yeah, same here. Except Merc SL500 sport package with hard top. Fantastic condition, high miles, and dirt cheap.
The Golf R is amazing, one of the best cars you can own in this day and age. The build quality, the tech, the performance, it's all top notch. And tuned with bolt ons they're running mid 11's in the 1/4. My only issue with it is that everything is so good that the car ends up feeling boring. You get used to it so fast. It's perfect for a daily if you have something more savage to balance it out.
You're supposed to inform your insurance company of mods you put on your car. It's just that in the US, most people don't. In pretty much every other country not doing so is grounds to get you dropped from your policy. It's not super likely you'll get nailed for it if you have a bad crash, but it's certainly possible. I think in the case of a CTSV that's highly modded like that, the adjuster might notice the drag radials or something else and get suspicious just the same as if they see a blower under your hood when most Mustangs don't have one.
My entire policy lowered when i got mine.When the monthly insurance payment is more than the car payment
Yes, but never to such an extreme extent. I drive my wife's Kuga in a more spirited fashion than my Mondeo, and I'm tempted to overtake a bit more often with it than with the Mondeo. Her Kuga isn't faster than the Mondeo, quite the opposite is true, but somehow the combination of engine sound, gearbox, throttle response, and perhaps other factors as well, puts me in a more 'energetic' mood.
Speaking from personal experience, I find myself losing the self control battle more and more often these days. It used to be a rarity that I would hit triple digit speeds. Now it seems like every day, at least once. The highway at 1am when I'm commuting home doesn't exactly temper me given there's not a damn person around most of the time.
Sounds like you're letting the car drive you instead of it being the other way around. Some of them whisper "drive me harder" while others say "take it easy". And you listen . . .
What year are you looking at? Be careful with the N63 motors. They have a few issues.
A 12.0 is an optimistic time for a tune only Golf R. They typically take a stage 3 upgraded turbo, etc to break into the 11s.
Yes, that's a good description.
Could be they're getting screaming deals on them, and turning around and selling them for profit.
I'm not sure you understand what I mean. I love my car I start enjoying it more and more in fact I track the car a lot but on the street it's really hard to drive it and enjoy it sometimes I do sometimes driving it is a chore in it's own.Can I suggest you take a few spins out in non stressful situations other than to and from work on time, say a few evening spins out around the city with no particular agenda, if you are getting tired or stressed stop for a coffee and then head home, take a day trip out to the beach or hills where you just potter about with no agenda. Not sure where in the country you are but maybe a few scenic spins out later at night when traffic is less dense, hit up a few twisties with no real attempt to make progress or have a mini track day, just enjoy getting to know the car.
Go on your own, no worries about passenger being bored, or getting bounced about from missed gears or whatever and stick some tunes on, not 120bpm techno, something relaxing.
It's a fun car to drive, rewarding and you may just need time to connect and get all the various muscle memory bits dialed in. That takes time and miles.
The day I drove the car home from dealership, about an hour in, I patted the car and said "oh boy, you are going to get me in real trouble"
It just had $12k of engine work done, including the updated valve guides, under the Customer Care Package. I talked to the BMW service rep I usually see for my 335i and he says they haven't had any problems with the N63 engine after the fix was done and they did quite a few. It's in beautiful shape, low miles and performs great.
They had to put a new engine in mine under the class action lawsuit.
I'm trying, and I think I understand what you're saying. But from specific actual observations it turns out that I drive to about the same intensity no matter which of my cars I'm actually in.