I suppose this question belongs on a car forum, but I can't find any decent ones, and besides that I can't be arsed to create an account, so here it is.

I currently have an '04 Maxima. Wonderful car. I'm moving back to Seattle, where maneuverability and parkability are somewhat important, and where driving into the gravelly mountainous roads is hella important. Other important considerations are a good sound system and teh quickness.

I'm looking at the 2012 WRX because it seems to meet all of those. Well, except the audio part. Any other contenders I should be considering? I kind of don't want to spend $2k on a system that adds nothing to the resale.

I was going to say looks don't matter, but then I heard someone suggest a RAV4 and realized I don't wanna look like a real adult.

EDIT: Oh yeah, and driving on slick roads is... a tiny bit common.

Last edited by Flyboy217 on Oct-28-2012 at 22:00

A WRX is a great car. Especially if you're going to be living in an area with notoriously bad weather, the symmetrical AWD is very nice. I read an article about WRX's and STI's having some of the highest insurance rates for commonly owned cars in the US though. I've had a Subaru for the past 3 years and I love it.

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What about Mitsubishi Lancer?

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As a Seattleite... go for the WRX.

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Crap, just realized they don't come in automatic. I can drive a stick, but the girlfriend can't, and besides I'd rather have automatic (or paddle shifters).

The Lancer would have to be Evo, and that's $$$. What else is comparable?

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Originally posted by Flyboy217 What else is comparable?

You might try looking at the Dodge Dart. Its top model has an engine similar to (if not the same as) the Fiat Abarth and prices at $22,000. Internet rumors are that there's a model coming out for 2013, comparable to Mitsubishi's Evo (300hp DOHC & AWD - not sure on the turbo-charger) but I don't know how much that will cost.

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Originally posted by EddieZilker You might try looking at the Dodge Dart. Its top model has an engine similar to (if not the same as) the Fiat Abarth and prices at $22,000. Internet rumors are that there's a model coming out for 2013, comparable to Mitsubishi's Evo (300hp DOHC & AWD - not sure on the turbo-charger) but I don't know how much that will cost.

This reminds me:

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I remember that. I'm kind of surprised Dodge just didn't go with another name instead of continuing that line. It's almost like Ford reinventing the Pinto - little wonder they went with Focus, instead.

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They should revive the Pinto, but rename it to the Ford Incombustible.

Would be like when Toyota started advertising after their massive brake recall debacle. Toyota: "Moving Forward". How literal; it was both a 'yeah, moving along' kind of intimation, as well as a commentary on how their cars could only move forward, and maybe not stop if you wanted them to.

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Naturally, it would have to be a hybrid. No explosions from sudden jolts (Ford actually has an inertia switch that turns off the fuel pump, in case of impact). Instead an insecure wiring harness causes fatal electrocutions of accident victims who make the mistake of touching the frame on their way out of the vehicle.

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always laugh at americans who can't drive "a stick". WTF in UK 99% of cars are manual.

anyway i own a wrx sti spec c... awesome car. 370bhp.

in UK automatics are for disabled people, americans are plain lazy

gears are half the fun of driving, they put you in control of the performance...

a wrx is a drivers car. no point in going for a drivers car that drives itself.

an automatic scooby....

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Originally posted by EddieZilker Naturally, it would have to be a hybrid. No explosions from sudden jolts (Ford actually has an inertia switch that turns off the fuel pump, in case of impact). Instead an insecure wiring harness causes fatal electrocutions of accident victims who make the mistake of touching the frame on their way out of the vehicle.

You sick, sick man. Shem bless.

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