally Posted by Simply Red

I see - okay - so the house tune was the actual tune and the ECU work ? got it - like I said i'm sort of new - I know a little about a lot - not a lot about a little.

Am I understanding you correctly now? So the accessport wasn't the ECU work? but rather a code clearer - a map changer and some other things? Am I picking up what you're laying down? I'm still learning a lot. SO much to learn w/ these things.

So the 335i will need a tune?

[KC native]

Originally Posted by Simply Red

I see - okay - so the house tune was the actual tune and the ECU work ? got it - like I said i'm sort of new - I know a little about a lot - not a lot about a little.

Am I understanding you correctly now? So the accessport wasn't the ECU work? but rather a code clearer - a map changer and some other things? Am I picking up what you're laying down? I'm still learning a lot. SO much to learn w/ these things.

A little bit. The Accessport allows you to change the ECU settings. The "tune" is the shop going in and adjusting those values to get the best HP number out of it.

I'm not an expert on the finer details of tuning a modern motor (which after the CFA I will be diving into), but it's kind of like overclocking your PC. Stock works fine but if you're looking for the optimum set up, then you have to change it.