[s-cars] Re: also starting to consider other awd sedans

[Theodore Chen]

$32k for a subaru legacy GT??

i'd rather get an infiniti G35X for just about the same price.  the
only problem is that the G35X doesn't come with a stick.

-teddy

--- Larry C Leung <l.leung at juno.com> wrote:

> Driven (and although not on a closed course, DROVE one. Some salesmen
> like to have fun!),
> that. It drives fairly well, kind of like an A4 1.8TQ on steroids, but
> not the ones that Giambi took.
> 
> Reasonably torquey down low, with little lag, but gets out of breath at
> the far right of both sets
> of gauges. BTW, it's a somewhat de-tuned 2.5 T, from the STi. Same engine
> as in the Forrester
> XT. Still pretty punchy if not quite viscerally the same as a chipped
> UrS. Of course, anything you
> could do to an STi you could do to the Legacy GT/Forrester XT. Chassis
> feels quite solid, but
> the feedback through the wheel is somewhat numb. It coud use more tire.
> Performancewise,
> not at all a bad package. The 5 sp seemed pretty decent, really didn't
> call any attention to itself.
> 
> Now, the not as good parts. Exterior styling, actually rather nice. Paint
> still not germanic, but
> it IS less expensive, interior plastics, ALMOST in the range of BMW,
> better than the 'muricans,
> but alot of silver painted plastic. The disappointment is in the features
> (or lack thereof). The 
> straight GT has rather course cloth upholstery, okay seats, no power
> adjustments. Other minor
> missing things, can't recall the details. Not availible with a sunroof.
> Need to go upmarket 
> (now to over $32K) to get leather, pwr seats with memory, and the
> sunroof. 
> 
> All in all, still QUITE worth considering, especially in light of the
> performance potential. What 
> I would most consider would be the wagons cargo room. For the somewhat
> near the price of a Passat
> or A4, you could have a car that actually approaches the A6's cargo area.
> I got a bit of a surprise 
> today using a first gen Legacy in my home remodelling project. I had the
> ability to move some 
> panel doors in that little beast with room to spare that I had difficulty
> with in my Mom's Passat wagon. 
> If the newer car has the same length (and I KNOW it has more width), it
> actually has quite alot of
> utility. Really, really not a bad package if you keep that in mind.
> 
> LL - NY
> 
> Joey riced:
> 
> > Date: Thu, 9 Dec 2004 10:44:26 -0500
> > From: Joe Pizzimenti <joe.pizzimenti at gmail.com>
> > Subject: Re: [s-cars] also starting to consider other awd sedans
> > To: Mark Chang <mark.chang at gmail.com>
> > Cc: s-car-list at audifans.com
> > Message-ID: <521f4dda04120907441647779d at mail.gmail.com>
> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII
> > 
> > How about a Subaru Legacy GT?  Rumor has it that next year they're
> > bringing it over with a high revving 2.0L turbo or even a variation 
> > of
> > the STi 2.5L turbo motor
> > 
> > German Shmerman.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > On Thu, 9 Dec 2004 09:37:45 -0500, Mark Chang <mark.chang at gmail.com> 
> > wrote:
> > > On Thu, 9 Dec 2004 06:51:29 -0500, Pasqualoni, James E
> > > <james.pasqualoni at gs.com> wrote:
> > > > A3 Sportback 2.0t/3.2 quattro.  Will be available in NA in, wow, 
> > just about
> > > > a year ;~}
> > > 
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