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but 2 things are driving me to the jappy rocket...first i have never owned a car with few than 250,000 miles on it...and i comute in D.C. traffic so the old bricks really don't have the punch i need off the line to keep the 16 year old girl in the hummer H2 next to me from boxing me out of a turn and thereby increaseing my cummute distance by 3 blocks or 45 min
If you're going to get a rice-rocket, get a Subaru, not a Mitsubitchy. Mitsu's quality, as well as its future in the US market is open to doubt. Subarus, on the other hand, are great cars - my sister has 100k trouble-free (except for a damaged spark plug wire) miles on a 1997 Legacy Outback so far. Manual Subarus are also 50/50 AWD, whereas Mitsus have a transverse engine and are front-biased (just like the "AWD" Volvos). Not to mention the great cargo capacity of Subie wagons and the fact that they are available with manual trannies, unlike Mitsu wagons (only sedans are manual, IIRC).
As for acceleration, I've driven my Brick (240 wagon) in both NJ and DC traffic, and I've hever had a problem with getting "boxed in" or with entrance ramps to expressways. Then again, my car's a manual and I can keep the engine screaming at 5k rpm if I need to.
-b.
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