Opinions please....

**SonofaBish** · 06-30-2011, 07:55 AM

I'm kinda struggling with what to do with my recent predicament - since i know several of the people on here, thought i'd see what your opinions were...

2.5 years ago I was unfortunately forced to sell my Twin Turbo Trans Am .... 1.5 years ago I was fortunate enough to purchase my current C5 Corvette... However, I may have the opportunity to buy back my TA... but i can't have both.....

What do you guys think?

The TA was brutally powerful and the most fun in a straight line i've ever had.... but, the 'Vette is plenty fast in its own right, and an overall awesome car... not to mention, saying its a headturner is a major understatement....

My current plans are to have the 'Vette repainted soon.... and i really have no complaints about it... so i'm leaning toward keeping the 'Vette... i just can't resist the opportunity to at least CONSIDER the trade...

Any thoughts are appreciated....

*as a side note - i've polled a lot of people, and its literally split half and half... seems like if you're the "performance or nothing" type, you choose the T/A, and everyone else choses the 'Vette....

**97LaserRed** · 06-30-2011, 08:32 AM

Tough call. I would say t/a just because I know what it's like. Why not twin turbo the vette?

**SonofaBish** · 06-30-2011, 09:07 AM

Originally Posted by 97LaserRed

Tough call. I would say t/a just because I know what it's like. Why not twin turbo the vette?

$$$
not enough of it

**venom** · 06-30-2011, 09:30 AM

Tough call. The TA was a badass car for sure. I'd imagine that the TA would require more tuning/tinkering/messing around than the corvette. I see the corvette as a get in and drive it -type car....which is still fast. I'm to the point now where I want to just get in and drive. I LOVED my 99 hardtop vette.

Freshly painted vette > TA

**Mitternacht** · 06-30-2011, 09:32 AM

Corvette. I wish I would of never got rid of my 89.

**Mater** · 06-30-2011, 09:36 AM

Depends on how the T/A was treated since u sold it!

**Seer** · 06-30-2011, 09:44 AM

I look at it this way. Re-buying a performance car is like getting back together with an ex girlfriend after she's been around the block a few times.

**SonofaBish** · 06-30-2011, 09:46 AM

Originally Posted by Mater

Depends on how the T/A was treated since u sold it!

i think it was treated pretty good....

Same car i sold, except it now has an eboost2, some BC Smootie II's, and he replaced dual Walboro fuel pumps wiht a single Aeromotive

**venom** · 06-30-2011, 10:05 AM

Originally Posted by Blue

I look at it this way. Re-buying a performance car is like getting back together with an ex girlfriend after she's been around the block a few times.

Those ones are the fun ones!!! Maybe not the long-term types, but wheeeew....fun

**Terminated** · 06-30-2011, 10:19 AM

I saw the T/A go together firsthand (in some capacity), and I would say if you can get it back to go for it. It is something that's one of a kind to how you wanted it to be, but you can't swing a dead cat without hitting a C5 Vette.

Originally Posted by venom

Those ones are the fun ones!!! Maybe not the long-term types, but wheeeew....fun

Amen to that.

**jaa55** · 06-30-2011, 10:36 AM

T/A for sure..............or youll just kick yourself in the ass when you see it get sold again.

**SonofaBish** · 06-30-2011, 10:51 AM

That's another very valid point... and one that i've completely fogotten about... They will always make Corvettes... its the flagship of teh GM brand, and they will always make them as long as they are in business... (ha, no comments please)

The trans am is done... and i beleive its done for good.... esepcially as an F-body.... the new camaro's aren't f-bodies... and when the new GTO's came out, they aren't the old GTO... aseome LSx cars, but still not the a part of the original blood line...

In 10 or 15 more years, it may be a bit of a collector car... it won't be one with 10K miels on it, but it'll still be a sought-after car, because they are the best T/A's ever made, and they're the last of a generation...... the last of the f-bodies...

Just throws another wrench into the decision

**bgblockelcamino** · 06-30-2011, 11:11 AM

thought you daily the vette? not sure what you would do in that situation. the TA is badass for sure but not sure if it fits your current needs. i tell people you can't daily drive a turbo car. as they seem to have a lot of bugs that need worked out and repaired frequently.

**SonofaBish** · 06-30-2011, 11:17 AM

Originally Posted by bgblockelcamino

thought you daily the vette? not sure what you would do in that situation. the TA is badass for sure but not sure if it fits your current needs. i tell people you can't daily drive a turbo car. as they seem to have a lot of bugs that need worked out and repaired frequently.

nah, i ride the bus daily...

i do drive it a lot though..... that's probably been my biggest concern with the T/A.... my wife drives our Lexus to work/school/whatever.... so if i come home, and she's at work, and i have somewhere to be, i drive the 'Vette... no questions asked.... and, i don't know that i'd have such a convenient relationship with teh T/A..

all of this is why i'm so torn.... Truthfully, I can afford both, but i don't have the garage space, nor am i daring enough to take that on... getting started building my house this summer for sure, so i can't be stupid.. its one or the other

**Stangman701** · 06-30-2011, 11:41 AM

Originally Posted by SonofaBish

nah, i ride the bus daily...

i do drive it a lot though..... that's probably been my biggest concern with the T/A.... my wife drives our Lexus to work/school/whatever.... so if i come home, and she's at work, and i have somewhere to be, i drive the 'Vette... no questions asked.... and, i don't know that i'd have such a convenient relationship with teh T/A..

all of this is why i'm so torn.... Truthfully, I can afford both, but i don't have the garage space, nor am i daring enough to take that on... getting started building my house this summer for sure, so i can't be stupid.. its one or the other

You're welcome to store one in my garage. I'll have some extra room once I get the new house.

**SonofaBish** · 06-30-2011, 11:45 AM

Originally Posted by Stangman701

You're welcome to store one in my garage. I'll have some extra room once I get the new house.

haha... much appreciated, but like i said - i'm not going overkill... no need for both, and strapping myself whilst getting into a new house would be the dumbest thing ever... not even a consideration....

i know what your opinion on the matter is!! lol

**SonofaBish** · 06-30-2011, 11:47 AM

Originally Posted by bgblockelcamino

thought you daily the vette? not sure what you would do in that situation. the TA is badass for sure but not sure if it fits your current needs. i tell people you can't daily drive a turbo car. as they seem to have a lot of bugs that need worked out and repaired frequently.

as an example, i put 5K miles on the 'vette last year... i would suspect it would be about the same this year...

once i get into my new house, and get a beater to drive to the bus stop, that amount might even go down....

what kind of things do you think could come about?? I didnt' own it long enough last time to ever have any issues

**WHITEY7886** · 06-30-2011, 05:29 PM

Thier isin't anything like your first car, however I would stay with the vette. I would try to find a cheap T/A and build it on the side. Once you have time and money.

**Steve-0** · 06-30-2011, 05:54 PM

Trans am all the way. Like others have said, the corvette is bad ass, but you can always go get one later. Not so true with the trans am, plus you never really got to enjoy the car you put so much of your time and money into. If you can pick it up now, I would get it and never look back.