Ooof. This comment hit me in the feels. I’m still sad about Taco Bell discontinuing the Mexi-melt. Although some locations will still make it for you.

There’s a certain segment of the market manufacturers have learned is not big enough to be worth catering to. If your tastes are just slightly too far out of the mainstream, forget it. The fast food menu items you like will be discontinued, stores won’t stock your beer, the tv shows you watch get canceled, and the…

Just realized none of these pictures include a dog, strung cafe lights or effortlessly beautiful person in yoga pants and/or jaunty hat. Hmm. Maybe they don’t understand #overland after all?

But hey, just think of how much cheaper the development costs for the car were. And all those poor gullibles who thought that the Scion (Toyota) badge meant “reliable”, they never would have upgraded to a Lexus anyway.

“We can fix it, but we can’t guarantee success and the replacement part coincidentally costs 90% of the price of a brand new one. Have you gotten a good look at the new iBoxers?”

As a Miata owner, the ND has had its fair share of issues as well. The transmissions problem might be overblown, but it’s real. Be careful when throwing stones in glass houses.

Give me a brake... A real disc brake. Only 150 of these things came to the US. That might be too many. Lotsa miles, a lot of $$, the only saving grace is the 5 cylinder motor. Buy it and channel Walter Röhrl. 

No, the Eos hardtop is NOT good and it is NOT reliable. It has ~653 moving parts that move in a mechanical ballet that makes small children gawk and ask you where you bought your Transformer. That’s the only upside. The downside is that if even one of those parts stops working the entire roof siezes (usually halfway…

Anti-convertible here. Won't ever have this issue....

This IMHO is the only anti-new-WRX complaint (other than vagaries of tuning the current engine) that has a real good point. Subaru has let their performance offerings lag, no doubt. They’re still good cars, but look at the power/performance of the WRX and STi versus other performance cars (e.g. Mustang GT, VW GTI,…

Years ago, I was looking for a hawkeye wagon because of the 2.5L and better looks but ended up buying my friend’s Bugeye that was in really good condition. The 2.0L turbo lacks any power off turbo, which is improved with the 2.5.

Counterpoint: 9-2x Aero.

Agreed! My 02 is my DD and it’s still wonderful. Best car I’ve ever owned. And it’s bone stock, unmolested, never been vaped in.  I guess it is becoming a bit of a unicorn.

Bugeye station wagon version - FTW

In other news: sales of jorts, Hawaiian shirts and New Balance dad shoes are at record lows.

But I just learned that in 1-2 years I can save over 24% on a gently used one!!

I just got out of a 2015 wrx, my 2nd wrx, loved it but I would have gotten a legacy turbo manual if they had one. This is all I’m trying to say.

So since we’re looking at the same segments here, here’s my unsolicited 2c. I’ve tested so far the following, S3, S4, 335xi, ATS. I still have to get into a 340xi and Tom insists I test drive a S60 T6-R. The M3 and ATS-V are too high in price for the year I want.

The S4 is awesome, the 335xi is powerful, but like…

Subaru doesn’t push a +$30K WRX onto +40 year olds; +40 year olds go to the WRX. Automakers haven’t seemed to realize a big issue that hurts what they think they’re marketing to; young people cannot afford the actual cars they’re being marketed.

The interior looks really nice, and I think the exterior is the best looking Legacy in over a decade. I also look forward to the Outback update. I actually wish Subaru would do another Legacy XT (GT) wagon so that one could avoid having the extra body cladding that comes on the Outback, but I think the Outback will…