A Horse With No Name

Keep the Monte, it will be cheaper to fix than the 'bird. You didn't really think a twenty plus year old car would be without issues, did you? But then again, restoring it will be part of the fun. I say Go with a 4.3 S-10 as a daily, keep the Monte, and take 5 years to get the Monte just the way that you want. IMHO if you get the bird in three months you'll be back wanting to trade it on a 78 firebird T/A or something. Besides, the Monte is a really solid start for a long term project. Chris

I am with DF...hmmm...would love to own one with a HEMI! Chris

Now...how cool would it be to have a really nice small Buick as a VW competitior? Methinks my family's next car may very well be VW.

This thing should be thrown out of court right now... Chris

Excellent! Chris

I hate to admit it, but I love the Crossfire myself... Chris

G35 Coupe would be good also... Chris

Or a Boxster... Chris

I do hope a 6th gen comes out....perhaps as a retake on the original 67-68 bodystyle??? Chris

Camino...good looking car but wrong car IMHO. You want a 94-96 Manual LT-1 car with 50,000 miles or so. Your buying this car to drive hard, right??? Drive it like you stole it from a rental company, preferably IMHO at a track event. Think of this car as a GT car...in terms of "grand touring" In essence your buying this thing to use up, not to show off to your buddies or feel good about it's rarity. Your going to drive this car all over the place and when you sell it it's going to have 150K on the Odo, and a fair number of those miles are going to be 1/4 of a mile at a time or over 100 MPH. Just my two cents. Chris

...and while your out looking at cars, also check out an E-36 BMW M3. (1990'1 stylke M3) Not as much of a pure animal as the E-30 M3, but a very involving and fast car to dirve. And cheap. And did I mention cheap? But you have a lot of projects and ideas, so I still like the Stang and Vette best. Chris

Oh, and another car to consider, priced right and fast-LT1 C4 Corvette. Lots of aftermarket stuff, run great at local autocrosses and track days, affordable, decent looking. Interior tends to be a little (or a lot) on the cheap side, but a very responsive touring car. Buying a car like that for say 9K could free up a lot of funds for New Hamshire. Beating on that car like a red headed step child could free up a lot of the Camino blahs. The view through the windscreen at 130 MPH is impressive. These cars look great as Corvette Cheallenge cars at Vintage races. (although the challenge cars were not the LT-1 cars.) Also...Buick Grand National. Prices are way back down, a 100k mile decent car could be had for about 6K-7K if you look, and...can be beaten on like nothing doing 1/4 mile at a time. But I like the Mustang and the vette best for you. Best buy-one of the limited edition 96 Grand Sport Coupes. Affordable, and John Heinricey thinks enough of it to have one in his personal fleet. In fact it is one of his fav. cars. Chris

Ideas I would have... Mustang Mach 1, the 2002-2003 bodystyle Mach's. Neat, kind of retro interior, shaker, one of the few modern Mustangs that I like. An 80's El Camino, High option, with a manual conversion. Not modern, but would be cool. Not your thing, but you could get an RX-8. Not much tourque, but priced right and a real drivers car. You may want to drive one just for the heck of it. Get a C5 Z06. An animal of a car, affordable, almost guaranteed not to drop in value. Of the above, my choice for you would be the stang. The Mustang interior is a huge letdown over the GTO, but it is also more involving than the GTO to drive. Plus, lots of aftermarket stuff available for the 'stang. Plus the Mustang Mach is another limited production car like the Z06 that will probably not go down to zero value. Only other thing I would reccomend, please don't be offended...would be an Impala SS from the 90's. Mind bendlingly comfortable, plenty of performance potential, bargain priced, great resale, lots of things can be done with the LT-1, great highway fuel economy, etc. Oh, and when you get a Mach or a C5 Z06, be sure to check out the Philly region of the SCCA. Lots of fun ways to actually make those go fast and have fun... Chris

...again, would learn towards best Camaro ever... Well said, 'blu. Chris

They are really all starting to look the same. Nice dashboard, though... Chris

Ding, ding, ding, we have a winner. These cars look much better thant he current Avalon, Maxima, Accord, et al. Nice work! Chris

IMHO the Acord Coupe needs a little work on the sides in terms of styling. Chris

Bullet FTW! Chris

I'm with 'blu...what do you guys want, seriously???? Like I've said before, enjoy the Camaro now, it is the last of it's breed. This is the best Camaro interior to date and you guys want to sit on the internet and bash it? Methinks your just upset that you don't have 35K to go buy an actual Camaro SS. Chris

Sad but true... Guess if I hit the lottery it will be a BMW 335d then??? (I'd have to play the lottery first...) Chris

I'll take the one with bulges in the sweater, you take the one with bulges in the pants. We can both be very, very happy. Chris

Which is why these cars sell. My wife loves her first gen xB. Chris

Actually after seeing the pics in the other thread, I amn really hoping for a cool small Buick around 2015. I can hope, anyways. Agree Reg that the Fit's doors are kinda thin and tinny. The Fit is kind of love it or hate it...when we test drove one my wife loved it and my kids hated it. Chris

Don't forget the extra tourque of a diesel. The diesel driving experience is very worthwhile. Wish we got the CTS-D here in the USA, as well as the 300 Chryco Diesel. Chris

Actually again while I don't like the ricers the actual guys who race Hondas are a pretty cool group of people. Sadly, the interesting Hondas (older Civics, Preludes, CRX, et al) are going away and S2000 production ended back in June. Read in a Honda Tuning Magazine about a guy who put 48 thou in a Civic-I can see a Honda as a cheap racecar, but I can't see dumping 48 K into one... Chris