daily driving fun cars

[Goat Blower]

Yeah, I'm a happy camper driving my Tahoe everyday, I don't worry about a thing, change the oil and basic stuff, but just drive without a worry. Even though my GSX has been pretty reliable over the years for the power levels, I definitely don't have the same comfort level as a stock newer car.

[93gtpeater]

G35x supercharged or turbo would be a very fun dd. I love my maxima but the next car I buy will be a g35x manual. I love the vq motors. I think its a car guy thing when we hear any noise we start to wonder whats up.

[turbotalon1g]

I think it's more along with what you guys are saying and it's what I've been thinking.
I don't really drive this car that much and therefore don't trust it as much as my old DSM.

My old 5 spd, i would only take the laptop if i knew i had to change the tune or was going to race it.
That car saw 30k miles every summer did TX to MN, MN to OK a bunch of times and I let a lot of people drive that car, and I mean here are my keys see you tomorrow, drive and never thought about it.

Another issue I think is the changing blends of E85.

Thanks for your opinions, also I realize that I'd have to have something with this much power to consider it fun, changing lanes with 380whp is way more fun than 110whp (if i'm lucky)

[Goat Blower]

Thinking back, I did have an Evo and a couple of STi's as my dailies for a while and I hated them, I ended up picking up an S60R because my STi made my kidneys ache driving down 100 through Edina. The young guys probably don't mind driving a canyon carver daily, but it's not for me after driving a lot of comfortable stuff over the years.

[Murlo26]

For most of us on this forum I think the level of a car that is described as a "fun car" requires lots of money to be reliable and comfy (aka mercedes v8 type car) as it needs like 500hp lol.

Not a lot of cars come reasonably priced that provide my evo performance with comfort, which is why we love evos/dsms because they are pure performance, no extra crap.

So I bought another car with extra crap and no performance to balance it out!

[turbotalon1g]

I'd just need 400/400 in most things for it to be fun.

Got a ride in a C5 vette that was about that power level and it was comfy and fun as shit.

[Murlo26]

I'd just need 400/400 in most things for it to be fun.

Got a ride in a C5 vette that was about that power level and it was comfy and fun as shit.

A corvette is a solid car, I love my dads c6, still wouldn't consider it comfy though, better than any mitsu for comfort but still not comfy in conventional terms. They are relatively reliable though but not practical for winter, so still not a DD imo, not in MN.

[Goat Blower]

After our last trip to Slippery Falls, I realize I'd rock a CTS-V. Run low 11's and drive in comfort everyday.

[turbotalon1g]

A corvette is a solid car, I love my dads c6, still wouldn't consider it comfy though, better than any mitsu for comfort but still not comfy in conventional terms. They are relatively reliable though but not practical for winter, so still not a DD imo, not in MN.

FYI AWD isn't the end all for everything, i know some evo/dsm/suby guys have a hard time believing this.

[Tachyon]

I think I will love the evo even more next year when I only drive it on weekends and nice days and not my long ass commute to work.

I agree with this approach. While everyone is different, I find that saving the fun car for recreational driving leads to a much fuller experience.

I had to DD my talon for two weeks when my commuter went down this spring. By the end of the two weeks, I was really board of the car (satisfied by need for speed in the first few days) and could only focus on the drivability issues.

If a car is build for performance, and only use that performance for a limited mount of the time you are in it, the whole situation seems sub-optimal.