[s-cars] Worthy projects (was Alum..was UrS $)

[Taka Mizutani]

The STI is much better, you have to drive one. I'm not sure what the Spec B
is using- the current Spec B trans is, at the least, based on the STI
6-speed, but w/o DCCD. Of course, it might have DCCD w/o any manual
override, that I do not know.

The interior of the V70 is definitely smaller than an UrS- the cargo area is
decently large, but it's short. Passat wagons are much larger, the C6 A6
Avant is enormously huge and the MBZ wagon is quite large.

I know about the turning radius, please stop reminding me- that is my
biggest problem with the car, it's extremely annoying when you're parking.
You also need about 3 generous lanes of width to do a U-turn.

Taka


On 4/24/07, calvinlc at earthlink.net <calvinlc at earthlink.net> wrote:
>
>  In the VC Subarus that I have riden in you can really feel it "hunting
> around" a lot more than the torsen and the response time is not nearly as
> good since you have to build up speed rather than sensing torque.  I have
> always wondered if the STI was better in this area (never driven/ridden in
> one).
>
> Yeah, the V70R is a full 7 inches shorter than the UrS6 wagon and although
> the interior specs seem awful close (I just looked them up to see if I was
> remembering wrong after Scott seemed convinced they were bigger) the
> interior still seems small to me....it seems like I am almost shoulder to
> shoulder with the front passenger and I'm not that big :)
>
> BTW, turning radius was 30% larger on the V70R vs. the UrS...that is an
> awfully big difference.
>
> --Calvin
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> *From:* Taka Mizutani [mailto:t44tqtro at gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Tuesday, April 24, 2007 6:08 AM
> *To:* calvinlc at earthlink.net
> *Cc:* s-car-list at audifans.com
> *Subject:* Re: [s-cars] Worthy projects (was Alum..was UrS $)
>
> Calvin-
> How does the Subaru Legacy Spec B fall short in AWD capability?
>
> Maybe this is a difference between the VC cars and DCCD cars? My STi is
> just fine in the snow- it's tail-happy as all heck, but it's fine in the
> snow. I usually set DCCD to manual and 50/50 split, drives like an Audi. If
> I leave it in Auto, it tends to be tail-happy, which is fun when you want to
> play, but tiring when you want to just go somewhere w/o drama.
>
> You're right about the Volvos shrinking- the V70R is about a foot shorter
> than a B5 Passat and a good foot or more shorter than my old 200 (although
> that has the huge impact bumpers making it kind of long). That's why I'm
> looking at MBZ wagons to replace the Volvo eventually.
>
> Taka
>
>