2nd Car Question - Toyota Nation Forum : Toyota Car and Truck Forums

xxswat718xx · 10-05-2007, 06:07 PM

K guys. I need your honest/informative opinions here. I'm looking for a 2nd car. The choices are:

2002 SpecV
2001 Solara (v6 5spd)
2001 Legacy GT (5spd/6spd?? think it's 5)
And mayyyyybe : 2001 Impreza 2.5 RS

If you've had any personal experiences with these cars, feel free to speak up. Thanks in advance for the info.

95PimpingCamry · 10-05-2007, 06:13 PM

Reliability:
Solara > Legacy > Impreza

Fun factor:
Impreza > Solara or Legacy (not sure which is more fun)

I don't know about the spec v.

***eyeball96*** · 10-05-2007, 06:21 PM

I'd get the Solara V6 5spd....bc its a Toyota!

xxswat718xx · 10-05-2007, 07:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by eyeball96

I'd get the Solara V6 5spd....bc its a Toyota!

AND I can just swap my TRD stuff right to it... hmmmm..

***eyeball96*** · 10-05-2007, 07:12 PM

Yea thats a good Idea! I say go for it!

bigbird · 10-05-2007, 07:38 PM

no spec V, if ur thinkin u may mod in the future then either the solara or impreza. the impreza definatly has much more aftermarket support but i would not buy that simply because i could just get its younger MUCH sportier brother the WRX. but i say solara or impreza in that order cuz the splara looks better but it will have higher insurance too(coupe V6 vs. 4 door 4cyl)

xxswat718xx · 10-05-2007, 08:11 PM

why not the spec v? Just curious.

mr.pringles · 10-05-2007, 11:49 PM

impreza 2.5RS > solara v6 > legacy GT > sentra SE-R SPEC V

bigbird · 10-06-2007, 11:57 AM

well let me first say that ive never owned one so i dont have first hand experiance. that being said, i have 2 buddys of mine who both have one. neither of them liked it much, descent power and definatly a fun factor but the quality wasnt as good as a scoobydo or toyota. they did twice the mantainace work that i had done on my camry and only had like 75K miles. u are lookin at lower insurance with the spec V however over the solara. now me personally, i think they are boring as hell to look at, that would be an issue for me. my one friend tried to boost his and had to many damn problems...and that was with a kit.

Venom_5 · 10-06-2007, 12:14 PM

to everyone that told you Toyota > Subaru .... theyre liars - theyre pretty much equal in reliability if you maintain them properly ...

however, the cars you listed are not similar in any way ... so i wont even try to compare the two ... but if youre getting a Subaru, get the LGT or the WRX, dont mess with the puny RS ... and they are 10x more powerful than the Solara ... 1MZ just cant compete with the turbo EJ motor

xxswat718xx · 10-06-2007, 01:09 PM

I really appreciate all the info guys. I'm gonna take some time and actually get into these cars for testdrives over the next few months.