I had the bug-eyed '03 WRX hatchback. the STi's weren't out yet when i bought mine.

that WRX was scary fast.

*sigh*

I still may get a TR version again. they're bland looking on the outside but are actually faster than stock because of less curb weight.

couple hundred dollars of mods (NOT including a BOV. WRX owners laugh at doods with BOVs... lol.) and you're terrorizing anybody and everybody.

spend a couple grand and you basically own everybody short of sooped up Z06s because of the AWD grip.

I got rid of my WRX because I found myself racing too much, even with my son in the backseat - i was ADDICTED!!11. I never lost though. lol.

I highly recommend everybody owning a turbo AWD car before they die. there's no sensation like being automatically thrown in the back of your seat with no wheel slip. lol.

 

hatchback as in wagon?

 

most non-m owners are accepting the fact that bmw isn't nearly the fastest thing on the road. The thing that makes BMW so good is balance, whereas in other performance sedans (WRX, evo), they have to sacrifice the interior quality and ugly designs (controversial) - new bimmers are not eye candies either

 

Id sell it to him without the Si rims and my tires. He is selling a 2000 hatch right now that he had bought aftermarket rims and tires for that hes not selling with the car, so he wants to put those on the Si. Sac let me kno about wat they go for please...I was lookin around a little on ebay but mostly wat I found were brand new rims, so Im not sure how much in comparison. And the tires are new. Ill check in the morning what the mileage was when I bought them. I think they have about..3k miles on them. And I got the 55k mile warranty on em.

Im nervous to sell my baby back to the guy! But I kno he has bigger and better plans than I do for her, and the car has a lot of potential!

 

Not a big fan here of BMWs. nice cars but the steering is too heavy for my tastes.

as far as styling. rally cars have always been called ugly for good reason. they are.

but when you're rocketing down the road, all those wings and fender bulges and snout openings are for a purpose. to beat that dood in the next lane.

I remember when the original BMW M3s used to be that way. they were basically rodded 318s. super light, super quick.

not so anymore with the new M cars. all are basically sledgehammers when it comes to performance.

 

Sorry but Im not sure about this...Yes the brakepads on my moms bmw do give off a lot of brake dust (but then again so did my Eclipse)...but her car stops probably quicker and safer than any car Ive had. And its a sedan. Although, she replaced her front and rear brake pads and rotors and that was an expensive trip to the mechanic..

 

yes. they called them wagons but they didn't have any room in the back. lol.

 

Over the years that brake dust has become synonymous, in my mind, with luxury cars.

 

I think a BMW is more of a status type thing. It's like being in a rich mans club.
Regardless, a Subaru, and a BMW does not carry the reputation Honda does, as far as reliability. And I get 35 mpg, can you do that in any other cars that are not Hybrids?

 

Amanda, you need to come up here for a day or two so you can ride with me in my car, and take a ride with Levi in his Evo. maybe itll make you either want to keep the civic, or at least make you realize that if you are getting rid of the civ for more wet weather traction, you should get AWD but its tough to put snow cables on an Evo, so i like the wrx idea. if you get rid of the civ.