jace_martin
New LVC Member
Hi LVC forum people!
After weeks of searching the web I think I have found the best forum for my current car obsession. I have been trying to purchase a new to me car for the last 2 months. I was going to purchase an 2003 AMG 55 for my birthday but when the bank held up a deposit for being too large the benz was sold out from under me. So I have been trying to figure out what other options are out there that would fit my personality of luxury rocket. Next week I have a couple of options for purchase that may seem like a far cry from a 55 but at the same time seem like that could be fun and both have mechanical potential. I can go with a 2002 LS sport on the cheap or a 2007 CTS. I like both cars and each seems to have their pros and cons. Here is what I am thinking - please forum people correct me if my thinking is off base or if there are other options that you think I should explore before making a decision.
LS sport - can be purchased so cheap that I could have about $5-7k left over to make any repairs and upgrades I feel like making. I could try to hunt down a supercharger from the Lincoln club and build up a nice and fast car on a budget. The downside is that the 3.9 is an oddball that I have never worked on before so I would be lacking any real world experience but it could be really fun to learn. It seems almost too cost efficient in comparison to anything with AMG branding.
CTS - Would be at the closer to the top end of my budget but I would have a nice ride without much work. I dislike that I see a CTS everywhere I go - everyone in town seems to have one. My family are all mechanics and they dislike the CTS for whatever reason that has never made sense to me. (political baggage - government motors, I don't care much for politics just want a good car) To me they seem like nice cars and how can something so popular be terrible? Car and Driver and Road & Track seem to love them. I guess the standard CTS maintenance is more costly overall? I have had moderate experience working on other GMs but have never worked on a CTS to have a personal opinion of them. I cannot help but have a creeping thought in the back of my mind when I think about the CTS of why not a BMW 330i sport or a 5 series or a Benz - if you are going to pay to play, pay all the way.
Anyway, I figure that there are lots of experts here that have had a great deal of hands on with both of these cars that may be able to give me some guidance/insight. Meanwhile I will be lurking the forums trying to gather as much intel that I can to self educate.
Jason
After weeks of searching the web I think I have found the best forum for my current car obsession. I have been trying to purchase a new to me car for the last 2 months. I was going to purchase an 2003 AMG 55 for my birthday but when the bank held up a deposit for being too large the benz was sold out from under me. So I have been trying to figure out what other options are out there that would fit my personality of luxury rocket. Next week I have a couple of options for purchase that may seem like a far cry from a 55 but at the same time seem like that could be fun and both have mechanical potential. I can go with a 2002 LS sport on the cheap or a 2007 CTS. I like both cars and each seems to have their pros and cons. Here is what I am thinking - please forum people correct me if my thinking is off base or if there are other options that you think I should explore before making a decision.
LS sport - can be purchased so cheap that I could have about $5-7k left over to make any repairs and upgrades I feel like making. I could try to hunt down a supercharger from the Lincoln club and build up a nice and fast car on a budget. The downside is that the 3.9 is an oddball that I have never worked on before so I would be lacking any real world experience but it could be really fun to learn. It seems almost too cost efficient in comparison to anything with AMG branding.
CTS - Would be at the closer to the top end of my budget but I would have a nice ride without much work. I dislike that I see a CTS everywhere I go - everyone in town seems to have one. My family are all mechanics and they dislike the CTS for whatever reason that has never made sense to me. (political baggage - government motors, I don't care much for politics just want a good car) To me they seem like nice cars and how can something so popular be terrible? Car and Driver and Road & Track seem to love them. I guess the standard CTS maintenance is more costly overall? I have had moderate experience working on other GMs but have never worked on a CTS to have a personal opinion of them. I cannot help but have a creeping thought in the back of my mind when I think about the CTS of why not a BMW 330i sport or a 5 series or a Benz - if you are going to pay to play, pay all the way.
Anyway, I figure that there are lots of experts here that have had a great deal of hands on with both of these cars that may be able to give me some guidance/insight. Meanwhile I will be lurking the forums trying to gather as much intel that I can to self educate.
Jason