Gee, that must put the STI in the economic basement of ownership.
Sorry to
hear that.


STI costs 35K all said and done. It does EVERYTHING better than your 3
series, from handling in ALL conditions, to safety, to
speed...EVERYTHING. Oh, and it's resale IS BETTER.


Japanese pocket rocket
surfaces.


You might want to do a bit more research, Maxi. Or better still, drive
a few new cars. A car like the STI has supercar performance. 0-60 in
4.7 seconds and the handling combined with AWD than leaves most other
sports cars in the dust. Oh, and your beloved Consumer Reports seems to
think the Subaru is also more reliable, rated along side of Toyota for
2005!

An RX or an ES
would have been helpful.

Yep, we can all understand that is a comparison with the Triebca, you
thought I mean ES!!! Coming up next for Maxi....Pictures!


I know that the RX330 and my Toyota Highlander, along with the Honda Pilot
leave your Tribeca in the dust in every survey and test so far
published.

Bad news, Maxi....The tribeca outhandles the Highlander. In fact so
does the Pilot. It's one of the worst handling crossovers out there. It
also trails the Tribeca in every safety related area from stopping
distance to crash tests. Only the MDX comes close, but lacks the
superior Subaru AWD system. Did you even know that the highlander loses
ABS when traction control kicks in? So does the Pilot and MDX, but the
new MDX will cure this. You really studdied hard for that Highlander!
It was the first car we, and everyone we know, looked at....and passed
on. Along with the BMW X5 (the only SUV that Car & Driver felt handled
a bit better than the Tribeca at the expense of ride quality), the
Highlander is the most dated ride around.

RB
35s5
NY