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Old 04-22-11, 11:55 PM
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Default Finally picked up a new car.

I have been shopping around recently looking at a few cars in similar ranges. Genesis Coupe 2.0t, wrx, mazdaspeed3 etc and finally made a choice.






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I did enjoy the wrx and MS3 but i felt like i wanted a coupe again. Picked it up yesterday and im still breaking her in, but i see i can have some fun with her.

and yes we do have quite a nissan driveway, it used to be 03 pathfinder, 03 maxima, 04 sentra and 00 maxima (my old car)
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Old 04-23-11, 01:22 AM
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Congrats ....
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Old 04-23-11, 02:29 AM
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Buy or Lease? What Year?

And nice color, I'm hoping my next car can be blue also.
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Old 04-23-11, 03:41 AM
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miss being in the market for a new car. congrats. let us know how she is once you break her in.
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Old 04-23-11, 04:47 AM
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Congrats on the pick up!! Nice car, and it's a stick. Manual transmissions are a dying breed.
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Old 04-23-11, 07:09 AM
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Originally Posted by ecr527
Congrats on the pick up!! Nice car, and it's a stick. Manual transmissions are a dying breed.
Ain't that the truth.
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Old 04-23-11, 07:32 AM
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Congragulations...a nice car. I haven't personally sampled the 2.0T model, but I did a full-review a couple of years ago on the 3.8 Track model, and I thought it was probably the closest thing out there to a BMW at a lower price.
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Old 04-23-11, 07:34 AM
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Originally Posted by ecr527
Congrats on the pick up!! Nice car, and it's a stick. Manual transmissions are a dying breed.
Just don't get stuck in heavy traffic.
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Old 04-23-11, 07:50 AM
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Congrats! Looks nice
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Old 04-23-11, 10:26 AM
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Originally Posted by mmarshall
Just don't get stuck in heavy traffic.
lol, living in NYC, im used to the traffic and driving manual. its second nature now.
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Old 04-23-11, 10:32 AM
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great car, congrats.

still don't know why anyone refers to their car as 'her' though.
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Nice car! Finger fail @ 2nd picture =)
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Old 04-23-11, 11:30 AM
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Very nice color. I've seen some sickly modded GC
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Old 04-23-11, 12:09 PM
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congrats buddy. Nice ride. I would have gone with the 2.0 Turbo as well. Way more potential for tuning. I read a write up in a tuner magazine where they made 345 whp with the 2 liter motor with less than 1800 in mods. I love turbos
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badass car
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