[quote=sdduuuude]FLU – good info. No interest in a turbo. Agree there. More interested in something that’ll last with decent styling – not real sporty, just psuedo-sporty, if you know what I mean. Are all WRX turbocharged ? Didn’t know that. No opposition to FWD. Acura is an interesting direction. I’ll check into some of those.
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Yes WRX’s are turboed, the WRX-STi is turboed and on steroids. Both are considered hooligan cars, as well as the Mitisubishi Evolution.
You know if you want something cheaper, with decent mileage and decent reliability, I’d get the RSX (if you stretch, perhaps you can find a type-s). People seem to love mazda 3, I have no comment there. You could consider a miata (plenty of mods there, and good handling).
Do you plan to keep the car stock, or plan to mod the crap out of it, or something in between? That can make a huge difference. The nice thing about something like the RSX, is parts for it is cheap since a good portion of the parts are shared across honda’s product line. There might be limits on what kind of mods you can find for a Mazda 3 (I don’t follow Mazda 3’s closely, so wouldn’t be able to tell you).
If you are the tinker kind, you can get a good ole american mustang GT. I saw a lot of the GT’s were being sold for $15k…That is if you don’t mind the V-8’s gas mileage. It’s not a bad car…It’s pretty fun…(Got a ticket in boston driving one. Thankfully, it’s not on my CA record).
I wouldn’t get a lexus unless you can get a discounted IS (recent generation), too plushy of a car for most people that want something sporty.
