faithofadragon

theoretically speaking, next spring im going to convince the wife to trade the maxima in and buy a new car

its been a good run with the maxima, ive put 60k miles on it and only have had to swap out the clutch and a rear valve cover, just time to move on to the BBD (bigger better deal)

and say i had roughly 15k to spend

what should i buy?

remember this is replacing my "nice car" so something classy or sporty wifey is a stickler for options and reasonable gas mileage (maxima gets 22mpg average on premium)

of course no fords/hondas/and more than likely no hyundais (ive had 5 its time for somethin different)

gto/g35/sti etc

probably aiming to no FWD vehicles, ABSOLUTELY has to have a stickshift


OH AND ONE MORE THING!!!

has to be newer than 2003, the only way i can convince her to buy a "new" car is if in fact, its "newer" than the one we have lol

WytchDctr

you named the three things that came to mind already...

EclipseMTL

I'd suggest the STI IF she wouldn't mind a car with rough suspension and some road noise, but driving is an absolute BLAST, and I planned/plan on getting one eventually. The g35 looks great in both 2 and 4 door, GTO's are also nice. I've ridden in a Lancer GTS, its no EVO, but it had SO much room it was ridiculous, but then again I'm only 5' 10" so I have a lot of room no matter what I sit in, and it rode very well.

faithofadragon

welp, i brought this up to her tonight...pretty much RWD is out the window

shes REALLY smart, she told me "girls cant drive rwd vehicles in the snow" im gonna add that to my sig!!!

gawd i love her

so, awd, manual transmission and around 15k...the STI is hot in the lead, followed by the 330xi

what REALLY sucks is there is only like 4 dealerships in this podunk town

toyota/scion/chrysler(same dealership)

hyundai/mazda

ford

chevy

so if i need to order a part, its gonna take a while, hell it took 7 days to get a PCV valve for the maxima last week lol

TibbyTurbo

I would definitely get a 2010 Chevy Camaro! Starting $23g

faithofadragon

yes cuz 23000 is around 15000 bux

EclipseMTL

What about a '07 Mazdaspeed 3? I've heard good things about them, downsides of them are fwd(which you don't want I suppose) and its a wagon... although I do like the look of sports wagons.

faithofadragon

not a "terrible" idea ill show the wife it, she tends to hate wagons with a passion (she outright refused to EVER drive my j2 wagon)



im REALLY startin to lean toward this

$13500 OBO


EDIT

the speed6 is in the price range im lookin for also...and its AWD

but i dont know if they come in manual

EclipseMTL

Yep the m6's do, heres a picture of an '06 interior.

faithofadragon

donno what i feel about this...but in my searches i came across the evos....

to mitsu or to not mitsu

that is the question