I haven't seen one on the road yet, heck, i've only seen one EVO, and he was goin the other way... but i did get hassled by a guy with an S2000. he said i'd probly take him from a standstill, but if we were rollin, then he'd own me... i just replied (and we live in Oregon, mind you) "so lets go do it on any one of the 286 rainy days here, or lets go up over a mountain pass (oops, you gotta stop and put chains on, if they even fit...) ; or "i'm gonna go put my roof rack on and take some skis or bikes or the surfboards out; but you can't do that with the softop can ya?" Or how 'bout you throw your buddies in the back seat... uh-oh, you don't have one." so, there you go. I bought the rex cause it does it all, and with style and power and fun. He just has a two-seater with no chassis rigidity (soft top, right) and only two wheels pushin him around... if i put enough $$$ into it to equal what he paid, i'll kick his ***.

aaiight dude, go smoke the srt; later, Bennie

 

my neighbor has it but it doen't look good at all. Very ugly indeed.
it's got big FMIC though. I give a credit for having FMIC that big.
but that's about it

 

I saw one in boston the other day. I think they are a hot car. For the money and performance you just cant beat it. And the upgrade packages.....260 warrantied horsepower from the factory with stage 3, whats not to love? Glad to see that the americans are embracing what the japaneese have been doing for years.

 

Still a Neon though, which is reason enough for me to dislike it

 

couldn't have put it better myself. There are two things I look for in a car. How fast it is and its pimpfactor. The neon is lacking majorly in the 2nd catagory.

 

Good point about the "pimpfactor", reason why i bought the rex instead. At least they are offering the 7 year 70k mile warranty now though. I had a dodge for 7 years and it was a very reliable car.

 

Honestly though, one of the things about the WRX that is so appealing to me is the fact that it's a hybrid of a Sports Sedan and a rally car. It's a car that's at home on the track or trudging through a foot of snow on wintry roads. I doubt any of these other cars(with the exception of the other AWD competitors) has such versatility.
Even though my 2004 Impreza OBS is my first AWD car, I think it's safe to say I'll never go back to a 2 wheel drive vehicle as my daily driver.

 

I've seen one take off onto a freeway on ramp, i admit, they are fast and a stock WRX is definitely underpowered and heavier and will have a hard time catching up.

Ed

 

It's crap.

You get what you pay for. Definately a step up from the first neons.
I've seen a few and the nerds that have them can't drive them anyways.

 

Sorry, they might not be nerds.
They just don't know any better or can't afford a rex, so I can't judge them for that.

 

^_^

There was a news article I think published on CNN talking about a massive dodge neon srt-4 recall. Apparently the oil cooler on the neon srt-4 fry's around 9 - 10k miles giving it a short life span? Don't believe me, but go find the article.

Do a google search to find the article.