WRX dependable for a DD?
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WRX dependable for a DD?
I am very close to selling my 02 G20 because it is pig slow. 3000 pounds and 145 HP aint cutting it. I was thinking of an 03 WRX. I need a 4 door. This will be my wife's DD to schools so I wan't something that will be dependable yet have a some spunk when I drive it too. Car would be kept stock or probably an air filter only. If the WRX is a bad choice for dependability I am up for suggestions. Thanks.
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Not only is a WRX dependable, but it has superior crash test rating.
Get the WRX. It's quick, safe, reliable, modable, and the Subaru group is the most close-knit community on TR. Very cool guys!
Get the WRX. It's quick, safe, reliable, modable, and the Subaru group is the most close-knit community on TR. Very cool guys!
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Subaru dependable!!! Of course they are. Check Consumer reports, all Subaru models are and always have been dependable and they keep their value. A stock WRX will last forever. My parents had a 1981 Subaru GL when I was born, that thing is still running and running strong, they sold it to a friend of the family about 14 years ago and he still has it for a daily transport, granted it is now in the dominican republic and people down there I guess don't have the money to be changing cars every few years, but the point is that it is still going.
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it just depends what are your plan for this car. If you purchase a wrx it takes good money to make it fast, also parts are not cheap. So if you want a fast cheap car get a honda, but if you want a fun daily driver buy a wrx and be ready to spend so cash
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Originally Posted by Balboa
Not only is a WRX dependable, but it has superior crash test rating.
Get the WRX. It's quick, safe, reliable, modable, and the Subaru group is the most close-knit community on TR. Very cool guys!
Get the WRX. It's quick, safe, reliable, modable, and the Subaru group is the most close-knit community on TR. Very cool guys!
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Originally Posted by alex03wrx
it just depends what are your plan for this car. If you purchase a wrx it takes good money to make it fast, also parts are not cheap. So if you want a fast cheap car get a honda, but if you want a fun daily driver buy a wrx and be ready to spend so cash
If you keep it relatively stock (maybe intake/exhaust with OEM turbo, suspension, internals, etc) then you will have no problems. Common maintenence things are head gaskets and oil pan seals, but I only did them on my Legacy around 100k (at 150k and running like a champ even with RWD conversion and welded rear diff).
I'm sure people could fill this thread to the brim with endurance stories, so I will keep these short:
-Tried to blow up an EA18 by unbolting the halves ot the block from each other and running it on a bench for an hour at WOT - didn't blow up.
-After being in a flood up to the dashboard, my Legacy Turbo still drove for 3 months, and even went 0-60 in 10 seconds on 2 cylinders.
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