Originally Posted by
JHM2K
Excellent car John. This car would be a perfect candidate for the Continental DWS, as it's a great tire in light snow (<5") and has excellent wet traction, with very good dry traction. An all-purpose tire for your all-purpose car.
Is it a manual-trans?
I actually mentioned this car to Kim, and she simply said "no wagons".
Girl has a lot to learn.
LOL, funny you should mention that, as Molly 'let' me check out the car when we first viewed it. She HATES wagons, so I left and made the guy a lowball, cash offer. He said he did not need to sell, so I said call me if you get tired of dealing with bullshitters. 10 days later, after many emails with potential buys and BS, he asked if I still wanted it.
Molly is happy because she knows it is a good car, but until I had her drive it, she would barely get near the thing. She drove it, likes it, and it is growing on her everyday. We don't use the W word at home, it helps her if we refer to it as a hatch LOL.
Has a full touch screen DVD/Nav system with Infinity Kappa components running off an old school ADS amp and a single 10" sub running off an old school Precision Power Instruments (PPI) amp. Sounds like a concert hall, not a boom box. Both amps are from the days of handmade amps with incredibly low ratings on them that typically made 2-3 times they power they advertised, not like today where it is the opposite.
Should be a great little car, looking forward to AutoXing an AWD...
No Evan, no load exhaust on her. It is a little more subdued than the WRX, because of the Saab market, but it is not too terrible sounding...