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Old 11-13-2008, 10:43 AM
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i'm eyeing a new car. i've had my plymouth neon for going on 9 years, 145000 miles. it has no options at all, no power windows, door locks, nothing. but it gets me where i need to go, efficiently, and my parents paid for it, so i plan on running it into the ground.

anyway, like i said, i'm looking into something a good bit nicer, good performance and fun. ideally i'd like AWD (for winter weather around here) or RWD, but i'm not seeing too many of those in my price range. i'd love an S2000, STI or Evo, but i'm afraid they're a bit too much.

so i'm looking at a:

Honda Civic Si coupe
Mazdaspeed 3
VW GTI
Subaru Impreza WRX (probably the hatch/wagon)

what do you think of these cars? what would you go with? any other recommendations?

thanks!
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2008 sti, but get it quickly
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Originally Posted by s2000raj,Nov 13 2008, 03:50 PM
2008 sti, but get it quickly
They're going for something like $26k new, right?
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I think base 2008 STI's are going for closer to 29 or so new.

09 WRX is also a good deal, should be able to get invoice price easily.
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Originally Posted by Saki GT,Nov 13 2008, 12:53 PM
They're going for something like $26k new, right?
~$28k for a base one, plus 0% for 60 months
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for that price, 09 wrx or 08 sti.
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05 STI at least for that price


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