help me pick my next car please
05-18-2003, 01:42 PM
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help me pick my next car please
I have a '98 Outback Limited that I bought new in the summer of '97. It has 65,500 trouble free miles and I've been real happy with it. My main complaint is a SERIOUS lack of power for how I like to drive. I also think it should be a couple inches wider and have a little more room in the back seat. I want a limited slip differential which they didn't have back then but all Subs do now I think. When I bought it I made the mistake of getting an auto transmission. I sure hope I haven't forgotten how to drive a stick in the last six years 
So, I want to replace it since the lack of power drives me nuts. What should I get?
My daily drive is maybe ten miles to work with no freeways, but the streets have a little bit of curves and a hill thrown in. I need an excellent daily driver with room for kids in the back. What I need is something with the size and comfort of the Outback and some of the performance of the WRX wagon.
I fear getting a WRX wagon will give me all the performance I need but at the expense of being too small and losing some of the daily driving and comfort features I need. I'd be all over the WRX wagon if I was single and twenty.
The top of the line Outback can be had with a six cylinder engine but not with a stick. I should get a stick this time I think. Those Outbacks sure are heavy too. Their price is more than I want to spend too.
I heard the Forester is soon getting a turbo. Any thoughts on this? When I bought the Outback the Forester was just coming out. I jumped in one and thought the rear seat room was a little more cramped than the Outback and my knee hit the driver side door in the driving position due to the door handle position. The Outback has a very flat door which I LOVE-however they have since changed this on the Outback.
The legacy is changing in the summer of '04 right? Will there be a new Outback then too? Think it will get a turbo?
There has to be something that gives me the size and versatility of the Outback while having some of the performance qualities of the WRX.
Thanks,
Satch
So, I want to replace it since the lack of power drives me nuts. What should I get? My daily drive is maybe ten miles to work with no freeways, but the streets have a little bit of curves and a hill thrown in. I need an excellent daily driver with room for kids in the back. What I need is something with the size and comfort of the Outback and some of the performance of the WRX wagon.
I fear getting a WRX wagon will give me all the performance I need but at the expense of being too small and losing some of the daily driving and comfort features I need. I'd be all over the WRX wagon if I was single and twenty.
The top of the line Outback can be had with a six cylinder engine but not with a stick. I should get a stick this time I think. Those Outbacks sure are heavy too. Their price is more than I want to spend too.
I heard the Forester is soon getting a turbo. Any thoughts on this? When I bought the Outback the Forester was just coming out. I jumped in one and thought the rear seat room was a little more cramped than the Outback and my knee hit the driver side door in the driving position due to the door handle position. The Outback has a very flat door which I LOVE-however they have since changed this on the Outback.
The legacy is changing in the summer of '04 right? Will there be a new Outback then too? Think it will get a turbo?
There has to be something that gives me the size and versatility of the Outback while having some of the performance qualities of the WRX.
Thanks,
Satch
05-19-2003, 06:21 PM
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Well first off I must say welcome to I-club!
On your questions first off if you are looking for room and a bit of luxury the WRX probably isnt the way to go. The new forrester turbo should be here june july ish and that would probably fit your needs pretty well....
Another Idea is to get a new legacy manual and turbo it... It may end up costng you a little more but then you would get both the room, luxury, manual and turbo!
Good Luck~!
-JEff
On your questions first off if you are looking for room and a bit of luxury the WRX probably isnt the way to go. The new forrester turbo should be here june july ish and that would probably fit your needs pretty well....
Another Idea is to get a new legacy manual and turbo it... It may end up costng you a little more but then you would get both the room, luxury, manual and turbo!
Good Luck~!
-JEff
05-19-2003, 07:42 PM
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actually, compared to your L, an EJ25 Forester will seem spirited. It's not all that hard to get 190 reliable horsepower from an EJ25, so definitely keep that in mind, along with the fact you can use a lot of Impreza goodies on a Forester too.
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