09 lancers Options

[jason]

So... ive gone through a ridiculous amount of cars over the past year, through not liking them, stuff breaking (NEVER buy a speed3 EVER!) and other motorists apparently not liking my vehicle and wanting to total it

im currently rockin a charger to drive 92 miles round trip to and from work each day, and the hemi bull**** is killin me with gas.

so... i stumbled upon a descent 09 lancer gts - fully loaded in "wicked white" - 10yr 100k warranty too, with 0% apr and 1500 cash back (cancels out the nav upgrade package)

this is not a ralliart or evo, but it does have the 2.4 168hp 167lb/ft engine - should get ME about 30mpg with my grandma commuting driving

yes i still have the celica, and yes it is/has been undergoing surgery the past while and will be on the road again *hopefully* by summer 2010

so what is everyone's take on the lancer? i like it, which is what matters, but curious about any extra insight anyone may be able to offer (are they gay/girly cars, some maintenance issue i need to worry about, cheap stuff breaking on it, or are they cool cars)

[jason]

speed 3's have issues with some of their motor mounts stripping out of the trans / cracking the trans housing and such.

after my 3rd mount & 2nd trans - in addition to losing some fins on the turbo, it lemoned. they are awesome cars if you get a good one, but a couple people along with myself have had nothing but headaches with ours, only one out of 5 local people has had 0 issues, the rest of us had the same mount issue and me and another had turbo failures.

but all in all.. slap an intake and an exhaust on it, and you're at the 300hp mark, add intercooler and boost controller and your up another 30+hp for a total (touring addition) of ~25k - cant really beat that with all the storage and seating capacity.