>I have great appreciation of the collected wisdom here and have upon occasion asked for advice. This is one of those times.
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>As some of you may recall, my father died last May. He was a successful man and I am due to inherit some money next month.
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>I do not intend to run around blowing the inheritance extravagantly. Most of it will be spent on my daughters' college educations and left for them to inherit. It will not be spent wildly. Having lost about half my net worth during the recession, my investments will be extremely conservative. But I do have one indulgence in mind. Bear in mind that I have not indulged myself in years. I have not been on vacation in years. My car is over 10 years old and has 120,000 miles on it.
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>So I am thinking of running a little amok --
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>http://www.cars.com/go/search/detail.jsp?tracktype=newcc&csDlId=&csDgId=&listingId=104744155&listingRecNum=31&criteria=sf1Dir%3DASC%26mkId%3D20053%26stkTyp%3DN%26mdId%3D20770%26rd%3D30%26crSrtFlds%3DstkTypId-feedSegId-mkId-mdId%26zc%3D60073%26rn%3D0%26PMmt%3D1-1-0%26stkTypId%3D28880%26sf2Dir%3DASC%26sf1Nm%3Dprice%26sf2Nm%3Dlocation%26isDealerGrouping%3Dfalse%26rpp%3D50%26feedSegId%3D28705&aff=national&listType=1
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>It's not a very expensive car. The Camaro has a high percentage of the Corvette's performance at a much lower percentage of the cost. 22-23K for a beast like this, wow. Great reviews. If I go ahead it will be hard to decide between yellow and orange.
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>Allie told me last night she thinks I'm nuts. Opinions?

No Camaro is going to match the 69.

Maybe you should enjoy it while you can? Get out there and test drive. Start with the 2013 Nissan GT-R and see what comes close. I doubt much will :)

http://www.motortrend.com/roadtests/coupes/1206_nissan_gt_r_black_edition_vs_porsche_911_turbo_s_comparison/viewall.html
http://www.caranddriver.com/comparisons/2012-chevrolet-corvette-z06-vs-2013-nissan-gt-r-vs-2012-porsche-911-carrera-s-comparison-test

Or if you don't want to spend the inheritance, then be sensible and spend a little instead of a lot and get a Toyota Prius C. :)