@Sportwagons have hustle AND bustle: If I'm not mistaken, one could only get a 5-speed in the IS300 sedan, and only after its second year. My dad had an '01 and even with the auto it's the most fun car I've ever driven. I would rock a manual SportCross so damned hard.
@seoultrain: dual clutch only, and probably still 2k more than the WRX. once Subie upped the power and kept the price under 25k, it sort of killed any interest I had in the Ralliart...
@IH_kumicho: Unfortunate that I really can't get behind the look of the new WRX. The Lancer, on the other hand, took a number of steps in the right direction.
I just want to know why I have to choose between 69 horses and a damned clutch pedal. That's shitty.
LIKEY and screw the image. It'll only stick to you if you 1) are close enough in A/S/L to the demographic and/or 2) have little enough self-control to delve (read: wallow) in their shit. Be an adult. Rise above! Fight! WIN!
The problem with cars like this (specifically the Ralliart/ more so the Evo X) is that I want to buy them. When I go to do some research on various forums I get a headache and have to weep for humanity. The bragging about genitalia size, which car is faster/better, why x magazine/blog/etc did an unfair test where their car didn't win, street racing, etc. It hurts. Plus, therz olny so manie wayz 2 scru enlish, yo.
@seoultrain: Everybody had an Eclipse in the '90s. Galants used to be pretty popular, too, before they made it look like a giant Lego® Building Brick. And I still see a stupid lot of those shit-ass Mirages from the Day.
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@baldy_pm: Are you on drugs? You get most of the EVO performance and goodies without the tacky high school add on baubles, more utility and a lower insurance bill.
Jesus, man, do I have to remind you to keep it true to the brand? AMC is a Chrysler product now, if you MUST bother with a new engine, at least stay true.
And yet, it gives me a great big huge throbbing "MEH." It should be everything I've ever wanted ever in a car EVER... and I don't give two shits about it.
Why, Ben? Change my mind. Why does this car do absolutely nothing for me?
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As I think of it, they'd be more like a BRAT, since you could get them with T-tops.
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Wagon-fearers (aka fools) still won't like it, but it doesn't really offer the dog/bike hauling room that a real wagon brings.
The net result is like a girl who's kinda chunky, but not quite filled out to be called curvy or voluptuous. No thanks.
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PS kinda chunky= big boned.
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The utility's just not there.
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I just want to know why I have to choose between 69 horses and a damned clutch pedal. That's shitty.
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Get one in a nice cocoa brown with a manual 2.4.
Should be a fun useful ride at reasonable cost.
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That's actually a very good question. Though the focus is always on the Big 3, many other manufacturers are hurting too, including Mitsubishi.
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I can now never willingly purchase a Mitsubishi, especially Mirage/Lancer/Colt variants with some form a rear hatch.
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DO NOT WANT
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But you're still stuck with the tacky high school image.
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*sniff*
I love you, man.
AMC Gremlin converted to AWD with LS1/six-speed painted grabber blue with orange racing stripes, here I come!
Actually, that would be strangely awesome....
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Jesus, man, do I have to remind you to keep it true to the brand? AMC is a Chrysler product now, if you MUST bother with a new engine, at least stay true.
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- AWD? Check.
- High-revving, potent, boosted engine? Checkity-check.
- Lots of performance potential available aftermarket? Checkeroo!
- Wagon? Uh... check-ish?
And yet, it gives me a great big huge throbbing "MEH." It should be everything I've ever wanted ever in a car EVER... and I don't give two shits about it.
Why, Ben? Change my mind. Why does this car do absolutely nothing for me?
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