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TheChosenOneI recently had a really sick 04 wrx that i totaled and im looking at getting an xt, however i cant decide between getting an xt and lowering it and doing the engine work and body work to make it a good looking fast car ( they have 210hp stock). Or if i should just spend all the money in the begining and get an sti? Any thoughts?
p-foNever understood the hate. Always seems to come from the street racing bro douches.
I really like the one my family owns, but I wish the drivetrains were more durable. We are on our second or third transmission and our third rear differential. This is an 05 that was bought new and never abused.
TheChosenOneI recently had a really sick 04 wrx that i totaled and im looking at getting an xt, however i cant decide between getting an xt and lowering it and doing the engine work and body work to make it a good looking fast car ( they have 210hp stock). Or if i should just spend all the money in the begining and get an sti? Any thoughts?
statuswhitegirlyou all lose
tronnedThey are lesbian / hippy transporters but if its youre thing, power to you. Personally I think they suck, but I would go as far to say subaru sucks in general. Subaru is not some rally superpower anymore so do not pretend they are great off roading. Even if they were rallying super stars it does not mean anything in regards to off roading potential, if you had ever watched a rally you would realize it is pretty much a gravel road they drive super fast on, its not really that difficult of terrain. Many of the top semi pro and AM level rally outfits use FWD or RWD cars... many honda civics are used in rallying.... does that make them off roading masters as well?
Titus69..people dont off road subarus necessarily they go on dirt roads and try to pull some david higgins shit
FilmingBitchYes, I'm not about to go serious "off roading" in my wrx, but it's sure as hell fun to rip along the Tall Pines course when they've laid new gravel (watch out for deers though). Everyone has their own preference for cars, and different expectations depending on where you live/what you do.
On another note, is anyone else sad that Mitsubishi is getting out of rallying? So much for the Subie-Mitsu rivalry.
Titus69I will agree that subarus arent that good and out of the factory they arent rally ready and foresters are quite dykey. But youre fucking stupid to say its not difficult terrain. Its extremely loose gravel and theyre going over 80mph with tires almost always spinning going around tight corners with trees or cliffs around them. If youve ever been to rally stage event youd notice..hmmmm a lot of these people are using subarus and mitsubishis. at least in the US overseas its more citroens and renaults but they awd swap them sometimes...people dont off road subarus necessarily they go on dirt roads and try to pull some david higgins shit
tronnedI think youre talking out of your ass at this point. It is a gravel road... which is loose gravel which is exactly what I said earlier. Rally stages are not the fucking DAKAR, they are not some great off roading challenge... they take place on snow, dirt, loose gravel or tarmac. Subaru has not had a real bread winning rally car for quite some time seeing as high level rally racing is almost dead at this point.. hence the sudden fad of rallycross racing. Rallying fell apart roughly 3 -4 years ago on a professional level when there was no broadcasting rights for the WRC series so all the car markers dropped out of the series and all that was left was loeb against the fords. Loeb has smashed all rally records in his little french econoboxes ... does that make them rally king cars?
Most grassroots rally teams cannot afford "mad tyte subbies" and use FWD early/ mid 90's japanese cars like honda civics and the occasional mk2 - mk4 Jettas.
Dont get me wrong, I grew up watching rallying in the early morning hours when I was young, I would get up at 4 in the morning to watch WRC because that was the only time it was on. I used to think subaru was the shit when I was a newcomer to the sport of rally but quickly realized subaru has had no glory since the burns and mcrae days which was many years ago, they dropped out of WRC due to lack of results many times in recent history.
I work in motorosports for a living..... this is my shit. It pays my bills.
ChucklesNorman.Getting a 99 forester from my grandpa. Stoked!
Titus69ok ok..what type of motorsport are you in?
Barefootin_Fienddude, you're gonna get wrecked arguing with Tronned here. He's a supercar mechanic....ya know, works on ferarris, lambos, etc.
.Hugo.And on the porsche racing team if im not mistaken
