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Jan. 10, 2010 10:29 p.m. irish44j Reader

Osterkraut wrote:

irish44j wrote:

In reply to Osterkraut:

hah, you know I was being facetious, right?

the 4R just has the usual lockable torsen center diff and open f/r. No reason for anything more, frankly. I only drive it on family vacations anyhow, it's my wife's DD.

Of course, it does have something no current subie does: 2WD mode . For mad-tyte JDM burnouts yo!

and, of course, a non-functional hood scoop for the non-existant TMIC.

Fa-ce-t-ious? Sorry mister, I went to public school, that's a right big word right there!

I went to a DoD school, so you have a leg up on me!
Jan. 11, 2010 2:46 p.m. SilverFleet New Reader

Look, Subarus are ugly. They always have been. Who cares? Motorsports are not beauty contests.

That said, I actually like the looks of my 2009 WRX. I didn't like the wheels or the stock grille when I got it, so I changed those. I added the factory Sport grille and some Rota Torques to replace the heavy and narrow stock wheels. Now it looks like a 1st gen Mazdaspeed 3 with a hood scoop. Nothing wrong with that!

Example:

On the new Legacy: It's really hideous, even for a Subaru. the 6-speed is NOT the STI 6-speed, just a version of the WRX 5-speed with one more gear and different ratios. They put the turbo under the engine on these, which on paper diminishes lag a bit, but I'd rather have it up away from the road. The GT is half baked and makes similar power to the WRX, but in a much larger car. The 05-09's are cool though, especially the super rare 05-only GT manual wagons.

On buying a used STI (or any used turbo Subaru): Be VERY careful with what you are buying. Most dealers would have absolutely no clue if a trade-in was formerly modded. There are threads every day on the Subaru forums with people either returning their cars to stock for a trade-in or buying a car that they thought was nice only to inherit a ton of problems. This is the reason why I bought new when I bought my 2009.
Jan. 12, 2010 4:28 a.m. ValuePack HalfDork

irish44j wrote: Of course, it does have something no current subie does: 2WD mode

Although any autotragic Subie can be FWD with the insertion of a fuse(10A?) in the underhood fusebox. /nitpick

Nice 4Runner. I've done trannys in a few and REALLY like how they're put together and drive.
Jan. 12, 2010 5:52 p.m. irish44j Reader

ValuePack wrote:

irish44j wrote: Of course, it does have something no current subie does: 2WD mode

Although any autotragic Subie can be FWD with the insertion of a fuse(10A?) in the underhood fusebox. /nitpick

Nice 4Runner. I've done trannys in a few and REALLY like how they're put together and drive.

ah, but why would you want to go FWD??? :D

(OT)

Yeah, the truck has been great. It's my wife's daily and our vacation vehicle and has had zero problems in 2 years so far, and just feels so damn solid and high quality, compared to her Mazda3, my Maxima, or my WRX. The only thing that sucks about it is the stereo system, which is awful! Plus it has all kinds of nifty features....
Jan. 12, 2010 6:44 p.m. m4ff3w Dork

irish44j wrote:

and...

At first I thought this was some new type of traction circle, but I suppose that is wrong...