underESTIMATED

Let me know about the Subaru deal, I have a connection for you.

rickzack

I thought I would add a few comments since I own two Legacy GT limited. 1 manual and 1 auto. If you do any oil changes or minor maintenance yourself, keep all records! The Subaru manual tranny is no where near the smoothness of Honda. I have switched everything over to Mobil 1 fluids and have seen some improvement in smoothness. Tranny, front, and rear diff fluids are very easy to change. I do not know if this holds true for the 2009 models, but windshield wiper blades have been covered under the 3yr 36,000 mile warranty. Premium gas only. Some turbo stutter seems to be present in most 2.5L turbo engines. Cobb Tuning has been able to make most of it go away with their accesport and tune. Very easy to get much more hp with little money.

Information can be found here (http://forums.nasioc.com/) So far both of mine have been trouble free. I would not hesitate in buying another Subaru.

Enjoy your new purchase whatever your decision

nala

^Yeah, the tranny definitely doesn't have that Honda feel straight out of the box, but bushings/short shifter can do wonders. Also, the 2009 feels much better than previous years, although I can't find any documentation that anything was changed (but a few magazine's mention that it was "beefed up" with no specifics...)

No front and rear diff on the new WRX, so no worries there. As for the accessport, I plan to go stage 1 and call it a day.

rickzack

I have a Perrin short shifter and it only helped with shortening the throws. Unless Suby radically changed their 4 wheel drive system, you will have a front and rear diff. The front diff and tranny share the same fluid and require a fluid designed or compromised for a differential and the syncros of the manual transmission example 75/90 ns. Rear diff 75/90

Car looks nice, smaller version of the Legacy. I am sure you will like it especially after stage 1.

David1

Where's the new car!

nala

Still weighing options. Mitsubishi just announced 0% financing for 60 months on Evos, so that's back in the mix. I'm working on a couple deals trying to find the one I want. May end up getting an Evo for the same price I was going to pay for the WRX (accounting for the 0% financing savings over 5 years) - the payments would be nearly identical... seems like a no-brainer

David1

.9% on BMW

Popeye

If you want saftey buy or lease a new Ridgeline ;Marysville Honda is practically giving new 08's away

nala

That's a little too safe! Nah, actually thought about a Ridgeline but couldn't get comfortable with the thought of driving something so big. I like the "perceived" safety of sitting closer to the ground and having more control over the car... Ridgelines are sweet though.

nala

The Fit is officially for sale in the For Sale thread.

If all goes as planned, should be in an Evo Friday.