lol, yes???? ;) I was in Canada skiing, hence the slow reply ;) If you think that the Subaru WRX STI feels like a plastic bucket, you obviously haven't been in a Saturn lately. Now that feels like it's going to fall apart right from under you.
I bought a Subaru WRX STI for a couple of reasons: I regularly go through 6+"'s of snow on the weekends, so I needed something AWD/4WD. My brother in law had a Forrester that went over 175k without anything other than oil/brakes/tune-ups/tires. Good gas milage. To summarize: Fast, great handling, good in the snow and reliable. Subaru's are definitely not for everyone though. If you want comfort, the Subaru Legacy GT is one hell of a car for the money, but not everyone wants to drive a "Subaru". For 5k more than a full outfitted Legacy GT, you can get a AWD 325XI. For that you get -50HP, -75lbs/ft of torque, no limited-slip differential, less leg room, no lumbar support or heated seats and less of a warrenty. Oh and you do get a cool little blue and white symbol, which means more to most people than the technical specifications. FYI: I live in a town (DC) where every other car is a BMW, Porsche or Lexus. I've been in and driven a huge number of cars since I'm the preseident of the DC All Wheel Drive car club (www.dcawd.com). Every time someone takes a drive in a STI or a Legacy, they understand where I am coming from. Most will admit right then and there though that they paid extra for the status symbol. ok, I'll stop now ;) _____________________________________ Julian Zottl CTO, Radiant Network Technology, LLC Getting ahead in the tech sector isn't about kissing butt ... you gotta sniff the right packets ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: Ben Ruset <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: The Hardware List <hardware@hardwaregroup.com> Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2006 22:09:23 -0500 >Paging Sabre in 5..4..3..2.. > >Christopher Klein wrote: >> It's fairly quick....but have you been in one? It feels like a plastic >> bucket. There isn't anything nice about the inside at all. I could see >> picking one up if money was no object and you were into weekend racing at >> the track....but driving that thing for anything more than 20 minutes is >> just painful. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bryan Seitz >> Sent: Sunday, February 12, 2006 9:15 PM >> To: The Hardware List >> Subject: Re: [H] ok, how about this... >> >> WRX STI :) >> >> On Sun, Feb 12, 2006 at 07:12:11PM -0500, Christopher Klein wrote: >>> New Camaro looks great. I'm more of a domestic guy....Honda/Toyota >>> does nothing for me in terms of power and looks. I like BMW and >>> Mercedez but I'd probably never buy one. I'll probably get a CTS-V if >>> my Impala SS ever dies. >>> >> >
