Thinking about picking up a used Subaru BRZ

[NutBucket]

That lip is purely for looks at any legal speed.

 

[Yuriman]

I assumed OP meant the air dam underneath the bumper, not the lip on the front, when he said "air dam" and not "lip". A quick Google search reveals to me the lip is, in fact, called an air dam in this case.

 

[Paratus]

I assumed OP meant the air dam underneath the bumper, not the lip on the front, when he said "air dam" and not "lip". A quick Google search reveals to me the lip is, in fact, called an air dam in this case.

Yup. It’s rhe black lip I’m referring to.

 

[JCH13]

Son gets a Malibu, daughter gets a BRZ... are you trying to make your son hate you?

 

[dave_the_nerd]

Son gets a Malibu, daughter gets a BRZ... are you trying to make your son hate you?

Priorities.

If OP has a 2009 or 2010, the V6 Malibus are definitely powerful enough to drive like a dumbass with. The suspension is mushy, to my taste, but that's fixable.

But unlike the BRZ, the back seat in a Malibu is big enough for... shenanigans. (Sorry, OP.)

 

[Paratus]

Son gets a Malibu, daughter gets a BRZ... are you trying to make your son hate you?

He’ll get to drive it occasionally but due to insurance each kid will be primary on the oldest car.

My son will probably be taking the Malibu to college before my eldest daughter is driving.

Priorities.

If OP has a 2009 or 2010, the V6 Malibus are definitely powerful enough to drive like a dumbass with. The suspension is mushy, to my taste, but that's fixable.

But unlike the BRZ, the back seat in a Malibu is big enough for... shenanigans. (Sorry, OP.)

I’ve got an 09 LTZ but with the 4 banger 6spd Auto (with wheel mounted paddle shifters ). I wanted the better gas mileage. Sadly with the commute I take to work the V6 would have given me roughly equivalent mileage.

My in-laws think the suspension on the Malibu is too stiff. But then again they prefer older Buick’s.....