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The only thing that really gives me an "off" feeling about the WRX is the headlights. The "eyebrow" from that carshow pic looks like it'd actually help out a bit in looks. Other than that, it's certainly a kickass car!

i think you've got a winner with the brow and side skirts painted the silver body color! i like that idea!

maybe like this?

i chromed the rims too just for fun.

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I think the car looks GREAT. It has great performance and I'll bet the quality is great too. Nice car, have fun with it.

mark, enjoy it. to each his own.

personally, i think it's one of the ugliest car's i've ever seen. along with the echo and that hideous suv thing from pontiac.

$3000 for 17" tires? are they nuts? no leather? no moonroof? come on!

but i would kill for the import quality, power, and awd though!

it's a rally car. no leather.
it's a rally car. no sunroof. compromises structual design.

im considering trading in my SVT for a new silver WRX, with the guage pack, carbon fiber dash and window/lock button trim, and the upgraded wheels. i can get it out the door for 26,500. problem with buying it:

1- i love and hate the look of it, for obvious reasons.
2- it's limited to 130mph, 13 mph slower than the SVT, not that I drive that fast ever but you want to know that you could...
3- insurance. much higher than the SVT, at least in Los Angeles.
4- I would miss my sunroof, but they are really serious about not offering one. the one in santa monica I was looking at does not have one, but an aftermarket sunroof on a blue one I saw looked cool, but was 1200 bucks.
5- higher sidewalls, slower in slalom than the SVT by 3.5 mph.
6- Brakes are very subaru-like. no vented back discs and the pedal was mushy. But wow, that clutch and tranny was tight.

I got to beat on the demo a little bit, and it was very similar to ours, the turbo really kicks in at 3k, similar to the secondaries opening at 3400-3900 in the 'tour. i felt pushed back more in the WRX, but without that v6/exhaust snarl, I didn't realize i was going as fast as I was.

what number am i up to now? oh yeah.
7- the 0-60mph only takes 2 gears, and you can run almost to 65mph in 2nd before the shift. maybe if the SVT had the WRX's gear ratios it wouldn't seem so much slower on paper.

I dunno what to do. Im torn. I still owe *gasp* 16k for the tour, paid sticker for it because I got the last one on the lot which ended up in a bidding war. what a dumbass I was. I don't think I have negative equity but man, I won't walk away from the SVT with much (if any) cash in my pocket.

What to do...what to do...


Matt

oh yeah, i forgot.

8 - no door ding guards. (gotta have that in lala land) SUVs are king here. damn music producers...can you say Escalade?
9 - no xenon headlight option, which i want for my next car.

i spose i could wait for the new Altima, but i have a feeling that I would lose the 'exclusivity' that the SVT and WRX owners enjoy.

And I'd never buy a Sentra simply becuase of that horrible Howie Long/Sentra/bad guy commercial. Can't stand that.

Matt

[This message has been edited by SVTourboy (edited April 23, 2001).]

matt -
serously, how many people buy this car as a "rally car"? i've seen 4 or 5 wrx's around here and you know who was driving them? older (40's to 50's) white males or females. 3 of them were older white females. i don't think any of these people will be hittingthe rally course anytime soon.

i'm not saying a sunroof or leather should be standard, but should be an option. if i ever bought one, i would want the leather and sunroof.

just MHO

my exact thoughts, especially for 26k.

but i do like the car very much.