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

[Larry C Leung]

Ah, but I'd get the wagon....

On Thu, 9 Dec 2004 18:00:49 -0800 (PST) Theodore Chen
<tedebearp at yahoo.com> writes:
> $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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