My insurance premiums on the GT350 are actually really reasonable, although I don't have a secondary older car to compare it to. What I was told is that the newer cars come with more safety features and therefore less of a risk vs older vehicles.
I was involved in a rear end collision two years ago, most parts were generic S550 rear end with the exception of the underbelly exhaust valance...
The Boss engine is arguably more robust, but I don't think many would say the MT82 with no cooling is more robust than the Tremec 3160 in the GT350.
Love your color choices. They fall in line with mine. For what I’ve read it’s a no lose situation other than I still only have just 1. ThxI initially got a 2017 GT350 and then a couple of years later after I had the chance to drive an R thanks for a member here, I swapped it for a GT350R (and yes you can definitely tell the difference especially for a pre 2019 GT350 vs the R - the suspension in general is better button-ed up and as many said the car feels smaller and nimbler as you drive it even on the street.
Anyways a bit later another member here convinced me to drive a Boss 302 and I really enjoyed it. Totally different experience than the GT350 but not in a worse way. I was able to find a Boss 302 in really good shape and snatched one around the bottom of the market for these. The result is below
Now the GT350 is mostly good enough OOB. The definition of 'good enough' is very personal. But the Boss, required a little work to bring it up to snuff. I ended up modifying the suspension quite a bit, but the result is awesome. At least with the current setup I almost can enjoy the Boss more on the street (and by no means it is faster than the GT350). It is a bit narrower, sounds awesome, the MT82 is not nearly as bad as people make it out to be, handles great now, has better ground clearance in the front even lowered on FP springs, in other words I worry lessIt is not nearly a right now type of car that the GT350 is but in the end it is not meant to be. And yes the interior is basic but it has all the things you need and works great. And TBH the initial quality, fit and finish etc (at least for mine) was quite a bit better than the GT350. I think the GT350 is objectively the better car but if we only cared about objectivity we would be all driving electric cars these days.
The Black and red Laguna Seca BOSS is gorgeous and very much a performance car.
They do look good and perform very well. I guess I was mostly saying that because it’s hard to match the performance the IRS brings.
