Likuid
Seasoned Member
- Joined
- Feb 23, 2022
- Messages
- 173
- Location
- Byron Center, MI
- V-Series Cadillac(s)?
- 2022 Cadillac CT5-V Blackwing (MT)
Amazing how's many Lotus guys are here. I am basically in the same boat. I am waiting for Emira to mature a bit. I'm the meantime I am getting a car with a manual that I can pick up my 2 year old from daycare if needed. Since this is a 3rd car for me, I decided to try to get something completely different than what I have had with an American V8. The 4BW is just too similar to other stuff I have, but I can totally see it's appeal.I appreciate agree your thoughts and they apply. I drive the Macan GTS and, when my knee allows , the manual Cayman 4.0 GTS. Basically will sell the PTS Cayman when I no longer want a manual. Being retired I probably drive a total of 15-17k miles per year. and with the knee fewer are on the manual than before.
This car would be an interim automatic transmission toy, in sedan configuration, to play with to replace the 911 that sank. Rather than do another Porsche, I decided if I have to wait 14 months for a car I preferred to try something new and am waiting for a Lotus Emira. (I didn't buy a Lotus before because Charlotte didn't have a dealership but does now) Maybe in auto form it will replace the Cayman. But you know how it is when you are late to the reservation list and at 62 I do not wish to wait 18 months without a auto transmission toy.
So admittedly I do not "need" a car. My wife and adult daughter would ride in the V5 but not the 4, neither really like the Cayman. I love American muscle cars but have never owned one so I think V5 would be adding a different experience but I did not want to waste the $ if it wouldn't be enough fun on the street.