I know what engines they come with Aku but i was just asking if there were any major complaints about them.
Seems that they say they make 205hp stock but all of the cars dyno at like 210-215whp. Way underrated, weird. And the stage 2 kits that are like $500 put them at 250whp and 22wtq. Not bad.
never said anybody didn't know what motor was in them.. just felt like chiming in. i havn't heard any complaints about em tho. i've driven the cobalt version a couple years ago. and i've been in a redline or 2. they're not bad i prefer the feel of a turbo over a s/c. they are quick though
I know what engines they come with Aku but i was just asking if there were any major complaints about them.
Seems that they say they make 205hp stock but all of the cars dyno at like 210-215whp. Way underrated, weird. And the stage 2 kits that are like $500 put them at 250whp and 22wtq. Not bad.
Well, i could buy the focus and with the focussport turbo i'd still come out cheaper than the cobalt ss/sc, ion redline, srt4 and i'd be making more power than both the cobalt and redlines with the stage 2 kits, and about the same power as srt4's with a few bolt ons.
Although I think if I was in the same situation as you e with no car and shopping in that price range I’d rather pick up a subbie wrx vs the ion cobalt or focus…..thats just me and its all personal preference and pretty much depending on what your looking for I mean the subbie would handle better than a focus but it would probably be a touch slower than the other 3 choices but its awd so it would be amazing in winter
Although I think if I was in the same situation as you e with no car and shopping in that price range I’d rather pick up a subbie wrx vs the ion cobalt or focus…..thats just me and its all personal preference and pretty much depending on what your looking for I mean the subbie would handle better than a focus but it would probably be a touch slower than the other 3 choices but its awd so it would be amazing in winter
No way would a subie out of the box out handle a focus.
I have a few hundred miles under my belt in a few different subies, and they do not handle better than a focus. Unless you get stability and traction control. They have more control in bad weather, but cornering the focus would do a whole lot better. Now overall car, I would take a subie. 2008 Legacy Wagon GT.
Subie's are out of my price range. That and it's almost impossible to find a wrx that isn't molested. I would love a WRX but i dont want to pay the premium i would have to pay to get a real clean WRX. Not to mention that if i get that i'm going to dump a ton of money into making it fast. Plus modding the focus is cheap.
If not a focus, I want some of the goodies that he has sitting in the house/garage that he bought. Did he get money from the insurance yet? And now he has to just figure out what he wants to buy??
No money yet. We settled but i don't have anything in my hand. As soon as my current loan is paid off im going to get another one and go get that focus.
For the record. The old Cobalt SS S/C and Ion Redline came with supercharged I-4's that made a stock 210 hp. The new cobalt SS and the HHR SS come with a Turbo I-4 (same motor in Solstic GXP and Sky Redline) and make 260 hp. (i should know, i work there)
Downside for me...they look like poop on a stick (to me, just an opinion guys and gals!). No matter how fast you make it, it's got to look good for me to want it. I mean look at the SRT, they actually thought about that one. It seems as though they just put a whale tale on the Cobalt SS, worked on the engine and called it a day…oh well. I guess they offer a lip kit for them, but I still don't like it very much...
Wales I am sure you are working on your grille, but I am not coming over today. I want to wallow in my depression. I think I am going to stay home all day to try and finish applying for loans and stuff. Life sucks, and I dunno what to do lol.
the neons are the only one i really mind i mean yea they changed the body and the motor stuff but still........its a neon.....i dont know i mean i get told its just a focus all the time but for me the neon is the one car i dont think i could drive
^Yeah, not a whole lot of nice turbo cars over here except the Evo and the STI...
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