Cars. What does the typical audiophile drive?

1.Acura Integra
2.Acura Integra
3.hmmm, this baby ;-)

Actually the tiptronic is more a slushbox with manual controls than a standard w/o clutch. The manual trans porsches are much better. The best manual w/o clutch trannies in normal production cars are made by Sachs, the SMG (sequential manual gearbox) as seen in the new M3. (too bad the car is so heavy). Of course the F360 has a nice paddle shifting trans., but at the cost of the car, hell, it should! Some of the race cars I've been in have true sequential trans., or at least dog-shifting boxes (upshift w/o clutch).... true sequential transmissions ala rally cars is sooo cool. snapping off shifts (up or down) without even lifting.. pretty brutal. Pretty expensive too.

930 (aka original 911 turbo) is a neat car, but way outclassed today, even by normally aspirated 911s. Boost management was unheard of back then, driving them was a real 'adventure'. Current 911 turbos are much more easy to drive by comparison. Still, an excellent example of early-80s wretched excess. ;-> In that vein, how about a 959?

CLK55, other mercedes: yawn. no stick, no sale.

Hey Ed, I was a part of the excess of the 80's!

Can't an audiophile lust after a 930 even with the evolution of the newer Porsche?

As for Tiptronic. My friends 911 Cabriolet will snap my neck back about as well as my other friends 5 speed manual.

Maybe it's because the top was down and I was having fun?

1) Audi S4; 2) Audi S4; 3) Audi S4 (2001 silver, chipped, w/ tip, of course).

Elgordo-
If you don't like cars then you should check out the new Dodge SRT RAM.
Viper 8.0L the hood (Viper version, not the truck version).
Saw it in one of the new car mag's. Will they build it? Probably.