If I won a Chevy in a raffle I would try to trade for the same value in cotton candy! It would have been made better and would last longer!

 

Very true. The SS is a pretty nice car. If you could talk your dad into it go for the used GTO

 

hahaha, ^^agreed!

 

And believe me, it is a very nicely built car. Inside and out, very high quality. Definatelly better than anything GM builds in North America!

 

i asked and looked for one, he said NO!!!

he says i can only get a tC, rsx-s, or wrx tr.

here are the pros and cons of each.. and i already know which one i want:

Acura RSX Type-S
Pros:
-Honda Reliablity
-GREAT aftermarket Support
-50 state legal comtech supercharger
-Looks stunning

Cons:
-Only 140tq
-leather seating.. i hate leather seats in a "sports" car, too much sliding
-engine looks like poo
-____ty dash material(on the drivers side).. my sis has one so i know how it looks after 3 years

Subaru Impreza WRX TR(tuner ready)
Pros:
-AWD
-Subaru Reliability
-Factory turbocharged
-under six second 0-60

Cons:
-Glass Tranny..brakes like no other
-06 not as attractive as 04
-High maintance cost

Scion tC Spec Edition
Pros:
-Toyota Reliablity
-Great lookin car, inside & out
-relatively cheap to fix up
-only 16,000 out the door

Cons:
-dont know of any.. hahaha

 

if you can't think of any for the tC then you should get that car
Pros:

-overall style
-reliability
-great price
-decent f/i tolerance

Cons:

-too heavy for its power
-way too popular
-poor N/A potential (at least the bolt-ons)

really depends on the prices for the used car your looking into
can't really lose if you get a new tC, great overall package

gto red leather interior =

 

Folks will hate me. I'd say go for the Acura. I'm betting you treat your car better than your sis, and they make cloth seat covers.

After that, I'd go with the tC. I'm biased though, because of all three Scion models, I'm not in love with the tC.

 

It don't care for you much either!

 

As an owner of an 05 WRX, I'll tell you two of those reasons are bunk.

The glass transmission thing is getting blown way out of proportion. The 02s had some transmission problems. They fixed it in mid-02. They've strengthened it twice since then, once in 04, and again with better synchros for the more powerful 06 model. The transmission is fine. You can break it if you abuse it a lot with misshifts, and high rpm clutch dumps, but it's fine for someone that knows how to drive. Or if you heavily mod the engine to where you're making well over 350lb/ft of torque you might see problems. Is it indestructible like the STI tranny? Most of the problem comes from people clutch dumping it to launch. They don't understand that since the car has all-wheel drive, it has too much grip to break the tires loose. So that shock is going to translate to the driveline. If you rev it just into boost, and feather the clutch out, the car will be fine (and launch like the dickens).

Maintanance isn't really any different than any other car. I don't know where this comes from. The STI's maintainance is little pricier, but my WRX has been cheaper to maintain than either of my previous cars.

Don't get the TR, it's not worth the money. It's $1K cheaper than a regular WRX and you lose waaaay too many features for that savings.

Given your choices, and depending how your finances are, I would definitely spring for the WRX. It's much quicker and the gains from mods are significantly better than the other cars (i.e. If you want to, you can gain 70hp *safely* for under $700).

 

ya.. i have read up on alot of things, and im really considering the wrx.

 

I would love to get a WRX, unfortunately, so would the state of CA, and AAA their revenues would both increase due to my speeding tickets. But I am admittedly irresponsible behind the wheel of high power cars. (I got 4 speeding tickets in just over a year in a V8 Firebird)


Oh yeah, Boo domestic!