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I've primarily been an import guy, but always wanted to buy american.
I took my car in for hail repair and was given a Red hot Gen5 v6 'vert as my rental. I need two carseats for my kids and was practically begging them to get me something else, but figured I'd see how it went since I had never driven a convertible. Car seats fit perfectly and my 3yo couldn't believe what i cool car I was picking him up in. It turned out to be totally livable but i still wasn't really considering it for my next vehicle.
The decision came down to buying a Golf R or leasing an M3, but in some random turn of fate when I went to start up the deal(get trade-in/approval etc) for the Golf R my sales guy wasn't in and everybody at that VW dealership was really reluctant to work with me since i had been talking to somebody already. It was weird but whatever. Since they didn't want to even give me a value on my trade or run numbers I figured I'd go next door to chevy just to get the value of my trade. I was really upfont with the sales guy and was like... "just want to get a ballpark on my trade" and "no, not really interested in much, maaaaybe i'd be interested in looking at a convertible"
They showed me a v6 1lt gen6 with 20% off and the rest is history. Its just as fast as the Golf R and after I had them put katzkin and tint the windows and ordered some 5spoke split wheels and I'm still like 8-9k ahead. I should've got the v8 but I couldn't walk away from the deal I got.
I am REALLY waiting on aftermarket for the v6... doesn't have to even be all that strong, I just need some FI and I'll be a REALLY happy camper for a couple of years
All in all, I'm a self proclaimed car guy and am pretty impressed with the Gen6 as a whole, and the hard tonneau gives the 'vert a really upscale appearance. Its probably my favorite car I have owned.
Previous cars:
1.8 i4; VW Jetta (owned for 3 years)
2.6t i4; Mitsubishi Starion(still own)
3.0 i6; BMW 330i (owned for 6years)
5.0 v10; BMW M5 (owned for 3 years)
1.8 i4; Lexus CT 200h (owned for 1.5 years)
5.0 v8; Range Rover (still own)
TL;DR
Big import fan that was never really happy with domestics was finally converted by the Gen6 and I love it
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