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

[Mark Strangways]

Well this thread has gone on like SARS...
Being from Toronto I can say that..

Anyways, I want to make it the ultimate thread, so let me add two things...
--- Anitsieze,
--- Torsen.

Now we have it all.

(I hope you all can follow my rather warped humor)

Mark S
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Theodore Chen" <tedebearp at yahoo.com>
To: "Larry C Leung" <l.leung at juno.com>; <s-car-list at audifans.com>
Cc: <mark.chang at gmail.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 09, 2004 9:00 PM
Subject: Re: [s-cars] Re: also starting to consider other awd sedans


> $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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