BEAT: totally undecided on what my next car will be

[cs3]

so im in the process of buying a new car. well not brand new, but new to me.
ive owned an original vw rabbit gti, a heavily modified vw corrado VR6, and now an E36 M3.
i want something with 4 doors, factory turbo, manual tranny, and fun to drive. looking to spend $20-23K. the candidates are below.


heres my current ride:
95 M3


brag:
- 3.5" maf, big injectors, software, exhaust, coilovers, sways bars etc
- one of teh best handling cars ive driven
- ~230 hp to the wheels
- still one of the hottest looking cars on the road

beat:
-only 230 whp, aftermarket FI start at 8k
-130K miles
-stupid coolant leak/overheating problem that NOBODY can seem to figure out
-2 doors is getting to be a pain
-parts and labor are stupid expensive

variance:
on separate occasions have had a mirror, grill, and side skirt stolen or failed attempt to steal



candidate #1
'03-'05 Subaru STi

brag:
-rediculously fast
-capable of making huge power
-capable chassis

beat
-fugly. bugeyed, ricer wing




candidate #2
'01-'02 audi S4


brag:
-dead sexy looks, "grown up"
-cheapest car of the 3
-comfortable
-300hp is only a chip away
-can make really big power, good after market
-im pretty familair with the VAG aftermarket, have lots of connections/friends with vw's and audi's

beat
-handles like a pig. i'd have to have coilovers ordered before i even bought the car
-sluggish stock, really heavy
-$$$$for parts, $$$$$$for labor, a bitch to work on
-will have way more miles on average than the sti or evo

variance
-completely walked one of these on the highway in the M3. he was prob stock. got spanked by one in the corrado






candidate #3
'03-'05 MitsubishiEvo VIII


brag
- best handling car you can buy for the money. only car of the group that can turn faster lap times completely stock than my M3
- already quick with big aftermarket, cheap and easy to tune with huge potential
- engine has been around for a long time and has proven to be bullet proof
-awesome brakes
-cheap parts/labor compared to my current car

beat
-boy racer looks, ricer wing
-cheap interior

variance
- had a bone stock evo pull away from me by ~2 carlengths in a 65-120mph highway roll on



so what you think?

[cs3]

[prodonkey]

I think they are all pretty fugly to be honest.. I'd rather get a Lexus if I had to have something with 4 doors

[SharkTank43]

S4, not close.

Very Thinly veiled Brag,

Keep the balla beamer ftw.

[doubLe a tom]

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S4, not close.

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[Beesnuts]

Subaru FTW...blew the doors off an 04 S4 in an 04 STi

#2 - Evo
#3 - S4
#4 - old M3

btw...If you dont like the spoiler on the Sti/Evo, they make really good looking lip spoilers and just smaller wings in general

[JoeKing]

Geez the Evo is so sick. Did you consider an Evo 9? All 3 cars are awesome, but i am partial towards the Evo.

[JoeKing]

Wait are you considering a used Evo/STi? ppl tend to drive those really hard and then trade them in.

[Poker is Rigged]

i think all these cars are pretty plain. try this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kawasaki_Ninja_ZX-14
twice as fast as any of those cars, and half the price. 0-60 in 2.4 FTW