Best handling 4-door
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Originally Posted by esmith,Jun 10 2007, 08:21 PM
I have a family situation and I am considering getting something family friendly (i.e. 4-door) to replace S2000 as a daily driver. Two primary considerations are acceleration/handling and gas mileage. There is a bunch of sport cars that do better than 25 mpg freeway, but I'm having trouble finding anything that handles as well.
Is it possible to get the kind of handling, suspension and road feel of S2000 in a fuel efficient stock 4-door sedan / wagon / hatchback?
Is it possible to get the kind of handling, suspension and road feel of S2000 in a fuel efficient stock 4-door sedan / wagon / hatchback?
1. Price range
2. New or used
3. Climate (RWD or AWD)
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Ever consider the Civic Si sedan?
mpg = great
safety = great
luxury = ok
acceleration = ok
handling = great
I know some of you may recommend a MS3 but I think that car is ugly and having a turbo will cost you in the mpg part; those EPA numbers lie!
For the Evo/STi; I think these two cars are way too fast to be family cars, lol. Again, turbo kills mpg.
mpg = great
safety = great
luxury = ok
acceleration = ok
handling = great
I know some of you may recommend a MS3 but I think that car is ugly and having a turbo will cost you in the mpg part; those EPA numbers lie!
For the Evo/STi; I think these two cars are way too fast to be family cars, lol. Again, turbo kills mpg.
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From: Seattle, WA
Originally Posted by Chris S,Jun 10 2007, 10:36 PM
unfortunately, it guzzles gas!