A WRX is hardly an underpowered econobox with 0-60 in 4.7s bone stock.
I love how you TOTALLY ignore the fact that I said " most " and not " all " japanese cars are boring eco boxes. And, 4.7 is pretty damn fast for a stock car ( Though the Titanic will beat that, assuming I had the slicks on it, which I typically don't ).
n fact, a simple Stage 2 WRX (that would be a downpipe change + ECU reflash, maybe $500 combined) will wipe the floor with you modified Marauder on any track or autocross.
Oh yeah, I totally bought a 2 ton couch to go autocrossing
And no, if I put the slicks on the rear, It'd wipe the WRX on the drag strip, but then again. I don't take it to the strip either.
This is even before suspension mods. Because 350hp + much less weight + awd + manual + irs = win. Hell, I'd pay to see that Titanic of Crown Vic at any autocross. It probably wouldn't even fit between cones to begin with.
Of course, I didn't buy a couch to go autocrossing in
I built my fun car, to be fun on the street. Its loud, its fast, and well. Thats all I want it to be. And it looks great. Sure it can't handle. But eh..
I wanted to be able to pull up to someone at a red light, or go on the highwaw, and just make em eat tail lights.
And, from a roll on the highway, that 350 Horsepower WRX, or even off the line if I have slicks on, is no match in a straight line for my 674hp Tower of V8 supercharged power. Have fun eating some taillights.
Speaking of which, those boxter engines sound like ass. I'll take a V8 rumble.
Then there are other performance cars like Evo, Skyline, 370Z, etc. All of which I would hardly call boring econoboxes.
And again, you ignore the fact that I said some, not all.
As for the Boxster, I drove a late 90s model before and wasn't impressed at all. It sounded nice but was VERY underpowered for the money and I hear earlier versions have major issues with (just google RMS leaks).
Neither am I, I bought it a couple years ago off someone I know because he REALLY needed the money ( divorce, bankruptcy, at the same time. Joy ), even I'm not to impressed by it, can't hold a handle to the 02 S2K I used to have. I'll most likely sell it at some point. Its a fun little car, and I'll admit it only has 21,000 miles on it. And it only goes out on nice days, because I like dropping the top, but I've never had an issue with it.
I'd much rather buy and mod a Miata or S2K. I owned a Miata before and would not trade it for a Boxster under any circumstance. But then again I think German = crap so I might be biased.
I had an S2K, didn't mod it. It was a nice little fun car though. I couldn't stand the weed wacker sound it made. I much perfer the boxster, its more comfy, much better low end torque, and was more fun to chuck around in the corners.
My next " fun car? " I'll most likely keep the 2010 Fully Loaded Vic as my daily driver for a few years, keeping the Marauder Forever, sell the Porsche ( I never drive it ).
And go for a very gently used ( less than 3 years old, under 15,000 miles ), Z06 Corvette, 0-60 in under 4 seconds, 190mph, very very good around the bends, I test drove one once last year, loved every bit of it. 7 Liters of fun
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Which ones, specifically?
I've driven a Dodge Neon SRT4
A Dodge Caliber SRT4
A Chevy Cobalt SS
Honda Civic SI
And a VW GTi.
Boring.
The SRT4 Neon was the only one I had any fun in.
