Anyone who has experience with this car, what are your thoughts on it?
Its a '98 the last year with the DOHC motor in it. 83k on the odometer. Black with the gold rims like the first year of the wrx. Short throw shifter. New head thats been polished and has new valve springs and some other things done to it I believe. Pretty much everything else is stock.
My friend owns it and has been looking to sell it for awhile now and I'll get it for well under the blue book if I buy it. It has a couple blotches where the paint is bad and the regular other scratches for the year. With 80,000 miles blue books for $7000 but if I get it I should be able to get it for $5800-6000.
I havent even driven in it yet, so thats obviously the first step. I'm looking mainly for a daily driver and liked the appeal of the AWD because I do drive in the snow quite a bit. Obviously I'd much prefer a WRX or EVO right now but unfortunately the budget is going to allow for something like that. I just want something thats moderately fast and will handle well, plus be able to go 90mph on the highway without getting all shakey and noisey.
If i do get the car, I figure for christmas I'll get some KYB AGX struts and will follow up with some sway bars on the car and that'll be about the extent of the mods for now.
Think this car could be a car that suites that needs above?
Its a '98 the last year with the DOHC motor in it. 83k on the odometer. Black with the gold rims like the first year of the wrx. Short throw shifter. New head thats been polished and has new valve springs and some other things done to it I believe. Pretty much everything else is stock.
My friend owns it and has been looking to sell it for awhile now and I'll get it for well under the blue book if I buy it. It has a couple blotches where the paint is bad and the regular other scratches for the year. With 80,000 miles blue books for $7000 but if I get it I should be able to get it for $5800-6000.
I havent even driven in it yet, so thats obviously the first step. I'm looking mainly for a daily driver and liked the appeal of the AWD because I do drive in the snow quite a bit. Obviously I'd much prefer a WRX or EVO right now but unfortunately the budget is going to allow for something like that. I just want something thats moderately fast and will handle well, plus be able to go 90mph on the highway without getting all shakey and noisey.
If i do get the car, I figure for christmas I'll get some KYB AGX struts and will follow up with some sway bars on the car and that'll be about the extent of the mods for now.
Think this car could be a car that suites that needs above?