Others considered... was: How The Dealer treats us... was: Start of a silly season

[Dan DiBiase]

Thanks for the tip, Larry - my son is pretty happy hanging on rs25.com, as he's into a lot of the mods that the young do, being 19
himself! But his car is pretty tame, having some performance mods (strut bars front and rear and 17" wheels and tires, 3" full exhaust with
higher-flow cat, cold air intake actually plumbed to take in cold air) as well as the 'show' mods ('02 WRX Momo steering wheel, clear 
side lights and aftermarket shift lever). I'm not even embarrassed to drive it, although it is a bit loud.

http://s24.photobucket.com/albums/c30/ddibiase/Subaru/

 Dan D
'04 A4 1.8Tq MT-6
Central NJ USA





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From: LL - NY <larrycleung at gmail.com>
To: Dan DiBiase <d_dibiase at yahoo.com>
Cc: Richard Beels <rbeels at yahoo.com>; quattro at audifans.com
Sent: Wednesday, December 3, 2008 8:47:59 AM
Subject: Re: Others considered... was: How The Dealer treats us... was: Start of a silly season

Believe it or not, the more "mature" WRX site isn't even (directly) for
WRX's, but it's the www.saab92x.com website. Yeah, there are some
"youth" discussions on the board, but the technical discussions are on
par with this forum, and you can easily avoid the more "rice" threads
since the board has individual forums for each topic area. It won't
help your son and his GC8, but for those of us with the later cars,
it's a real boon. Oh, and the members of the 92x board are really much
more auto-enthusiasts, they're not married into any particular brand,
so they like Audi's, VW's and even (gasp) old Mopar! (for as long as
that brand is around). 

LL - NY


On 12/3/08, Dan DiBiase <d_dibiase at yahoo.com> wrote:

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From: Richard Beels <rbeels at yahoo.com>
To: quattro at audifans.com
Sent: Tuesday, December 2, 2008 6:11:41 PM
Subject: Re: Others considered... was: How The Dealer treats us... was: Start of a silly season



How's the WRX?  It feels like my old CRX on steroids.  If your
serious, look for an '08.  The HP bump is 40: 220-ish to 260-ish but
it's just a bigger turbo.  More lag and the rpm is higher for the
#s.  The little turbo spools up nicely and is pretty lag-less.  Don't
know about nav (becasue I didn't want one) but there are probably a
few out there still.  Hit the Subaru website and search each
dealer.  Or call your local dealer and have him look up the
inventory.  He can see NJ, PA, DE, VA and MD dealerships on one
screen.  I do have to say that the NJ dealers I talked to weren't as
nice as the PA dealers - and I'm not saying that just because I live
in PA!  :-)

The one big downside is my skillset and knowledge is all
VAG-specific.  I'm lost looking at Subaru stuff.  Anyone out there
know if there's a VAG-COM equivalent?

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Thanks for the comments on the WRX, Richard.... Did you get the 4-door or 5-door?

My son has a '99 Impreza 2.5 RS (predecessor of the WRX) so we've spent some time on various Subaru
forums looking for assistance with CELs, etc. There are some good ones, but they tend to be more youth-oriented
(that's a nice way to say 'ricer'. ;-) so a lot of the discussions center around which 'cold air' intake is best and who
makes the best 'carbon fiber' body parts. www. rs25.com is a good resource, although not sure whether they have a
forum for the latest Rex yet. www.ultimatesubaru.org is another good site.

Dan D
'04 A4 1.8Tq MT-6
Central NJ USA

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