any new car advice Options

[Taxiwardance]

Need some advice or just opinions on buying a new car. I’m getting ready at the end of this month to buy a new car but every car I have ever bought has been outright. Right now I’m looking at a Mitsubishi Lancer Ralliart 5 speed with “sun and sound” package right on the 20k mark. What other models should I be looking at? 16K is around where i need to be. A couple of the main reasons I’m looking at Mitsubishi is because of the 10yr 100k miles warranty, and because of the rebates and employee discount (know a guy who already has me set up) so after 2k off from rebate and about 2k from Emp discount It will be around 16,000.00. I take it there’s no bargaining room when using an employee Discount hu? Also what should I look out for and check out before I buy? Just looking for some opinions on anyone who has owned or knows someone with a lancer or suggestions on other cars I should be looking at.

P.S. Insurance is a big deal so that kind of pushes a few of the cars I would like out of my range.
Thanks

[smrtkd69]

my .02 cents is that i work better on the other end of a car deal. i have a good sales approach and can sell ice to eskimos with promises of hell freezing over. but when it comes to buying a car i can't stand the lines most car salesman try to land, even their first statement after they see you looking at a car of "ok yeah thats a real nice (truck,car,van,etc..) why dont you come in and we'll talk about it" i would keep your eyes open in the private market, you are guranteed to get 2 to 3 thousand dollars more car even if its only a year old. as far as the ralliart goes i haven't seen any problems from my buddies 2000 lancer oz which i consider to be very similiar, but if you want a good bang for your buck most reliable car you ought to be checking out that car i shall not name. the proof is in the pudding as my ma would say, ive seen dozens of them hit the 200k mark with only scheduled maintenace. where as how many 10-15 year old mitsus (other than dsms) do you see with over 150k.