Can't brag about my own car... here's my mom's new car

[ZacFields]

Since I'm still rockin' the same Cavalier that I've been driving since I was 16, and it gets uglier and uglier every year as all the fiberglass continues to crack and break, I get a free pass to talk about my mom's new car. Heck, I should get a medal for being able to keep a car running and relatively problem-free from age 16 to 23!

My mom had been driving a Grand Prix GTP since 2003. I thought that was a pretty sweet car actually. It had plenty of speed and all the bells n' whistles that you could ask for. I figured when they bought a new car, they wouldn't buy something nearly as cool.

My dad wanted a new Camaro or Mustang (he's owned both back in the 70's and 80's), but my mom wanted something 4-door because they do a lot of traveling. So they mixed what my dad wanted with what my mom wanted, and came up with this:

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It's a 2009 Pontiac G8 GT. Here are the specs that I could find:

Performance
Base engine size 6.0 liters
Base engine type V-8
Horsepower 355 hp
Horsepower rpm 5,300
Torque 384 lb-ft.
Torque rpm 4,400
Maximum towing capacity 2,000 lbs.
Drive type rear-wheel
Turning radius 18.7 '

I had never personally driven a V8 car before (several trucks and SUVs, but never a car) so I don't have anything to compare it to, but this car was amazing. Extremely smooth ride and accelleration that was just crazy. There's only about 200 miles on it so I didn't want to get on it too much, but it was definitely a fun ride.

Ho-hum. One of these days I'll break down and buy a fun car. I just can't justify it right now. Don't want a $700-$800 car payment, for starters!

[Stutz]

Its too bad they came with the DoD cam the motor has some major potential. If i wouldnt have got laid off til july i would have parted out my gtp and got a g8. How much did they pay?

[ZacFields]

I'm not sure about the price, I know these are usually in the $30k range, but I do know they got 0% interest financing on it, and they took that over a possibility of getting like $4,500 off the cost of the car after finding out it was cheaper. If I wasn't so lazy, I could bust out my financial calculator and use that to tell you about what they paid. lol

[Drifte]

thats a car I like, in white. Sweet ride, I'll look out for it. What color did they get?

[ZacFields]

It's that same color from the picture. Some form of red.

[TbTalon94]

you should get one of these Zac:

http://probaway.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/hyundai-genesis-coupe-2010-793431.jpg

[Drifte]

New Tibby. Hear its a good car but its hard to want a "Hyundai"

[TbTalon94]

That's a Hyundai Genesis. Look it up Colton, you'd change your mind :)

[NewSpeedSteed]

I would rock a new Genesis and as un-Hyundai-like as it is (refined, V8 power, better build quality that typical Hyundai) deep down I'd still be driving a Hyundai. :? I did own a 99 Tiburon FX for like 2-2.5 months and that was long enough to learn to stay away from Hyundai and its 'sister' Kia. Amazing car none the less- one of the best things they have come out with for sure.

[Domestic Disturbance]

New Tibby. Hear its a good car but its hard to want a "Hyundai"

Exactly. Plus looks like the window molding melted when they made the clay model, and they just made it that way. Odd.

[slobalt]

I like those G8's good lookin' car....

[slow ride]

Will be my next daily driver when the wheels fall off the s4

[JacobS]

i always liked the g8's. very mean looking car, even for a 4-door. and Ivan at AMS just bought a Genisis so you know they have something cooking up their sleeve :)

[Domestic Disturbance]

Start adding small mods to it when their not looking. Doesn't take much to get them going pretty quick.