[s-cars] LAC- Mitsubishi Evo

[Steve Eiche]

I had similar experiences a couple of years ago when the WRX came out.
I was seriously considering buying one to be my daily driver.  Most
dealers would not allow test drives without a deposit.  The one dealer
that did give test drives let me drive a wagon with an automatic.  (DO
NOT even consider the automatic, it's slower off the line than anything
that I have ever driven.)  Needless to say, I was not going to buy
without trying the car.  As it turns out, my wife shot down the Subie as
being too small for our family.  I bought a slightly used A6 2.7T 6spd
that met spousal approval. :)

Fast forward to last summer.  I stopped by a Subara dealer in Longmont,
CO that had a few WRX sedans with 5 spds.  They were more than happy for
me to take a ride.  In fact, the salesman took a nice silver sedan with
only 9 miles on the odo to a dirty road for me to try out.  He drove it
like a rally car sliding turns and taking it to redline at every shift
all the while explaining how he was a driving instructor and rally co
driver. I really enjoyed the 70-0 panic stop on the dirt with no hands
ABS stability demonstration he said. I felt like I was back in high
school riding with my friend who liked to get air in his '72 Chevy.
Fun.  I had a hard time getting myself to do the same, but I really did
it a shot.  I don't if this guy still has a job, but it sure was a great
demo of the car.  BTW, if you buy a Subaru there, you might want to make
sure that it is fresh off the truck, or at least avoid the ones with
splattered bugs on the side windows...

Steve


 >>Says they will only allow test drives if you're going to buy the car-
 >> WTF? I told them I'd only buy the car after a test-drive, otherwise
 >> I'd go get a S4tt and put RS4 turbos on it for the same money.
 >>
 >> I'm going to try another dealership next week.
 >>
 >>


 > They see you coming a mile away. I had the same thing with a WRX ...
 > if you
 > take it over 5000 rpm you are buying it. So I drove it and was
 > unimpressed
 > ... I told them how are you ever going to sell me this car if I can't
 > take it to redline.
 >
 > I guess most of their buyers aren't used to more than about 100 ft/lbs
 > of torque ... so 5K rpms is plenty to fell the torque ... what torque
 > and where is the horsepower. Definitely above 5K RPM.