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2008+ subaru wrx experience?

Discussion in 'General Automotive' started by jjw1, Aug 31, 2011.

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  1. Aug 31, 2011 at 6:01 PM
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    Anyone have experience with these? I'm looking at the non sti models.
     
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  2. Aug 31, 2011 at 6:02 PM
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    I had an 07 sti but I guess that's no help. Free bump.
     
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  3. Aug 31, 2011 at 6:02 PM
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    damn, trading the taco?
     
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  4. Aug 31, 2011 at 6:03 PM
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    Why not get the STI???
     
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  5. Aug 31, 2011 at 6:07 PM
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    The gas ain't cutting it on the taco. It's roughly 50 miles round trip to school every day plus I've had problems with the taco. Sadly I think the tranny is screwed partly my fault. :(
     
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  6. Aug 31, 2011 at 6:07 PM
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    $$$
     
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  7. Aug 31, 2011 at 6:08 PM
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    Get the Sti. Lol. No WRX is sick my buddies got an 09. One thing he wishes is that it had the 6 speed. If you are going to mod and increase HP, the 5 speed doesn't hold up ever well
     
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  8. Aug 31, 2011 at 6:08 PM
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    $$$= HP and stylin';););)
     
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  9. Aug 31, 2011 at 6:08 PM
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    My 07 had big problems with the ecu and some major hesitation at full throttle. Ended up throwing a rod through the block after I sold it. Was a known problem on the 07s but they probably fixed it on later models I would imagine.
     
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  10. Aug 31, 2011 at 6:10 PM
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    I read something similar about the 08 but the review I read was on an sti. I'd take an sti over an EVO mainly cuz Mitsubishis rep
     
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  11. Aug 31, 2011 at 6:13 PM
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    True, my sti got 20 mpg.
     
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  12. Aug 31, 2011 at 6:15 PM
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    Yes but it was useless for anything and everything, except having fun.

    Hence the trade in for the taco
     
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  13. Aug 31, 2011 at 6:16 PM
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    why dont you downgrade your tires? and get all terrains if you dont have them already and see where that takes you
     
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  14. Aug 31, 2011 at 6:17 PM
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    Yikes! How many miles to a tank?
     
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  15. Aug 31, 2011 at 7:20 PM
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    Bump
     
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  16. Aug 31, 2011 at 7:23 PM
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    Like 350 max for me
     
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  17. Aug 31, 2011 at 7:25 PM
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    And that would be on E

    300 is around the most I got before refueling.
     
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    well i know that they hold up in and accident. my dad and brother recently got t-boned on a highway. witnesses estimate that the full size dodge 3500 hit them at 80km/h. the wrx was totalled, however they are still alive. they were in a 09 wrx non sti
     
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  19. Aug 31, 2011 at 7:30 PM
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    That's great to hear
     
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  20. Aug 31, 2011 at 7:32 PM
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    That ain't much :(

    I was on autotrader and found one with a lifetime powertrain warranty and another with just the factory warranty(well what's left of it) one is silver and the other is white. Priced about the same but the white has 19k miles and the silver has 30 something thousand. Both one owner Florida cars. The silver one has more miles but better warranty. The history on both are clean, no accidents, and no mechanical problems.
     
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