Recent content by savethemanual

For your kind of spec there's not much of a difference between low mileage used ones and a new one. I would get a new one unless you can find one for 15k lesser than your spec. Most used ones which depreciate a fair bit(% wise) are ones which had loads of options and had msrp of 75k+ which IMO...

Yes, to an extent and likely No. In a trade in or even a carvana or carmax type deal apart from the manual vs auto expect very little return on options you listed. The only manufacturer(non exotic) where I have seen things like CCB make a world of difference is porsche GT products but we don't...

I bought a boxster GTS 4.0 PDK too the same week as you. Was looking at your post in Rennlist and then found you here. PS- I am no longer savethemanuals :(

Can you share your autotrader link?

Second the miata suggestion. I hit the redline twice yesterday on a very short drive in my ND3 and I was just thinking how doing that in my blackwing would have meant losing my license. Rent one and see how it feels- its genuinely the most fun you can have in a new car at very reasonable speeds.

Honestly its not a CT4 BW thing. Its most modern cars. When I was looking at replacing the 4 BW I drove new-ish porsche's, BMW's, hondas etc and could not shake that feeling of this does not feel fun in a way I want it to with any of them. I think its weight, refinement(sound, ride quality and...

Sorry, sold the car.

Why o why doesn’t the blackwing sound like that?

That was car and driver's explanation as well-

So the precision package with the cup 2R just got the blackwing 1.5 seconds? The time is fine but kinda disappointing, I was hoping for a > 5 second jump. The RS3 for example had a nearly 10 second difference between a R compound tire and regular summer tires.

Nah, CT4 blackwing values will mirror ATS-V values in the long run IMO.

I thought you were exaggerating but nope. The photographer is definitely a toddler with a phone.

It's really hard to call the CT5-V blackwing underrated. If anything its the 4 which is actually underrated and overshadowed while being better than every other sport sedan bar its older brother.

Do the transmission issues extend to the Z06? It's one of my possible future cars.

That really sucks. A 100k+ car with no blind spot monitoring?