Trying to choose between 2 cars, and don't know how valuable an extra year of warranty and newer model year is.

1st car is an '06 Basalt C4S with about 5,000 miles. It has full leather interior and adaptive sport seats.

2nd car is an '07 Black C4S also with about 5,000 miles. It has turbo wheels and PSE.

All other options are similar, and their in service dates are exactly 1 year apart. The '06 is about $6K less in price, so I'm trying to decide which options are more important, and how valuable an extra year is.

Any input?

 

For me, full leather and PSE were must haves, so I would look closer at the '06, which already has full leather, and add PSE later if you wanted it with the savings on the purchase price. The cars are otherwise very close - the '06 does not have as far to fall on depreciation either, but I bought a new car, so what do I know about depreciation. If you like the full leather, it is something that can't be added very practically. I love mine.

 

Thanks. Any idea what it costs for the dealership to add PSE?

 

If you shop around, you can find the PSE for around $1,800 - $2k. Cost to do a full install with switch is somewhere between $500-$800 if memory serves. Factory cost last year was $2,400, so aftermarket is not too bad.

 

Get the '06 a) It's basalt, which is WAY easier to keep clean than tradt'l black, b) full leather and adaptive seats are nice, c) turbo wheels are a beatch to clean, and d) for $400, you buy the muffler hack from Dfister, which in my opinion, sounds exactly like the PSE.

 

Get the '06 and do the FisterD exhaust hack. Do a thread search on PSE and you'll see numerous people have disconnected the bypass valve because they enjoy good sound all the time.

Although you need to buy it for your own tastes-$6K isn't that much money to make sure you get the car you want. Beats driving around in a $65K car that you don't quite like as much as the $70K car.

Is it a daily driver used in snow as well? Just noticed the C4S as opposed to C2S.