Originally Posted by fish

all this makes me laugh. when i had an ap1, all i said was 9k, 9k, 9k, 9k, and so on. i bragged about the 'rawness'.....and how did i feel after i traded in my 03 for an 06?....i looked back on everything i said and realized it was non-sense. all the ap1 owners can be biased, and deny it, but, the ap2 blows the ap1 out of the water in looks, hands down. of course, it can be an acquired taste, but 90% of the ap1 owners i have talked to have either started an ap2 conversion, or have lusted after the ap2 looks. for comments saying once you drive an ap1, you wont want anything else, thats wierd. they are very similiar cars, the ap2 handles better....may not feel as nimble(which i havent noticed), but the ap2 will run a quicker track time, that cant be argued. the interior on the ap1 sucks, i hated it, the center console was ugly. ap1's like to burn oil, ap2's dont. the thing that amazed me the most on the ap2, was the bump in torque, before getting the 06 i knew of the torque difference but thought nothing of it. but during the test drive i was impressed.... you dont have to bring it up to 6k like the ap1 to keep up with traffic. when i purchased the ap1, i was very biased, i had to justify my purchase, i couldnt afford an 04+ at the time. i loved it, and 9k was fun, but in my experience, the ap2(06/07) is the better car.