TSX vs. Legacy GT
10-25-2004 | 05:33 PM
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TSX vs. Legacy GT
Now I was dead set on a tsx but my friend got me interested in the new legacy and now I'm really torn between the two. Here's the pic that got me interested:
i'm guessing i'd be giving up interior goodies for performance. anybody got real time experience with both?
i'm guessing i'd be giving up interior goodies for performance. anybody got real time experience with both?
10-25-2004 | 05:36 PM
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There's 300 posts on this subject in these two threads:
https://acurazine.com/forums/showthread.php?t=14799
https://acurazine.com/forums/showthread.php?t=14507
https://acurazine.com/forums/showthread.php?t=14799
https://acurazine.com/forums/showthread.php?t=14507
10-25-2004 | 05:54 PM
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Read the Car and Driver comparison of both cars at:
http://www.caranddriver.com/article....rticle_id=8550
http://www.caranddriver.com/article....rticle_id=8550
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10-25-2004 | 08:54 PM
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Originally Posted by leadtrum
sorry, should've searched i know. my bad
10-25-2004 | 09:00 PM
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Originally Posted by leadtrum
Now I was dead set on a tsx but my friend got me interested in the new legacy and now I'm really torn between the two. Here's the pic that got me interested:
i'm guessing i'd be giving up interior goodies for performance. anybody got real time experience with both?
i'm guessing i'd be giving up interior goodies for performance. anybody got real time experience with both?
10-25-2004 | 09:02 PM
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Originally Posted by xizor
um, if you want that car... don't get a legacy gt. import a legacy sti, cause your car wont look like that... unless you drop $5000 on it, it does look good though! I'd take a TSX modified or unmodified though.
& pointless...
10-25-2004 | 11:22 PM
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Test drove both about a month ago. Wasnt really sure since were both great rides.
If you want manual transmission, hard to go with subaru since TSX 6MT makes you wet. I test drove the TSX and was impressed by everything, including the handling. The legacy GT was pure power and felt solid and had good handling too.
After driving both, I was not sure between the two, however the slightly higher price of the GT limited (compared leather and sunroof in both cases) turned me away from the legacy. The TSX interior was more impressive but didn't affect much of my decision.
Waited a week and went back to see both with a good friend. He was real impressed by the GT, but he said wohhh when we went to see the TSX. That opened my eyes. The TSX looks better, richer and is a younger look.
Nothing against the legacy GT, especially considering I had a 1999 legacy GT limited for 6 years, but I ended up choosing the TSX. The Legacy is great, and I would be very happy if I would have chosen it. In the end, all the above and ESPECIALLY the fact that subaru's are very expensive to maintain (trust me, I know), made me get the TSX. Luckily subaru's are reliable but when they break, they are expensive (Payed $750 US to fix oil leak).
By the way, the GT consumes considerably more fuel.
Could have said much more but I hope this helps
Was a hard decision
If you want manual transmission, hard to go with subaru since TSX 6MT makes you wet. I test drove the TSX and was impressed by everything, including the handling. The legacy GT was pure power and felt solid and had good handling too.
After driving both, I was not sure between the two, however the slightly higher price of the GT limited (compared leather and sunroof in both cases) turned me away from the legacy. The TSX interior was more impressive but didn't affect much of my decision.
Waited a week and went back to see both with a good friend. He was real impressed by the GT, but he said wohhh when we went to see the TSX. That opened my eyes. The TSX looks better, richer and is a younger look.
Nothing against the legacy GT, especially considering I had a 1999 legacy GT limited for 6 years, but I ended up choosing the TSX. The Legacy is great, and I would be very happy if I would have chosen it. In the end, all the above and ESPECIALLY the fact that subaru's are very expensive to maintain (trust me, I know), made me get the TSX. Luckily subaru's are reliable but when they break, they are expensive (Payed $750 US to fix oil leak).
By the way, the GT consumes considerably more fuel.
Could have said much more but I hope this helps
Was a hard decision
10-26-2004 | 08:46 AM
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Ask this question at A-CL or TL and everybody comes back with Legacy 
If your hooked on power the TSX is simply not for you, that I'm convinced of. Either that or most people are just too hung up with numbers.
I use to be one of those people until the TSX showed me the light.
If your hooked on power the TSX is simply not for you, that I'm convinced of. Either that or most people are just too hung up with numbers. I use to be one of those people until the TSX showed me the light.
10-26-2004 | 09:06 AM
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Originally Posted by domn
Ask this question at A-CL or TL and everybody comes back with Legacy If your hooked on power the TSX is simply not for you, that I'm convinced of. Either that or most people are just too hung up with numbers.
If your hooked on power the TSX is simply not for you, that I'm convinced of. Either that or most people are just too hung up with numbers.
10-26-2004 | 09:09 AM
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If you want to know more about the LGT, then check out http://www.legacygt.com 
10-26-2004 | 09:13 AM
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Originally Posted by DEI99662
If you want to know more about the LGT, then check out http://www.legacygt.com
They love us there
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10-26-2004 | 09:26 AM
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Originally Posted by fdl
They are all a little sensitive I think. If I woke up one day to find I paid 30k for a 15k car with a turbo slapped on it I would be too.
10-26-2004 | 09:26 AM
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Originally Posted by fdl
They are all a little sensitive I think. If I woke up one day to find I paid 30k for a 15k car with a turbo slapped on it I would be too.
I thought you were kidding about how you feel about the Leg?
10-26-2004 | 09:40 AM
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Originally Posted by jcg878
One the one hand, that makes sense, since both of those cars give up handling but gain power on the TSX. OTOH, the Legacy gives up luxury to all three, but I've noticed these boards to be lacking "typical" luxury car buyers anyway on the whole.
maybe they share the fact that neither knows about sportiness? 
I was floored when I found that almost all the CL (and prev gen TL) only came in Auto! Of course all the users here who switched from a CL to a TSX say they enjoy the TSX more (even though they do miss a lil extra power)
10-26-2004 | 10:03 AM
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Originally Posted by xizor
maybe they share the fact that neither knows about sportiness? I was floored when I found that almost all the CL (and prev gen TL) only came in Auto! Of course all the users here who switched from a CL to a TSX say they enjoy the TSX more (even though they do miss a lil extra power)
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