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New Car Time under $25K

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1. Mazda Speed 3 One sitting with a deposit on it in blue in Bremerhaven.
2. Mini Cooper S
3. Caliber SRT4
4. Nissan Sentra V-Spec
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Are we talking in the US or in Germany? If it's in the US then without a doubt the Mazdaspeed3. The Caliber not only got hit by the fugly truck, but it is the fugly truck :eek: The new MINI just looks frightened, plus they're everywhere. And a Sentra? Come on now, I thought you enjoyed cars that could perform well :p

-Brian
 
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Speed3!!
 
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No this will have to be a US spec car. Just got back from trying to see one in Darmstadt and it was not on the lot. There is another one in Simmern that we will try and see tomorrow. These are all E-spec but it really does not matter, the car is 95% the same as the US-Spec. Not sure of the build volume but they are hard to find. One dealer WAY out east seems to have all the ones in Germany though. Like 15 on then lot where the rest are 1 pers every 20 dealers.
 
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I'd say go with the ms3. if you can import the st220 then :bow:
 
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VW is out, she hates them.

Can you stuff a 235/40/18 on the MPS3?

Volk makes some nice wheels for the MPS3 as well.

Man I hope I don't do something stupid like sell the Focus.
 
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2focusd said:
Are we talking in the US or in Germany? If it's in the US then without a doubt the Mazdaspeed3. The Caliber not only got hit by the fugly truck, but it is the fugly truck :eek: The new MINI just looks frightened, plus they're everywhere. And a Sentra? Come on now, I thought you enjoyed cars that could perform well :p

-Brian
The Spec-V I saw briefly was nice and at 200hp is no wimp. More than the Mini and Civic Si with 4dr.
 
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