Strange test drive

[Noelle Beaudin]

Hi,
 
Arun wrote: 
> [..]
>> '86 5000cstq
>> '02 WRX
> ^^^^^^
> That's your problem right there :-)

You may very well be right!
 
> And that's only half in jest. To me, my 200Q has never *felt* like a
> particularly fast car -- I notice only that whenever I drive that car,
> everyone else seems to be driving really slowly!  Informal timing
> verifies that it does indeed accelerate like a demon: there just isn't
> that much drama.

The WRX is ridiculously dramatic in its acceleration.  Whereas my 5000cstq
just goes quite nicely and then all of a sudden I realize I am going too
fast (at least to USA police officers).

With the WRX I am always aware of the fact that I *am* going fast.  I also
feel like I am driving a toy town car, hence my need for another hunk of
German goodness.  Don't get me wrong, I like the WRX, it just isn't me.
 
> That said, there's almost certainly a problem if the boost gauge never
> read more than 1.5 bar (do WRX's have boost gauges? I'm annoyed that my
> S4 doesn't).  Many possibilities: Scott Mockry's page tells all
> (www.sjmautotechnik.com).  Most are quite easy to remedy.

True on the 1.5 bar problem, and this I have not found out what could be the
cause yet.  As for the boost gauge on the WRX there is not one.  You can get
an after market one installed, but I have not seen one on anyone else's WRX
so far, just nice pictures of ones supplied by Subaru.

Thanks for the URL, it is very good information!

-- 
nkb
'86 5000cstq
'02 WRX