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....except this one will be a G8 GT (Pontiac). 
So. I've got a wife and a 13 month-old kid. My daughter hasn't ever been in either of my Mark VIII's in her entire 13 month life span. My wife hasn't ridden in either of my Mark VIII's in at least 2 years. In the last 5 years, I could probably count on one hand, how many times she has ridden in either of them. She drives the truck (4-door Toyota Tacoma, bought it for her new in 2004) whenever she needs to go anywhere, and that's where the baby seat fits best. Since the baby seat actually fits in the truck (haven't even wanted to TRY fitting it in one of the Marks! lol.) that's the vehicle we drive EVERYWHERE.
Anyway, as the kid gets older, and bigger, it's starting to suck to get her into and out of the truck (off-road suspension, and small back seat) all of the time. It would be nice to have something else to switch off to every once in a while.
That's where the G8 comes in. My 97 wasn't treated very nicely before I bought it. It still runs well, and gets the job done, but that's all it does for me. Whenever I don't drive the 98 for long periods of time, only the 97, I find myself wondering why I like Mark VIII's so much. The driver seat foam is sad, the leather is all hard, it's got some paint that's pealing, etc... It doesn't feel like a Lincoln to me anymore. More like a Thunderbird or something. That always changes as soon as I get into the 98, but the 97 just doesn't do anything for me.
Anyway, I've been thinking of replacing it with something newer that I don't have to worry about so much. The 97 has been fairly dependable for me, but I'm always worried about something randomly breaking or whatnot...
My first thought was "new Mustang!" but my wife shot that down pretty quickly. lol. She reminded me that 4 doors would be much better, AND I'd still have my 98....
So, I sat down and tried to think of any 4-door cars that I wouldn't mind driving 65 miles round-trip to work every day. Not very easy:
New Taurus - would have to be an SHO - too expensive
Charger - would have to be an R/T, but I'm not a big fan of Dodge
Cadillac CTS - would have to be CTS-V, of course, lol - TOO expensive
Lincoln LS - too gay....j/k, I just don't really like them
I couldn't think of anything else I'd like to have, until one day as I was riding with my friend in his Corvette (awesome car btw...), we got behind a GTO and started talking about them. Something came up about wishing they had a 4-door version when BAM! it hit me:
Pontiac G8 GT
I spent a good portion of my work day that day looking them up and reading reviews on them. They seem to be a pretty solid car. Most of the reviews seemed very similar to what I would imagine our reviews of Mark VIII's would be. Most people were upset that GM got rid of them after only years, and many wished that they had bought 2 of them, and "If you can find one, BUY IT!" I read pages and pages of 4 1/2 to 5 star reviews and only saw 3 unfavorable ones. I also spent a little bit time on a couple G8 forums and didn't see anything to steer me away from them there either.
So, do any of you guys know anyone that has one, or have any of you driven one? What was your experience like with it? For those of you that know someone with one, what do they think of it?
So. I've got a wife and a 13 month-old kid. My daughter hasn't ever been in either of my Mark VIII's in her entire 13 month life span. My wife hasn't ridden in either of my Mark VIII's in at least 2 years. In the last 5 years, I could probably count on one hand, how many times she has ridden in either of them. She drives the truck (4-door Toyota Tacoma, bought it for her new in 2004) whenever she needs to go anywhere, and that's where the baby seat fits best. Since the baby seat actually fits in the truck (haven't even wanted to TRY fitting it in one of the Marks! lol.) that's the vehicle we drive EVERYWHERE.
Anyway, as the kid gets older, and bigger, it's starting to suck to get her into and out of the truck (off-road suspension, and small back seat) all of the time. It would be nice to have something else to switch off to every once in a while.
That's where the G8 comes in. My 97 wasn't treated very nicely before I bought it. It still runs well, and gets the job done, but that's all it does for me. Whenever I don't drive the 98 for long periods of time, only the 97, I find myself wondering why I like Mark VIII's so much. The driver seat foam is sad, the leather is all hard, it's got some paint that's pealing, etc... It doesn't feel like a Lincoln to me anymore. More like a Thunderbird or something. That always changes as soon as I get into the 98, but the 97 just doesn't do anything for me.
Anyway, I've been thinking of replacing it with something newer that I don't have to worry about so much. The 97 has been fairly dependable for me, but I'm always worried about something randomly breaking or whatnot...
My first thought was "new Mustang!" but my wife shot that down pretty quickly. lol. She reminded me that 4 doors would be much better, AND I'd still have my 98....
So, I sat down and tried to think of any 4-door cars that I wouldn't mind driving 65 miles round-trip to work every day. Not very easy:
New Taurus - would have to be an SHO - too expensive
Charger - would have to be an R/T, but I'm not a big fan of Dodge
Cadillac CTS - would have to be CTS-V, of course, lol - TOO expensive
Lincoln LS - too gay....j/k, I just don't really like them
I couldn't think of anything else I'd like to have, until one day as I was riding with my friend in his Corvette (awesome car btw...), we got behind a GTO and started talking about them. Something came up about wishing they had a 4-door version when BAM! it hit me:
Pontiac G8 GT
I spent a good portion of my work day that day looking them up and reading reviews on them. They seem to be a pretty solid car. Most of the reviews seemed very similar to what I would imagine our reviews of Mark VIII's would be. Most people were upset that GM got rid of them after only years, and many wished that they had bought 2 of them, and "If you can find one, BUY IT!" I read pages and pages of 4 1/2 to 5 star reviews and only saw 3 unfavorable ones. I also spent a little bit time on a couple G8 forums and didn't see anything to steer me away from them there either.
So, do any of you guys know anyone that has one, or have any of you driven one? What was your experience like with it? For those of you that know someone with one, what do they think of it?