This evening I finally got around to watching the Throttle House episode with the AMG GT comparison.
A little over a year and a half ago, I had an opportunity to trade in my C8 at a very fair price for a beautiful black on black 2016 AMG GT-S with 37k miles that a dealer I had bought vehicles from several times before was willing to sell it for $46k.
They couldn’t sell the thing for months and they got it cheap on trade when the market was starting to correct, but they didn’t carry a lot of market value or recognition for what they were locally.
It had been on my short list, drove it, absolutely loved it, but got cold feet and another buyer bought it before I could change my mind. I got too fixated on the Mercedes issues (bad experience in the past) and the fact the seats sucked.
Plus, I still had a full warranty on the vette so that felt like a marginal trade off for a 7+ year old used car despite being more of my design language and feel. I wanted to drive it regularly as kind of a 3 day a week driver, so I backed out and kept the Vette (for now).
Today, the cheapest version in a similar spec within 500 miles of me has 42k miles is selling at $72k and honestly that’s not an unreasonable price for what it is.
I looked at a $100k vantage shortly after and realized it was more or less the same car, minus the amazing hydraulic steering feel, an Aston body/interior stiffer suspension and I actually liked everything about GT far more and how low key it is compared to other cars in that class.
Watching this video made me realize how much I missed out on such a great car and driving experience, regardless of value, and it’s incredible how well they’ve aged being 8 years old now.
What’s your “I wish I bought it” car?