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It has an extremely reliable drive train, it looks great, and it is available with a stick. Now that you can pick these up for the price of a new base Fiesta ST, it’s also a bargain. I’m pretty sure one will be my next car. I don’t know when, but at some point in the probably long future, I will have one.
The wagon is not worth the $30k premium, and the coupe is ugly.
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The interior sucks, the fuel economy is sort of terrible, but otherwise ok.
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I can handle the interior and the fuel economy. Tire costs and other maintenance is what is holding me back at the moment.
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This would work well with Vossens and changing the chrome to a more “smoked” finish.
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This would work well with Vossens and changing the chrome to a more “smoked” finish.
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I actually like the stock wheels, provided they aren’t in chrome. There is one locally on Z28 wheels, and it looks sick.
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Interior is not that bad.
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These were my dream car for a long, long time.
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Now they are $20k.
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Are they really that cheap now..?
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Yup.
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I saw a wagon on the road the other day and looked them up on Autotrader out of curiousity... holy crap they are expensive still. I mean, they are cool as hell but it makes no sense.
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Clarkson voice?
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POWAAAA!
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And now it’s the exact opposite
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Might just need to add to the fleet this summer. Shame the manual wagons are 3-4 times as much
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They are more like mid-20's, but still, a bargain.
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Four doors? Check
Able to make big power? Check
Good looking? Check
Reliable? Check
Stick? Check
Can easily go offroad? Check
Can tow 15,000 lbs? Check
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Handles Well-ish: Nope
Capable of Nearly 200mph Stock: Nope (I want to do runway events at some point)
Even More Expensive to Maintain: Check
Will Never Be as Fast: Check
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CarGurus doesn’t show one under $34k within 150 miles of me. Is that super high mileage?
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100k-ish.
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Have you sat in one?
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Not yet, but I drive a Fiesta. Interior quality isn’t my concern.
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STS-V is superior.
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YOU WOULD
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These are great cars. I had a first gen, and these are so much better all around. Docile when your foots not in it, and savage when it is. So much want.
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Just make sure your eventual find hasn’t been abused.
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LSA>Northstar
Manual>GM Automatic
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It’s going to be abused either way, people don’t tend to buy these to baby them. It’s a small block Chevy, a Tremec manual, and decently strong surrounding parts, so I’m fine with a rougher example.
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I GUESS
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I certainly like my 3.6 DI version.
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Still, I’d take the badges off and put Holden stuff on ... not correct, but it would fuck with gearheads for miles ....
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The CTS isn’t any Holden.
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And that’s why it would fuck with gearheads ... WHERE DID THOSE BADGES COME FROM?
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In that case, you’ll be very happy.
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Handle well? You don’t need to handle well when you can just drive over whatever is in your path
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V8 modur
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No, it’s still pretty high up there.
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I’m saying your dream car is the exact opposite from a powerful v8 sports sedan.
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Couldn’t agree more, the coupe is so bad! This is on my auto-bucket list as well, but I would spring for a wagon could just for the pure preposterous aspect. It’s crazy how they are unicorn status now.
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On that level of thinking, Vauxhall. Which is troll tastic.
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POWERSTROKE LYFE
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My dream car fluctuates every hour between four common contenders.
-SC400
-Twingo
-CTS-V
-E39 M5
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Gotcha. Most around me are in the 60-70k range (outside the rust belt).
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That’s the perfect car? It doesn’t look like a Tesla Model S to me...
/jk
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In theory, in practice...
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zOMG - that would sure do it. Like that Holden ute Demuro tested that I think started out as a GTO. People be crazy.
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In practice you put it on YouTube and get that YouTube ad skrilla.