Like many others here, I moved on to a Mazda 6. I was going to wait until this spring, but the exact one I wanted showed up in VT dealer stock last October and I couldn't resist. I got S-plan, which is as good as I could have hoped for up here given that they sell maybe a few dozen V6/5-speed MZ6 in the whole state per year. So my $25,600 stickered 6s was gotten at $23,200... and in a metro area, you can probably easily do a grand or two better than that right now. Mine came w/sport package, luxury package, Bose stereo, moonroof and the sport grille.
I added the compass/dim mirror and so far have a 500W stereo pumping components up front and a 12" sub, keeping the factory head unit (too big a job to replace it and you lose the integrated dash display) but I'm probably going to add another amp and put new speakers in back somewhere as well. Sure, I'd like 18s and to drop it a little, but I'm not in any hurry - maybe next summer.
I love my 6 with all of 1400 miles on it, and my complaints are few - one being the turning radius, but there's plenty of room to go around things in VT
the rest are mostly nitpicks. You'd be very hard-pressed to find a nicer car for the money. Here's mine:
a few more images at:
http://users.adelphia.net/~ptampas/mazda Happy Motoring,
-Peter
02 Subaru Impreza Outback Sport 165HP 4cyl auto AWD
former: 95 Mystique LS V6 MTX [11/14/94-5/19/04]
