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A good trick to make crappy/low powered cars appear more “fun” like was done on the BRZ years ago…doesn’t really apply hear though which is odd and like you mentioned, there are better options out there even from the same manufacturer. Possibly an existing contractual obligation to an...

That is a good point, they ran it in the pit lane from what it looks like. For my other car, when I run the calculator I have to use the DCT setting which gives me the claimed stock 5.1s 0-60. I do have a ZF8 tranny and I figured the Z’s 9 speed would be quick shifting as well but when I use...

I have to say I’m a little thrown off by TFLs 0-60 times. The discrepancy between the manual makes sense as a manual just doesn’t have the shifting speed to be comparable but you would think it should be closer to the low 4’s with that auto? I used the Greg Raven calculator (takes a compiled...

Haha, that may be true! My unfortunate move was giving up on the Z last year when the dealership told me they had no clue when it will be coming out (yet again!) after already waiting a couple of years which is when I decided to buy the Giulia only to get an email 6 months later for the...

I personally am very torn! It’s priced the same as my current Giulia Ti AWD which is a hard pill to swallow. I’m going to sound like an Alfa Romeo fan boy in about two seconds and I realize both vehicles are in two very different classes but when basing on price I have to compare the two as I...

ADMs are a US problem so it doesn’t really matter to the rest of the world as MSRP is MSRP for the rest of us. That said, pricing isn’t terrible but the price gap is…especially considering the already heavy Z is made even heavier with the brake package and no carbon fibre drive shaft on the...

I’ll go back and check! 😊 I was in the middle of the mad after supper shuffle in my house when I saw your last response😬 Alberta is a different province all on its own with how things operate there! I’m used to all of our f-ups here in Ontario so I can generally get by fairly well 🤣. It’s...

I hear ya! They have a pretty thorough website, read through it and it’ll list what dealers and manufacturers have to work with and what recourse consumers have. With anything though, make sure you have a good grasp on if they are in violation as nothing sucks more than pulling the trigger...

Not sure for your province (BC I believe?), but here in Ontario we have protection through OMVIC who has the power to pull a dealers selling license…no license=no sales. If you find a dealer is in violation of the selling practices set out by OMVIC you can file a complaint and they will...

If I’m not in my company truck I’m in the Giulia ?

True, they are in two different categories, but if the Z does start at $70k then it makes the C8 quite the option to go for. This is indeed speculative as the true numbers are not out yet. And for someone like me who only puts 5000km on a private vehicle per year the maintenance doesn’t mean...

I didn’t realize there was going to be two options this time around. That said…even with the original base engine, YOU can be in a 3sec 0-60 C8 for 70k CAD (less delivery). And IF the Z is at 70k as some speculation has hinted too (yet to be determined of course), then the C8 is very tempting.

I did…several times!?. Don’t get me wrong, base model isn’t ideal and I couldn’t tell you when the last time I ever bought a vehicle that wasn’t “fully loaded” but this build you still get a flat plane crank V8 and get to sound like a formula one car and you still get a removable top to boot.

I buy my wife a lot of stuff lol, I think the last thing I bought myself was a dragy last month…oh and I bought a corporation ? Not as fancy as it sounds though as I just converted my sole proprietorship to a corporation.

Honestly, if it’s priced at $CAD70k I may opt for a base model C8 ($70k here as ADMs are a huge no-no here). Almost 700hp out of a proper flat plane crank V8 and removable top, as much as I like the Z that a tough sell.

We’ll it’s definitely an Ontario form with the OMVIC (Ontario Motor Vehicle Industry Council) fee in there (the wonderful regulators that helps enforce no ADMs).

Yeah and it sucks because even things like cars which only had one portion of the tax (PST I believe) got lumped in with HST so automatically doubled ?

There sure is, I even have a registered HST number for my corporation…and it’s charged out at 13% here in Ontario…what we don’t have is VAT, but that’s just a different name for the same thing, the governments cut ?

Apparently he also has it really good…

Our reservations in Canada closed the week they opened due to selling ALL the allotted pre-sale units. I was the first in our city according to my dealer.