Matrix Questions

[Raziel]

Hey everyone, I'm new here, and I'm looking for a new car to buy. I was looking for an affordable car that would give me some speed.
I was turned to the 2003 Matrix with its 180 HP and I was wondering how much HP these things get at the wheels, and what kind of availibility of performance mods were available for its engine. Any help would be great.

Thanks for your time.

[thebarber]

157-158whp out of the box

cai + catback = 167-170 whp

stuff is available and still growing

what mods are you looking to do?

[unklekraker]

hey, Raziel...sent you a PM

[Raziel]

Thanks for the replies, I don't have the largest disposable income at the moment, I'm just entering college.
I was originally looking for a used supercharged SS Cobalt, and saw the matrix and considered it an option. I was just wondering how the cobalt stacks up to a matrix interms of power and mods available for it. Also, if you know any other affordable cars with some power, I'd be much obliged if y'all could fill me in, my price range is around $15-$20k. And thanks unklekraker for your pm, got me thinking about more cars lol.

[echo7]

better get the cobalt,, cheap , top of the line reliability,,

[unklekraker]

04' Dodge Neon SRT or 03' Impreza WRX..can't go wrong with it.

[Raziel]

I know this is probably an out there question, but does anyone know which one has the lowest insurance lol, thats gonna be taking a large part of my monthly income too. I know the SRT-4 has one of the highest insurance rates out there, one of the reasons I didn't really consider it even though Dodge is one of my favorite manufactures.

[thebarber]

xrs will be the cheapest....wagon, not stolen much, etc

ss s/c will be up there but not as high as the wrx and srt4

[Raziel]

Hmm yea I figured it, the Matrix seems to be my best bet for now, thanks for all your input guys.