I went out today to look at an STi. Sadly, Ogden Subaru had none, but really wanted to sell me a WRX. Said they should be getting more in after the new year, or he could "find" me one if I was "very interested" before then, base model at MSRP. $31500 approx. Dealer told me flat out that nobody was going to let me test drive one.
Next stop, Ken Garff Mitsubishi of Riverdale. No EVO's in stock. very casual conversation led to a $32k price suggestion, and a "0-60 of 4.3...thats almost faster than a porsche GT, so its right up there with 180k cars" I almost called him a liar, but restrained myself.
I was pissed nobody had any cars I wanted to see.
Still at the Ken Garff Automall, I asked about the 350z's, sat in one, test drove one. An 03 performance with 5600 miles for "30k negotiable" Car was really comfortable, rear visibility was bad, would prefer to have some sort of a backseat. Instrument panel seems designed for really short people. looks stupid when you have the console "up" and still the speedo is partially obscured by the wheel. Didn't really get a feel for the performance, only got to 90 before the salesman kindly asked me to slow down, plus the roads were a little moist. I could drive this car. They had plenty of new Z's for sale too. love the look.
Rewind back to halloween, BMW of murray. Test drove an e36 M3 coupe...in the snow. This is the car i've wanted since my junior year of high school in 1995. I was actually kind of glad I could test drive it in the snow, as I now live in Utah, which is cold and mountainous. If the car was gonna be more of a pain than my truck to drive, I'd rather not buy it. Car did pretty good, only lost traction once, which was when I was trying to do so. Car sells for ~18k-22k in excellent condition with 50k or fewer miles.
so right now the M3 is on the top of my list. the only thing I don't like about them are that they're at least 5 years old now. I am trying to decide how much a "new" car is worth to me. Its slightly faster than the Z and "nicer" imo. The STi and evo are interesting. If I am going to spend $30k on a car, its stupid not to consider them. to me the STi is a 20k car with 10k in mods, and the evo is a $12k car with 18k in mods. The evo just looks cheap all around. I like the STi more, except for the wing. the plain wrx wing looks stupid too, so its pretty much an all or nothing choice... The z's definitely need to get cheaper to compete here.
If I get the m3, i can also get some other stuff I need...like a laptop, new hifi, couch, TV, etc.
anyways, thoughts, comments, suggestions?
Next stop, Ken Garff Mitsubishi of Riverdale. No EVO's in stock. very casual conversation led to a $32k price suggestion, and a "0-60 of 4.3...thats almost faster than a porsche GT, so its right up there with 180k cars" I almost called him a liar, but restrained myself.
I was pissed nobody had any cars I wanted to see.
Still at the Ken Garff Automall, I asked about the 350z's, sat in one, test drove one. An 03 performance with 5600 miles for "30k negotiable" Car was really comfortable, rear visibility was bad, would prefer to have some sort of a backseat. Instrument panel seems designed for really short people. looks stupid when you have the console "up" and still the speedo is partially obscured by the wheel. Didn't really get a feel for the performance, only got to 90 before the salesman kindly asked me to slow down, plus the roads were a little moist. I could drive this car. They had plenty of new Z's for sale too. love the look.
Rewind back to halloween, BMW of murray. Test drove an e36 M3 coupe...in the snow. This is the car i've wanted since my junior year of high school in 1995. I was actually kind of glad I could test drive it in the snow, as I now live in Utah, which is cold and mountainous. If the car was gonna be more of a pain than my truck to drive, I'd rather not buy it. Car did pretty good, only lost traction once, which was when I was trying to do so. Car sells for ~18k-22k in excellent condition with 50k or fewer miles.
so right now the M3 is on the top of my list. the only thing I don't like about them are that they're at least 5 years old now. I am trying to decide how much a "new" car is worth to me. Its slightly faster than the Z and "nicer" imo. The STi and evo are interesting. If I am going to spend $30k on a car, its stupid not to consider them. to me the STi is a 20k car with 10k in mods, and the evo is a $12k car with 18k in mods. The evo just looks cheap all around. I like the STi more, except for the wing. the plain wrx wing looks stupid too, so its pretty much an all or nothing choice... The z's definitely need to get cheaper to compete here.
If I get the m3, i can also get some other stuff I need...like a laptop, new hifi, couch, TV, etc.
anyways, thoughts, comments, suggestions?
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