Picked Up a New Car Last Weekend

[zachcrosen]

I have been DDing a '90 miata for basically the past 12 years and wanted something bigger, faster and with more doors/seats. A buddy of mine just picked the car up the last week of January and put it up for sale about 2 weeks ago. He buys and sells cars more than anyone I've ever seen before.

I picked up a '05 Saab 9-2X Aero, 5 speed. It is basically a Saab body on a WRX chassis. This one came stock with a 2.0 turbo but a previous owner did a forged bottom end 2.5 swap! The car puts down just at 300/300 to all 4 wheels on 17#! It's a blast to drive. Here are some pix and the mod list from when I got it.

 

[starnsey]

Interesting, not sure I've ever seen one of these before...or just passed it off as another WRX without taking a closer look. Looks cool especially with those big brakes

 

[RedRocketMike]

Saabaru

 

[Stang Lover]

Nice. Looks like a fun dd.

 

[Zemedici]

Saabaru

I lol'ed

 

[bokyo1987]

Sweet looking car. I don't see Saabs very often...some models definitely catch my attention though.

 

[zachcrosen]

I had never heard of them before either. I don't like any of the other ones I've seen since I bought this one. It may be the color and wheel combo! I've always loved the sound of the Boxer motors. It's definitely a fun car.

 

[CobraBob]

I had never heard of this model, either. I like it! Good looking car with some decent utility for around town and great power! Congratulations!

 

[cobra_4]

Neat looking car, I'm like everyone else, never saw one before that I remember.

 

[kevinatfms]

I surprised it only made 300/300 with the ported heads, STi cams and the VF39. I would have expected at least 330-340whp and equal amount of torque. Either way, nice car!

 

[lpheaven]

now that is a cool little car. I would love to have a hatch like that. Can you fit a 6' ladder in it ? It would make a perfect lil workhorse for my handyman stuff at my apartments.

 

[TClark22]

a saab...ok.

 

[AustinSN]

Do these have the WRX markup?

 

[NJ03SVTCobra]

a saab...ok.

Wrong. A Subaru.

 

[zachcrosen]

Ipheaven, you could possibly fit a 6' ladder in the car but I don't know. I was told the motor was good for up to 450whp.

 

[zachcrosen]

Austinj427, I was looking at WRXs, STIs and EVOs and they seemed to all be in the low to mid teens and this was under $10k with a ton of mods and engine work.

 

[Almighty-One]

those are getting tough to find. I always had a soft spot for them

 

[CobraLucci]

I had an 04 wrx wagon with a couple goodies! It was an awesome car and responded very well! Enjoy!

 

[DaBigBone]

Pretty cool!

 

[T's03GT]

I lol'ed

That's what these are commonly referred to as haha