I'd buy an AWD civic

 

if you want to buy my 99 jeep cherokee with a 5' lift and 33' tires i will sell it to you for 6000, because i live in Michigan and it would be a lot to get shipped

it has good traction on and offroad,

 

personally, i think you shoulda kept the civic...im really not a fan of the WRX, i just never liked how it looks i would rather have an evo, i would just keep driving that mustang until you find something that you REALLY like, dont rush into buying anything you are so-so about. hope that helps lol

 

hold up, last time i checked the non turbo wrx's have 165 hp, is it modified?

 

The owner has not given me a mod list or anything yet, but I will see when I check it out tomorrow. But before this thread, I did not know they only came stock with 165. I have another Q for you guys now. Since my Si came with 160 stock, but it was DOHC, will the fact that the Impreza is SOHC make it noticeably slower than my Si? And if its at 200Hp, then where would it stand with the Si?

And another good thing is that the Impreza is a 2004 with only 20k miles on it. There shouldnt be any problems in the near future, Id imagine. Thanks for the advice and input everyone!

 

The RS puts out more torque stock, 160 to 110 for the Si, roughly. But that power is being split to 4 wheels instead of 2, and the Impreza would be a good 400~500 pounds heavier than the Si. The RS probably has less rpm range to work in as well. So performance wise, stock for stock I think the Si would be faster (in a straight line, at least).

 

A new 2006 Si would definitely be faster in a straight line than a standard 165 HP impreza, but the Si's horsepower is very peaky. You have to ring the engine to get any torque out of it. A previous generation Si with only 160 horsepower, I'm not so sure about performance-wise.

Last year's Si did 0-60 mph in about 8.5 seconds. I'm not sure what the NA impreza does but it should be relatively close.

but if the impreza you're looking at really does have 200 HP, it would probably have considerably more torque than a new Si and feel much faster off the line and during most driving conditions.

Since safety is your primary concern, low-end torque is always better to have.

as far as having to split power to the wheels it balances itself out.

2WD cars lose about 15 percent in driveline efficiency to the wheels. 4WD cars lose about 20-22 percent because they split power to all four wheels.

the good thing is that AWD doesn't spin their tires so none of it wasted energy.

My 160 HP CR-V I had last year would constantly spin it's tires leaving stoplights if I mashed the gas too quick because the CR-V was relatively light for its size. And, yes, I used to drag race with it too... lol.

btw, 20,000 miles on a 2004 vehicle is excellent. Average mileage for a car is 12,000 to 15,000 miles a year.

 

I recommend a geo metro . 3 cylinder suzuki engine and 50 mpg
faster than a speeding turtle and cooler than a.....a.............a well it gets good gas mileage

 

Preparing for shutdown but how about an SRT4

 

Oh, I was comparing her old Si to it, not the '06. I guess in my mind I just don't even consider the '06 as an option because of it's DBW. Not yet anyway.