How Deep!

[yourgrandma]

I try not to think about it. If it werent for that car id either have a modest house or a very nice M3 by now.

[nos4blood70]

But maybe it's the look of the M3 drivers face when he can't hope to keep up with you that makes it a tiny insy weensy teeny tiny bit worth it eh? ;D

[00Beast]

Yeah...

[MattStrike]

Sleeper cars are more fun than their equivalent RWD counterpart.

[nos4blood70]

They're not as much fun most of the time, but when they are, it's hilarious.

[yourgrandma]

There are other aspects to performance than the amount of tirespin one can achieve.

[nos4blood70]

There are other aspects to performance than the amount of tirespin one can achieve.

Truth. But this doesn't mean that wheelspin isn't fun. It also means that once you hook, it is A LOT of fun.

[00Beast]

It was definitely fun beating people's pants off in the SSEi that were unsuspecting, but overall, having a car that was designed to have good performance in the first place, even if it's not as much of a sleeper, is well worth it in the long run...

[nos4blood70]

That's why you have to have the DD completely unsuspecting sleeper, and the bonkers stupid fast racekar.

[MattStrike]

Hey now, my Bonneville has cornering and stopping, too.

[Franksdad]

too much but i love the car, and i dont feel like i can find a BRAND new car that i'd like as much as my bonne. im a big guy and the extra room makes all the difference. especially with a carseat

[95naSTA]

but overall, having a car that was designed to have good performance in the first place, even if it's not as much of a sleeper, is well worth it in the long run...

Mehh. Not true for some of us.

[Jfridge92]

I definitely have a mixed opinion on that. I love me some fast RWD cars, Trans Ams being one of my favorites.

But at the same time, putting the work into a car that looks like it's not capable of anything more than driving grandma to church and the doctor's and then having it smoke those RWD cars (if built properly and with enough money haha) is really satisfying. Of course I know my car per se would never be fast enough to do that unless I went turbo, but it's still really awesome to take something that doesn't look like much, keep it not looking like much, and then blowing the pants off of unsuspecting others.

[00Beast]

The thing with my car is that most people don't know what a G8 is, so it's still a sleeper for most people.

I liked my SSEi, it was definitely time to move on. If I want a sleeper, I'll go out in the Duramax 2500HD, lol.

[MattStrike]

What's a duramax, 15.3 on the 1/4?

[00Beast]

OEM, with a good boosted launch in 4x4, yeah, low 15's. Takes a lot fewer mods to add HP though. Intake, exhaust and tune can get you really close to 13's.

[burger]

Sometimes Im glad I don't have an ssei because I know I would've spent a lot of money on performance parts already. Although a top swap is always in the back of my mind

[SMok3-11]

I was just wondering, for those who don't mind, how much do you have invested in your Bonneville? I've been reading around and reading sigs etc... Then I just started wondering... It seems everyone here really love their cars, so when is the shut off point or is this a life addiction? When I got mine less than a year ago, with in two months a clown ran a yield sign and hit me in the p/side rear quarter panel hard! It cost me $3500 to have it fixed, some of the expense was to paint whole car. I was just wondering am I insane? My train of thought is this is the best car I've ever owned, such as ride, speed and appeal. Would this have been your cut off point?

I got the fever, now I'm in $600 just this month!