time for new car YAY! advise/comments welcome

[Bigrick31 10+ year member]

ok so today i ofund out that my 01 audi a4 quattro that ive only had for 2 months (half the time its been at a body shop) is now totaled. so i need to get a new car.

price range no higher than $30,000 i figure around that price i can talk them down to about $25,000

cars im looking at

audi s4

subaru wrx sti

mitsubishi lancer evo 8

looking for something with a nice amount of HP decent gas milage. nothing bigger than a v6 engine. i will be driving long distances sometimes. want it to look sweet and handle good as well. i go over lots of mountains.

also anyone know much about the mazda rx8 they look sweet.

and if you can think of any other cars like the ones i mentioned or in the criteria i have listed please post away.

please post in this thread with the poll http://www.caraudio.com/vb/showthread.php?t=108665

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[vosschs 5,000+ posts]

i say the wrx, thry are awsome, i wish i had the money for it

 

[creater 10+ year member]

i would say the evo 8...cause i like most mitsubs...the rx8 is a nice car...its a rotary engine i think...i saw one of them racing on the road a while back...we aint got any audi's or subaru's here to my knowledge...the evo 8 is a sweet ride...my pops is loking into buying one...but the $$$ aint there...both the rx8 and the evo 8 are sweet cars...but i would say go for the evo

 

[RangerMan Premium Member]

I got to drive an RX8 about a month ago. Very, very smooth car. Test drive one and you will fall in love with it.

 

[PhatTonyDeMarco 5,000+ posts]

i say the wrx, thry are awsome, i wish i had the money for it

x2... Very nice cars for the price man, and they got some power as well.

 

[JAZN 5,000+ posts]

lan evo

 

[Bigrick31 10+ year member]

anyone know the hp on the rx-8?

 

[PhatTonyDeMarco 5,000+ posts]

238hp, 159fpt

I hate those little b@stards....

 

[JAZN 5,000+ posts]

gas mileage aint that great on the rx8 either IIRC.

 

[RangerMan Premium Member]

gas mileage aint that great on the rx8 either IIRC.

I believe my friend said he was getting b/t 20-22 MPG.

 

[Bigrick31 10+ year member]

well i did find

http://www.autotrader.com/fyc/vdp.jsp?car_id=181460716&dealer_id=559624&car_year=2003&search_type=both&make=MIT&model=LANCERMITS&transmission=Manual&distance=300&address=95476&advanced=&certified=&max_price=30000&min_price=1&end_year=2003&color=&start_year=2000&color3=&color2=&isp=y&engine=&lang=en&cardist=68#vdptop

http://www.autotrader.com/fyc/vdp.jsp?car_id=183716070&dealer_id=1654209&car_year=2004&search_type=both&make=SUB&model=IMPREZ&transmission=Manual&distance=300&address=95476&advanced=&certified=&max_price=30000&min_price=1&end_year=2005&color=&start_year=2000&color3=&color2=&isp=y&engine=4+Cylinder&lang=en&cardist=300#vdptop

http://www.autotrader.com/fyc/vdp.jsp?car_id=170878136&dealer_id=588352&car_year=2001&make=AUDI&distance=0&lang=en&max_price=30000&model=S4&end_year=2003&min_price=1&first_record=26&pager.offset=25&certified=&address=95476&search_type=both&advanced=&isp=y&start_year=2000&cardist=null#vdptop

http://www.autotrader.com/fyc/vdp.jsp?car_id=180695732&dealer_id=54059129&car_year=2002&make=AUDI&distance=0&lang=en&max_price=30000&model=S4&end_year=2003&min_price=1&certified=&address=95476&search_type=both&advanced=&start_year=2000&isp=y&cardist=2556#vdptop

http://www.cars.com/go/search/detail.jsp?tracktype=usedcc&searchType=21&paId=176287672&pageNumber=1&numResultsPerPage=50&largeNumResultsPerPage=0&sortorder=descending&sortfield=PRICE+descending&certifiedOnly=false&recnum=72&leadExists=true&criteria=K-%7CE-%7CM-_30_%7CB-30000%7CD-_6388_%7CN-N%7CR-500%7CI-1%7CP-PRICE+descending%7CQ-descending%7CZ-95476&aff=national

 

[creater 10+ year member]

the evo is what you need...the evo 8 is a lovely car mang

 

[Bigrick31 10+ year member]

i beleive i was getting aroun 2mpg with my a4

 

[Bigrick31 10+ year member]

the evo is what you need...the evo 8 is a lovely car mang

yeathat 1 i found does look offly tempting. but the sti has more power. but i cant remember what it is about the evo but it has something up on the sti

 

[Ape 10+ year member]

Ooooh WRX sti.. lucky bastard, I would jump all over that