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[JFP in PA]

There is an old racing adage: "Speed cost money, how fast do you want to go?" These cars are no different; the more you expect from them, the more you have to put into them. The big issue is too many people do not go into the owning experience with their eyes open, and expect a performance vehicle to have about as much maintenance and ownership costs as a Honda or Toyota. Unfortunately, life does not work that way..........

[PaulE]

Originally Posted by JFP in PA

There is an old racing adage: "Speed cost money, how fast do you want to go?" These cars are no different; the more you expect from them, the more you have to put into them. The big issue is too many people do not go into the owning experience with their eyes open, and expect a performance vehicle to have about as much maintenance and ownership costs as a Honda or Toyota. Unfortunately, life does not work that way..........

Totally agree, and the only replacement for cubic inches is cubic money!

Originally Posted by Gelbster

Paul, I share your anxious thoughts about newer Caymans and other 9A1 cars. And then my wiser half mentions Toyota/Lexus, Sad when diy enthusiast like Ben have to fix the basic engineering issues for pennies if done at the Factory. But hats off to those who have relentlessly worked to fix the flaws in the M96 - if only Stelan's AOS had worked better.

Funny, I have my eye on a Lexus RC 350F AWD as a daily driver to replace my Acura TL