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Originally Posted by GTIanZ28
With the sh!tshow that I currently have going on I just checked out the possibility of trading in my car for a 2017.
My $38,000 - 6500 mile car is only worth $22,000. What is that a 40% hit in less than a year?
I'd imagine the V8's would hold their value better.
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I keep flip flopping with my opinion.
I absolutely love this car with the V6. Loaded up 2LT is just as nice to be inside of as an Audi. Yet it has the handling and chassis of a real sports car.
The flip flopping is due to the intoxicating torque and the sound of a V8. Even though the exhaust of the V6 is really good it'll never sound like a LT1.
But, as others have mentioned the V6 is an exemplary compromise between cost and performance. It is a great daily driver. Fast enough and fun enough for public roads.
I mentioned elsewhere that this car is actually perfect for public roads. I'm able to full throttle a couple times a day in places and ways that don't have me in danger of grossly exceeding speed limits or risk getting cited for reckless driving.
And, given that I live in the Pacific Northwest a necessity is all-season tires for a daily driver. We simply get too much rain 8-9 months of the year. So, one of the first things I would have had to do with a SS is swap out the expensive summer tires for all seasons.
And almost every year we get a few days of snow/ice that cripple the city. It never stays for more than 3-4 days so most people (and the city) are never well prepared for it. This year we got nailed by a couple of winter storms that resulted in ice covered roads. I managed to nurse my RWD car to and from work through the worst of it. Never would have happened on summer tires - and we don't get enough snow to justify snow tires IMHO.
What I really should have done is waited a year and bought used. If I had been smart about it I could have picked up a significantly discounted Camaro and also bought a beater pickup truck for the same kind of money I spent. I just really wanted out of the GTI that I had "settled" for. A few lessons learned. Next time.......