Still wish I have been able to try a Sunbeam Tiger.

Yeah, thought about that one ten years ago but not really part of my overall strategy.

Thread has gotten interesting over there. Lots of haters of course, but I'm keeping it level. Some of their comments make sense.

Without investigating at all, from the outside looking in, it appears as though:

Mustang is the driver's car, the performer.

Camaro is the best looking (by far, IMO).

Dodge (charger/challenger/whatever they call their car) is probably the best cruiser.

Any truth to those statements?

wow that Camaro interior is a head scratcher... 

I do love the GT, new and old...

Well I looked at the Mustang GT all over the web, but I don't think it will work out for me. I don't like the slightly older models as much as the new one, and the new V8s are way out of my price range. Also I don't see any lease deals for them that are any sort of reasonable. I'm glad I took the time to look at them though. The Mustang GT really is quite nice, the interior was WAY better than I expected having seen pony car interiors from the 90s that were AWFUL.

Having researched the Mustang and also looking at some lease information, I've come to the realization that a new car, bought or leased, is really a bad idea for me due to how little I drive. Whether it's 3k miles or 12k/15k miles the depreciation based on time is almost the same. The cost of my driving is just too damn expensive unless I buy when a car has already depreciated around 50% of it's value. This pisses me off because I'd really relish the opportunity to take a perfect machine and keep it perfect as best I can as a matter of pride. When I got my last car it was in almost new condition, but with my apartment neighbors scraping it up in multiple places before I noticed (on passenger side mostly) I gave up those thoughts and haven't kept the car in as good of shape as I could have. Living in a house now I thought it would be a great chance to try again. I am still keeping the Cruze diesel at #1 because it is almost exactly what I want and I might still be willing to pay for it, but we'll see what I do.

Talking with my mother tonight while fixing her sink I discovered she's secretly wanted a small roadster type like a Z4/Miata/Solstice/S2000/MR2 Spyder so my interest in one of those has rekindled a good bit. Would be nice to get one as a second car and let her take it out for her own enjoyment. She's been saddled with economy cars, large trucks and SUVs her entire life. She drives stick pretty well and does have a bit of a speed streak to her. She'd be the one to help me get back into driving a stick again if that's how I go.

I hope you guys are enjoying this thread watching me flail around not knowing wtf I want. I'm sure I'll change my mind many more times to come.