WRX vs. 1.8TQ

[Brett Dikeman]

At 8:58 PM -0500 1/4/02, TM wrote:
>No spikes in power?!? I guess I'll have to test-drive a WRX again,
>because when I test drove one when it came out, my impression was
>of massive turbo lag, followed by a strong surge of power above
>3400 rpm. The WRX drove more like my old 5ktq rather than an S4tt.

Agreed...when Dan took one for a test drive, I rode along shotgun.
The WRX seemed laggier than my 200q20v w/chip.


>My opinion differs- if one can afford the S4tt, I'd get that over a WRX
>any day of the week, although I'd actually go for a A6 2.7t.

The way prices are going, there's not much difference between a used
S4tt and a new WRX with all the options(which isn't saying very much;
"decent amount of paint" appears to not be an option, for example :-)

B
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