As an automotive buyer's consultant I have dealt with a lot of salespeople. Most of them are good, some of them not…
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It's worse than that. "Intelligent" mode (i.e. driving for economy) doesn't just have a shallower throttle response curve and different boost targets, the curve peaks at 80% (iirc) of max — Travis, you gave up about 20% of the car's power by leaving it there.
It's not about going fast in a straight line. Ever since 2009, the WRX was about as fast as an STi (due to lower weight, gearing differences, etc). It's about the sum of all those parts that makes an STi a worthwhile upgrade. For a typical daily driver that's looking for some fun, the WRX is the way to go. If you…
Don't forget the addition of 2 limited slip diffs (front and rear), better brakes, and a more robust transmission.
Faster steering, bigger wheels, stiffer chassis are all factors apart from the extra 37 horsepower.
Ah, slipped my mind. I'd like this body as WRX though. No STI.
True story:
Should trade it in on one of these:
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Some day we might consider a clean, un-scraped 2003 Subaru WRX to be worth almost $24,000. That day isn't today,…
I'm sure by springs you mean coilovers as just replacing the springs on a car is the first step to totally fucking up the suspension geometry. And coincidentally where the notion of "messing with your spring/shock setup apart from stock will always make your car worse" came from.
Umm...so i own two WRXs, and i'm not sure where this "unreliable" thing is coming from. Regular maintenance, oil changes, the occasional CV boot...otherwise they've treated me well.
Where is the hatch?
"Every time a Volkswagen hits 100,000 miles, a German engineer gets his wings." We'll ignore for a second some of…
erm, there are really no women engineers period. My alma mater is 50/50 men to women and 85% of the college of engineering is men, a large number of the women in the "real" engineering majors were foreign students from asia, and most of the American women landed in Industrial.
when you switch to cable you end up watching Street Outlaws.
Also, Pig Nose.
It's actually two-fold. Due to the flat-4 engine layout a front mount would necessitate a rather long series of turbo piping which adds to turbo lag. The top mount intercooler setup has virtually zero piping. Compressed air exits the turbo, blows directly into the intercooler which is connected to the throttle body.…