Taking a Dive in the Subaru World...
02-19-2019, 12:20 PM
#31
Thread Starter
I’ve got an 18 base wrx and have been very happy with it. I put a good set of snow and ice tires on it and it gets me where I need to go. I had a 17 base wrx before this one and a woman rear ended me at 45 plus and spun the car around but I was very impressed at how the car took the hit. The passenger side cpillar had a small crinkle but everything forward of that was fine everything behind the cpillar took all the damage it is a very safe car.
02-19-2019, 12:22 PM
#32
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Nice, I've never owned a horizontally opposed engine vehicle, looking forward to this one, I never really liked the exhaust sound of the unequal length headers but this model has done away with that and I rather like the exhaust sounds.
02-19-2019, 03:13 PM
#33
I found the engineering on my legacy gt to be awful. I realize they've made some improvements but in a few years everything rattles. God help you if you want to work on these things. Enjoy the car. My honest suggestion is to drive it for 40-50k and sell it.
02-19-2019, 06:02 PM
#34
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I've always liked the Legacy, sorry to hear about your issues with it. I hear you about working on these engines, a spark plug change looks like a significant project compared to a Honda. Realistically I won't own it past 50k miles if it's like any of my past cars, I tend to get rid of them around that point.
02-21-2019, 03:21 PM
#35
I've always liked the Legacy, sorry to hear about your issues with it. I hear you about working on these engines, a spark plug change looks like a significant project compared to a Honda. Realistically I won't own it past 50k miles if it's like any of my past cars, I tend to get rid of them around that point.
02-21-2019, 05:32 PM
#36
darcy
02-21-2019, 06:22 PM
#37
Thread Starter
Got a call today, my WRX is in town, I should have it next week.
02-23-2019, 09:41 AM
#38
Thread Starter
it took almost 5 weeks for them to transport it 400 kms between dealers, at least it got here safe and sound, by transport truck.
One thing I'm liking about the Subaru is that they have bucked the trend and still use 5w-30 oil, and still have "normal" oil change intervals with no OLMs, and no ECO button lol. I love how the oil filter is at the top of the engine bay, can't wait to do my own oil change on this one. My model still uses a key, which I don't really mind, as I'm always leaving my keys in my cars that have push button start, lol, you tend to misplace keys more with push button start systems, at least I do. The WRX still has a manual e-brake, I hate the electronic e-brakes used on other cars, give me the handle every time.
02-25-2019, 08:17 AM
#39
Congratulations and enjoy!
02-25-2019, 11:41 AM
#40
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