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Don
Nicholas
Craig
Can anybody advise?
DjB
General question--Does anyone think it's worth it to trade in your WRX for an STi? I finally managed to test-drive the STi about a month ago when I had the WRX in for an oil change, and came thisclose to ordering one, but after a few days I came to my senses again. I still love my WRX, and the STi doesn't seem to be a practical daily driver, though I sure do love the power.
BTW, this dealer where I test-drove the STi said that a rough estimate for a trade-in on my 02 WRX would be $13,000! And this without really looking at my car. (I did a bit of research and found that I should be able to get at least $16K.) Sheesh!!
--sonya4
DjB
Craig
Altho, with all the hot new Subarus, not to mention Mitsu's efforts to breathe blow more wind into the Evo's sales (heh!) I wouldn't be surprised if the WRX STi gets some additional somethin'-somethin' in a year's time.
DjB
TWRX
In terms of the Legacy - "I would get a Legacy GT sedan instead. For the money you get a very fast car that is way more refined than the STi and still handles great"
Craig - It depends on what you want. Refinement, then I completely agree with you. The Legacy is superior to the WRX in this area. Raw performance, no substitute for the STi.
I don't know about you, but I find it frustrating that I can't even enjoy the performance potential of the WRX very much, and about 50% of the time I actually do, I probably shouldn't (for reason's of speed limits, not safety). I have no idea how puttering along in an STi would make me feel. Might turn me into another one of those aggressive drivers that I detest.
If you will be able to enjoy the performance potential (which I sincerely doubt outside a race track or Solo course) and you have the cash, go for it.
Re Forester STi, I couldn't find any links confirming it was US bound. If it is though, it lends much more credibility to the 06 Legacy STi rumours. That may be an STi alternative, the Forester STi isn't quite the same.
Nicholas
I've been researching and test driving all types of cars the past few months and I keep coming back to the WRX, the only thing holding me back is the price tag and the insurance cost, I’m not really a motor head but I do have a love of driving and I always wanted to have a vehicle with great acceleration . Should I just go for it?
I have the wagon with the sunroof, and there was no problem running the roof top bike carrier except wind noise.
Should I just go for it?
Yes.
Just purchased new B.F. Goodrich Traction T/A H's in P205-55-HR16 size for my '02 Legacy Wagon GT.
These tires are like night and day over the Bridgstone Potenza RE-92's that came on it. The RE-92's only lasted 23,000 miles and are junk! They were junk when they were new! S.O.A. are you listening?? The RE-92's on my '02 WRX are just about as bad. I don't understand why Subaru puts such a shody tire on their really decent cars. It can't cost that much more for something that I feel is as important as tires. And I think most consumers would appreciate the fact that Subaru thought enough of their vehicles to extend the quality to their O.E.M. tires.
Just go to tirerack.com or anywhere else, and compare them and see the comments the consumers have made.
I am hoping to buy the wife a new LL Bean edition of the Outback in a couple of years, but I will not buy one if I can't get the dealer to put decent tires on it. I can't imagine that would be a problem, but I wouldn't have to do that if Subaru put good tires on their cars in the first place.
Now the question, I know I can do whatever I want, but I can't get the B.F.G.'s in the "V" speed rating locally and am considering getting them from TireRack for my WRX. The question is... Should I put on the "V" speed rated tire over the "H" rated tires even though my car will likely never see anything above 130 mph. The only difference I see is that the "V" rated tires cost about $10 ea. more and may be harder to replace if I had a problem on the road.
Comments please.
Thanks in advance,
Ken
Thanks!
Ken
Does anybody know a good place to get Prodrive muffler?
I just got a new 05 Outback which has RE-92 tires, and have not bothered to research them other than to note that they are yet another iteration of tire under the RE-92 name. Same goes for the tires on the 05 Legacy GT. We can only hope they are improved over the tires used on the previous GT and WRX models.
Craig
H is only one step below V - and I think it reflects a 20km speed increase doesn't it so I wouldn't worry about the safety, but the feel of the tire could be quite different given the sidewall stiffness etc already mentioned. I do regular gravel road driving, so the H rated tire was more attractive to me for both comfort and wear reasons. For now though, I'm just wearing out the re-92's.
Nicholas
Granted, I don't tend to drive this car very hard, and I'm sure when it's time to replace these tires I'll put a better one on that is more in keeping with the car's capabilities...but for an OEM-supplied tire, I have not had a bad experience with the RE92.
Brian
Thanks for your understanding.
If you buy a specialized tire for summer performance, or snow performance, or whatever, it will be much better than the RE-92 in that area, but maybe not as good in another.
Are there better all season performance tires? Probably, but the RE-92 is not a bad tire to start with.
krzyss "Ask Connor at The Tire Rack" Jul 15, 2004 5:18pm
I didn't have any issues with my RE92's either like the previous posts. Then again, I'm just referring to normal everyday commuting. I agree though, for a WRX caliber car, the tires could have been better.
I think the bigger impact in handling comes with switching to 17's.
Craig, why are you letting go of your WRX?
Craig
.. looking to buy one by next week... :-O
2005 WRX 5/speed w/package and short throw, silver .. trying for $26,000 us dollars OTD
CRaig
If it means anything my RE92s with V speed rating, lasted 32K miles, and could have gone at least another 5K miles. This is with a wear rating of 180.
CRaig
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I also got my '03 in March '03 for 23 even plus the formalities. Altho to this day I feel I overpaid a bit; mine has only the alarm/mirror and full-stereo group, and I've heard of/talked to people who got theres with LOTS more options for nearly the same price.
As for the RE92s, I have 34K miles on my odometer and my tires still have about half, maybe 40%, tread left. I am a bit late for rotation though. Looks like another thing I'll have to add to the list when I go to AZP next weekend.
DjB
Sounds like you do not want to be penalized by a truck, and I couldn't agree more.
The WRX is one of the best sports sedans you can buy, more so when you look at the price range. I still know of no other sports car that gives you more bang for the buck.
Craig
TWRX
The RE92 is a half decent all season. Lose a lot of tread and they stink in the snow big time.
I just noticed today the Prius comes with RE92s too! Even Lexus puts them on the IS.
It could be worse, Caddy puts Michelin Symmetrys on the DeVille. Only other cars which get them are minivans! Or does that say something about DeVille owners :-)!
Dex, Another option to think about... My wife convinced me to pay delivery charges for a while instead of buying a truck. I think Home Depot charges $40 and Lowes charges $35 for local delivery. That is somewhat cheaper than owning a truck if your needs aren't too often. There are times though that I really wish I had a truck.
Maybe when the cars are paid off I'll splurge and get a Nissan Titan. There is still no way I'm giving up the WRX! I'm keeping that baby! It's just way too much fun to get rid of it.
Ken
Ken
Craig
Don
BTW, a friend of mine was debating between a pickup vs. an RSX a couple years back, and at the last minute, changed his mind to get the RSX. For some reason I have never heard him mention a pickup since.
Ken
Just for fun, I recently calculated the KBB private party price for my '98 Forester L, which I paid $19,200 for. It's worth about $8,600 today. Not bad.
For fun, I looked at a Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo, same miles and year and same condition, and guess what? $8,000.
Funny thing is mine cost $6000-8000 less when new, yet it's worth $600 more now.
I think WRX resale will be similarly good. It'll kill the resale for, say, a Stratus.
-juice
Ken
-juice
I test drove a 2005 STi today, all I can say is "AWESOME!!!!" :):):):) Too bad a state trooper was in the lane as I pulled onto the freeway.
Ken
Craig