_ethrty-Andy_ 2122 Report post Posted March 9, 2010 Cmon, 10k for a 900hp car... anyone would. Hell I'd pay 20k for a daihatsu charade with 900hp. I agree that it's not worth anywhere near 85k, but who couldn't resist 900hp... In anything. Its got too much accessories and stereo equipment for a racecar, and, imho, too much power for a daily.. (would be a bitch to drive! One look at the dyno sheet shows you its tuned for all out HP not for useable power dlivery).. so that means its a show car, of which I cant see the point in spending all that money if you arent going to enjoy driving it The porsche however is something that will be worth far more in 20 years than the price its at now. The Stagea will, lets be honest, probably be stripped out and the bits put in something else. my $.02 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
deeveus 81 Report post Posted March 9, 2010 Cmon, 10k for a 900hp car... anyone would. Hell I'd pay 20k for a daihatsu charade with 900hp. I agree that it's not worth anywhere near 85k, but who couldn't resist 900hp... In anything. I still wouldn't. Maybe this is my old 28 years old age talking, I'm just so distantly interested in these kind of cars. The Porsche YES, the Neeesan, NO. I really just can't understand why someone would need a car like that Nissan in their lives, what purpose it would serve other than unreliability & severely poor fuel consumption. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
westy 614 Report post Posted March 9, 2010 Cmon, 10k for a 900hp car... anyone would. Hell I'd pay 20k for a daihatsu charade with 900hp. I agree that it's not worth anywhere near 85k, but who couldn't resist 900hp... In anything. Dyno queen?? You'd spend more time maintaining it than driving it prolly. Which could be s good thing considering.. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
greenday-rulz21 4 Report post Posted March 9, 2010 I wouldn't touch it for 10k. The stagea's are pretty much the ugliest a jap wagon can get. And not to mention I wouldn't be seen anywhere near it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CamB 48 Report post Posted March 9, 2010 You can't give a blanket assumption the Stagea would be unreliable (it seems to have been well built and it makes a lot of power on relatively low boost as its made to rev). If anything the issue is that it would be tough to get it on-boost in normal driving (ironically fuel consumption therefore probably not THAT bad). The Porsche, however, could have massive repair bills associated with it (and certainly would have hefty service bills). I'd choose the Porsche every day but I don't think the Stagea is a bad car, just a questionable looking one. What else would you choose if you wanted a really fast station wagon? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
westy 614 Report post Posted March 9, 2010 You can't give a blanket assumption the Stagea would be unreliable Possibly, but 900hp from 2.8lts?? Generally speaking such things often don't live up to expectations. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AN E30 Fan 1 Report post Posted March 9, 2010 What else would you choose if you wanted a really fast station wagon? RS6 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
E30 325i Rag-Top 2915 Report post Posted March 9, 2010 What else would you choose if you wanted a really fast station wagon?An RS6 is a little more coin, unless an older one pops up, not going to stretch to a new model for the same money, looking at $120k+However, this RS4, new model is only a little above it price wise... http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motors/C...n-264242217.htm But do you really need a wagon? The M5 is big, and comfy (probably bigger in the back seats than the RS4 actually) and goes like stink! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
_ethrty-Andy_ 2122 Report post Posted March 9, 2010 arent we missing the whole point of a station wagon? Picking up and dropping stuff off... going on holiday with the family.. taking the dog to the river.. all of which are not going to enjoy 900hp Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kingkarl 136 Report post Posted March 9, 2010 Possibly, but 900hp from 2.8lts?? Generally speaking such things often don't live up to expectations. Agreed. That's a greater power to displacement ratio than the current F1 engines and we all know how much maintenance and care they require. Obviously turbo charging in this instance makes the nissan engine more reliable than an F1 V8, but you get my point. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CamB 48 Report post Posted March 9, 2010 So turn the wick down to 600hp? An older RS6 could teach the Stagea a thing or two about servicing/repair costs and bad fuel economy too! Don't get me wrong - I don't particularly like it, but there are some great bits in there. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Ari Gold Report post Posted March 9, 2010 (edited) What else would you choose if you wanted a really fast station wagon? G Power E61 M5, look at the area under the graph! This car would SPANK that Stagea: http://www.m5board.com/vbulletin/e60-m5-e6...tml#post1751662 Edited March 9, 2010 by Ari Gold Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AN E30 Fan 1 Report post Posted March 9, 2010 (edited) So turn the wick down to 600hp? An older RS6 could teach the Stagea a thing or two about servicing/repair costs and bad fuel economy too! Don't get me wrong - I don't particularly like it, but there are some great bits in there. You said what other really fast station wagon would you want. I said RS6.... because well I would have one over the Stagea. Would you really NEED that extra 300hp? I think not, and John yeh I was talking about an older one like this http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motors/C...n-270099597.htm. I agree with Andy aswell Edited March 9, 2010 by An E30 Fan Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
E30 325i Rag-Top 2915 Report post Posted March 9, 2010 arent we missing the whole point of a station wagon? Picking up and dropping stuff off... going on holiday with the family.. taking the dog to the river..All of which can, and quite frankly are much more fun, done very, very quickly Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ED1RTY 2 Report post Posted March 10, 2010 What about this!!Cossie This Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pjay 8 Report post Posted March 10, 2010 Original 67 Camaro would still leave coin for Riley's E30 V8 TURBO'D WIDEBODY WITH FATASS REARS (yesplz) if I sacrificed the house deposit. http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motors/C...n-272690278.htm Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
