The last gen Legacy GT wagon is a thing of beauty.

 

They really screwed the pooch on this one.

 

Or a Carolla.

 

Yes, the newest WRX just looks . A huge letdown.

 

They are. I also wished I had gotten the wagon.



Here's a link to a Spec B Wagon (yep, Japan only). Those bastards.

http://www.tradecarview.com/used_car.../?sid=300&pn=0

And after seeing the last 30 posts or so, the wrong people fucking with Matt in HIS thread, I would have shot them. But that's just me.

 

Yeah...I don't have a dog in this fight, and have no particular love for "he who shall not be named", though I recognize there are worse out there. But I am compelled to call out hypocricy when I see it.

And as I see it, this essentially started with a (perhaps unwarranted) expression of opinion:

I hear that opinion all the time around these parts (Alberta), though generally about pick-up drivers, not Subarus. I myself tend to view Subaru drivers as generally very careful...at times, perhaps overly so. Except for the WRX crowd. In fact, I have my current TL only because the Subaru salesman mistakenly thought they had sold the Outback I was after on the lot.

In any event, that opinion was followed up with this response (from a "senior moderator, no less):

So, really? "Civil" is what we're aiming for here? Because "civil" was missed by a mile.

 

I miss the days of good looking Legacy's. The new one's remind me of butch Camry's.

 

Drop this fucking subject already.

Don't act like an asshole on the forum. Then, it's all fine.

 

but that's real hard to do...


I bet most of these guys are super polite in person.

 

I still remember loving the Sti's of around 2002 or so...I would stare at them in awe while walking to class when I'd see them on campus.

 

Thanks for this. I didn't realize that the "civility" talk was just sarcasm, but your post helped me to see the light.

 

 

Is choking on a dick not considered a compliment in your parts?

 

Maybe its offensive to those who choke on dicks...hence all the backlash

 

My buddy sold his '02 WRX wagon a couple years ago. Thank goodness because he scared the shit out of me when he would drive. He was pushing close to 28 psi into turnarounds.. I'd literally be staring at the curb expecting to die taking flight. Like a kick in the chest and ass.

They're so cheap to own nowadays, but I generally like staying alive.

 

That makes a lot of sense.

 

Even your friggin story sounds scary, I can only imagine.

I've only driven a handful of high boost cars and they've left an impact in the form of a brown stain every single time.

 

He sold it to buy a 550. He still misses it and regrets selling it since he let it go for $8k. It had a good amount of miles on it, but he spent almost that much for bigger downpipe, turbo, tune, top end work.

His parents-in-law would drive it when they came to town so it was still very driveable, but if you put your foot down her throat, it'll rip your leg off and kick you in the ass with it.

 

^^^To me, that's why FI is such a great setup...keep it out of boost and you can drive it like a normal person...

 

I'm not proud of some of the things I said to the fellow whose stupid comment unfortunately started all of this nonsense. If I had known all of this was going to happen I would have just ignored it. With that, I'm done talking about it.

 

I will own another turbo Subaru. Mark my words.

 

So tempting though..

 

 

Daddy misses

 

 

Guess I'm never normal when I'm driving.

 

This generation of Legacy was handsome.

Not really liking the new style.

 

Is that front plate a decal????

 

Yep

 

Is that legal in OR?

 

 

As long as we are being nostalgic Matt:

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/vjy/6064484725/" title="IMG_1168 by VJ Yacono, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6193/6064484725_2b50148bc2_b.jpg" width="1024" height="683" alt="IMG_1168"></a>

 

It's funny, my close friend's neighbor got a Legacy and I originally thought (in my 20's at the time) why the fk would he get that over the WRX? Over time though, every time I drove by it I'd appreciate it more and more and realized it was a much more of an adult fun looking car.

 

It is. I really enjoy my version because the suspension setup is not WRX stiff, but solid (inverts strut / Bilstein's). True the "adult' car. Now if I could import mine to the US.... Grrr.........

 

Wow, that decal is crazy looking! Did you ever have trouble with it?

 

The decal is Awesome!


Thanks Mrmako...no doubt...so my assumption was correct! Bring it on over! But you'll hate the speed limits here

 

agreed

 

No. But it did the job and I never got hassled like I did with no front plate. It was an amazing conversation starter. Even people who had no interest in cars thought it was really cool.

 

One cool thing about the WRX / Legacy relationship is most all of the go fast parts could go on either. The Legacy was the only car I considered when it was time to retire the CL-S. I wanted to continue to have a fun car I could mod, but I needed 4 doors and AWD because I was moving to an area where I would be doing lots of snow driving. It also had to be fairly adult like because I was using it for real estate. In '05 the Legacy had more power, a much better transmission and an interior that was way nicer than the WRX. I still remember the day I picked it up how it was so exciting having a AWD turbo car with a manual trans.

 

Never even thought of that. Did you come up with the idea yourself? Did you get the vinyl done at a local shop or online?