Hi, I'm looking to purchase a new car soon and stumbled across this car in my search for a new vehicle. I'm 20 yrs old and am looking for a car $25,000 and under.
I was looking at cars like the MazdaSpeed3, Turbocharged Cobalt SS (still unreleased I believe), and Subaru WRX. They are all great cars and would probably own the Xfire in a straight line but I already have a front wheel drive vehicle and would really like to get a rear wheel drive vehicle (exception being the AWD WRX). This car will supplement my garage since my current car, a Pontiac Grand Prix, only has ~81,000 miles on it I see no reason to get rid of it until it dies and my Ninja 250 gives me more speed thrills than any car could ever hope too even if it only gets to 60 in 6 seconds (slow for a bike but it's all relative =P).
I am into tuning and I imagine this car has little aftermarket support. I mainly want to tune the engine and suspension components though, I'm not into the big wings and body kits. This car would allievate any need for exterior customization anyway since I'd be the only guy with one at the light. I am worried about costs on this vehicle however, I am in college and don't have a lot of money to throw into expensive repairs and I think this car may be expensive to fix with all the MB underpinnings no? How is the reliability on these cars? What type of power have you guys gotten out of the regular Xfire?
Anyway, mainly I'm just here to see what type of purchase you guys thinks this car would be for me and whether you think it's a smart buy or not. You guys don't seem like the types to push the Xfire on me just because it's a "xfire forum" and I would like it if you could reccomend some other good RWD cars if need be.
Here is the Xfire I was looking to purchase, I'm also open to purchasing an SRT-6 but I would prefer a manual and insurance would probably be outrageous for me on one of those, although that dealership only seems to have auto Xfires but they're also cheaper than everywhere else I've looked. Also, I'll obviously check with the dealership there but what would it be possible to get the lifetime warranty if I purchased that vehicle or no?
Thanks in advance.