OT {GTI or MINI}

[flaatr@yahoo.com (EUROROC II)]

I drove the 227 version of the WRX and it's an awesome car. I'm not sure 
why they dropped the power by 60HP but I'm not Subaru management. In other 
countries the ~225HP car is the 2.0GT and the WRX has always had ~280HP. 
STI's have been the trick version to have, well that and the 22B or the P1.

If a real STI Version VIII (I think that's the count) comes to the states 
as rumored for MY2004 I will  be standing in line to get mine... Noting can 
beat it for price/performance IMHO.

Looking at past pricing the STI version will probably cost around $5K more 
than a WRX putting it in at $30K.

-RGK

At 12:15 AM 2/23/2002 -0800, you wrote:
>Mark Hausler wrote:
>
> > I am in the market for a new car in 6-8 months. My
> > current two choices are the Drivers Edition GTI or the
> > MINI Cooper S. Both are cool, but I am tending toward
> > the MINI.
>
>I'm probably going to replace the Passat soon after it's fixed, and I'm
>thinking along the same lines, with the new A4 and Subie WRX also in the
>mix.  By all accounts, the Cooper S is going to be VERY hard to come by
>for a year or more, and huge markups are expected.  The DE GTI is a nice-
>sounding package, but again availability may be an issue as only 1000
>copies are being produced.. there is a 20th anniversary edition expected
>for MY 2003 that will be similar plus a few new goodies, and something
>like 5000 of them will be built.
>
>The new A4 is an awesome car - even a "stripped" 1.8T is equipped to the
>hilt (minus quattro, sunroof) and can be had in the $25k range - a lot
>of car for the money.
>
>I've yet to drive the Subie but it's an intriguing possibility.
>
>Back to your choices, Mini or GTI?  Tough choice!  A drive in both, as
>well as seeing some pricing, will probably help a lot...
>
>--
>Kevin Collins
>Huntington Beach, CA
>'86.5 16V 2.0
>'00 Passat GLS 1.8T
>
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