Yeah, the mercury looked pretty gangsta lol. And yeah the 240 would be a nice drift car! How much you looking to really spend?

 

My friend bought a widebody s14 with a sr20det in it for 7k.
So I am sure you can find one around that price range

 

hey man that really sucks. if it makes you feel you any better, i truly feel your pain. i totalled my 2009 gts couple weeks ago...i flipped it 4 times into a 15 foot ditch. you can see picture of it in the official car wreck thread on like page 226 lol. good luck man and sorry about your loss

 

Damn that does make me fell better lol no offense. But yeah I like the marauder and 240 but now I'm thinking I should just get a new car. Something with better financing, no miles, and a good warranty. I'll just look for something a little faster than the lancer to begin with. I'm thinking about a tC now. A guy I work with has one and I tried to talk my sister into it for her first car but she didn't like it. I'll be car shopping this weekend though.

 

aren't TCs in the same price range as the new SI?
I would take the SI over that. K20 ftw

 

I'm not sure, the tC's I've seen were around 15-17k and the civics (that looked good) were almost 20k.

 

ya the tcs are cheaper than the si.

tcs arent bad though or you can get a srt4

 

those are ugly

 

But the really move

 

yup and cheaper than the lancer to insure

 

Yeah I found it funny that any car I look up ends up being cheaper to insure than the Lancer. I'll keep looking though. Prolly no SRT4 since the neon style aren't new and I don't really like the Caliber version.

 

Doesnt the tc have less hp then the lancer? I would just buy like a 2008 lancer gts thats still hanging around a dealership somewhere...they get cheaper because of the 09's comming in.

 

The tC I think was rated aroun 160-170 hp (to the flywheel of course). But the VW rabbit is rated higher than the tC. I just don't think I feel like having another Lancer. Even though the only similarity between mine and the new ones is the name, I'm just going to pass this time. Switch it up a bit. I feel like a hatchback with a stickshift.

 

Sucks

 

MazdaSpeed 3 maybe?

I've been looking at those for awhile. There's a couple driving around my area that look pretty sweet. They may be priced a bit higher then what you're looking for but they give a lot of bang for the buck.