If the Stinger didn't exist, what would you have bought?

I am and I also went to NIU if you did. lol. Class of 2008.
Yup, NIU grad living on the east coast. Try to make it back to Illinois for a NIU home football game every season. Currently watching the White Sox game on MLB.tv haha.
 
Thread bump instead of starting a new one. Honestly I didn't take my time car shopping but the Stinger will do for now. I rushed without driving anything else and was looking for a car with power that didn't break the bank. I didn't test drive a Mustang or Camaro, which now I regret. But that is my fault. I was simply looking for the fastest car under 50K, which was my budget. I don't need a backseat as it's just me and my wife in our fifties with no kids. I wanted close to 400 hp or more in a car than handled better than my modified Ford Edge Sport. It was fast but wasn't exciting to look at. lol. I had a Camaro Z28 and Firebird Formula in my twenties and wanted that fun again. The Stinger is fun, but I test drove a Mustang GT premium recently. Wow. That exhaust is intoxicating. I didn't get a chance to get on it. It felt smaller than my Stinger. I don't track race or anything. Just want a fast car around town at stoplights really. I drive 60 miles each way for work so originally I discounted the Mustang and Camaro because I was afraid of killing myself in the winter. Never easy choosing a car. If money was no object I would just get a hellcat and have a winter car. But I can only afford and have room for only one car.

I just have a jb4 on my Stinger. I swore I would never modify another vehicle after spending 25K on my Ford Edge Sport after blowing the engine. I spent as much modifying it as I did on the vehicle used. I am a moron I suppose. I could never get the Ford Edge Sport to run correctly with the modified turbos. I had them custom built by Comp Turbo Technology in CA. At the time I just wanted to be in the 12's in the 1/4 mile and under 5 seconds 0-60. Which I did, but I lived with misfires daily and just finally said enough. Nobody could tune it correctly. I had it remote tuned by ZFG racing and dyno tuned at National Speed in VA. But they couldn't tell me why it misfired. All they told me was they could turn back the boost. But then it wasn't fun like that. But here I go again.

I've got a 2019 GT2 AWD and this is a blast to drive from light to light.....especially with AWD and low RPM for torque to come in.....I don't have a plug tuner yet but MBRP CBE and jonny tig CAI are my major mods......
 
Was cross shopping with q60 RS (thank god didn't choose) and Audi S5 2018 and up.

Luckily found an amazing deal with stinger and first test drive sold me.
 
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I had considered getting a Cadillac CTV-4 with their (if memory serves me) 460 HP engine.

That didn't work out well, almost none of them when I was looking as my very nice Chevy SS was destroyed by an uninsured motorist in a head on, totally his fault documented by the officer on scene.

None in the state of TX when I needed one, ones supposedly incoming were all sticks and that was a deal killer for my wife and me as well. Drove sticks for 40 yrs, autos are faster.

But the real deal killer is that Cadillac would have one minor option and to get it, you had to buy a $5500 package and all the cars had 3 of those packages. Then they added $10,000 Market Adjustment. So the well equipped car started at $63,000 and out of the door was nearly $97,000 counting tax.

I paid $46,300 out the door for my 2022 Stinger GT1 and gave up very little if any performance as the 3.3L TT has such a broad torque range. Don
 
From interior to exterior to high performance - everything you need for your Stinger awaits you...
If not for stinger, i still would be driving my moded chevy hhr ss. Loved that ugly wagon.
 
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