Just to throw in my 2 cents, I bought a Honda Pilot almost 2 years ago and it has been awesome. Here in Colorado I have been through pouring rain, hail, fluffy snow, ice and it handles it all very well. Great comfort. great handling, decent gas milage (18-29mpg on average) and room for 7.
On 2/13/06, Julian Zottl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > lol, yes???? ;) I was in Canada skiing, hence the slow reply ;) > > If you think that the Subaru WRX STI feels like a plastic bucket, you > obviously haven't been in a Saturn lately. Now that feels like it's going to > fall apart right from under you. > > I bought a Subaru WRX STI for a couple of reasons: I regularly go through > 6+"'s of snow on the weekends, so I needed something AWD/4WD. My brother in > law had a Forrester that went over 175k without anything other than > oil/brakes/tune-ups/tires. Good gas milage. To summarize: Fast, great > handling, good in the snow and reliable. > > Subaru's are definitely not for everyone though. If you want comfort, the > Subaru Legacy GT is one hell of a car for the money, but not everyone wants > to drive a "Subaru". For 5k more than a full outfitted Legacy GT, you can > get a AWD 325XI. For that you get -50HP, -75lbs/ft of torque, no > limited-slip differential, less leg room, no lumbar support or heated seats > and less of a warrenty. Oh and you do get a cool little blue and white > symbol, which means more to most people than the technical specifications. > > FYI: I live in a town (DC) where every other car is a BMW, Porsche or Lexus. > I've been in and driven a huge number of cars since I'm the preseident of the > DC All Wheel Drive car club (www.dcawd.com). Every time someone takes a > drive in a STI or a Legacy, they understand where I am coming from. Most > will admit right then and there though that they paid extra for the status > symbol. > > ok, I'll stop now ;) > > _____________________________________ > Julian Zottl > CTO, Radiant Network Technology, LLC > Getting ahead in the tech sector isn't about kissing butt ... you gotta sniff > the right packets > > > > ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- > From: Ben Ruset <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: The Hardware List <[email protected]> > Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2006 22:09:23 -0500 > > >Paging Sabre in 5..4..3..2.. > > > >Christopher Klein wrote: > >> It's fairly quick....but have you been in one? It feels like a plastic > >> bucket. There isn't anything nice about the inside at all. I could see > >> picking one up if money was no object and you were into weekend racing at > >> the track....but driving that thing for anything more than 20 minutes is > >> just painful. > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bryan Seitz > >> Sent: Sunday, February 12, 2006 9:15 PM > >> To: The Hardware List > >> Subject: Re: [H] ok, how about this... > >> > >> WRX STI :) > >> > >> On Sun, Feb 12, 2006 at 07:12:11PM -0500, Christopher Klein wrote: > >>> New Camaro looks great. I'm more of a domestic guy....Honda/Toyota > >>> does nothing for me in terms of power and looks. I like BMW and > >>> Mercedez but I'd probably never buy one. I'll probably get a CTS-V if > >>> my Impala SS ever dies. > >>> > >> > > > > -- Brian
