so last night i was down and out tryin to figure out my next few car payments and i put my car on black market to see if anyone is interested, long story short i love this car and will make it work. anywayz i am on the freeway today and it just got done raining, well the roads are slick but not to bad. thats when a newer impreza rs pulls up next to me, he had rims, exhaust and was lowered don't know what else. so he looks over at me and i hear him down shift after hearing this i go from fifth to third we are at about 90 i drop into fourth and we are about even he maybe has a nose on me and then i push it and gain about a car on him, he slows down and then i do the same, so from a running start he had me for a bit, but as soon as i started to pull he gave up, and then exited the freeway

stats from edmund

97 2.2CL

Curb Weight: 3009 lbs.
Base Number of Cylinders: 4
Base Engine Size: 2.2 liters
Base Engine Type: Inline 4
Horsepower: 145 hp
Max Horsepower: 5500 rpm
Torque: 147 ft-lbs.
Max Torque: 4500 rpm
Drive Type: FWD


dont know which impreza 2.5 but i just picked an older one..

2002 Impreza 2.5

Curb Weight: 2965 lbs
Base Number of Cylinders: 4
Base Engine Size: 2.5 liters
Base Engine Type: Horizontally Opposed Horsepower: 165 hp
Max Horsepower: 5600 rpm
Torque: 166 ft-lbs.
Max Torque: 4000 rpm
Drive Type: AWD


hmmm...i dont know about you but...the stats speak for themself. are you sure he wanted to race you? maybe he was just downshifting to go around...and you just took off. and you said it was just raining, so he has AWD, that means "better traction then you."

i can take a stock wrx from a roll with alot of "pushing" NA now, however ,when i was stock, a friend named Jake had a 2.5rs and he owned me for a good while. There awd hurts them up high but from a launch game over, set match There f-in quick

he might of down shifted to fourth or missed and had a bad shift but that is what happened i would not lie about it cause i dont care that much