WRX Group Buy

Re: WRX Group Buy (cheesewhiz)

Sorry, but I think your on the wrong forum for this group buy. I like quality, resale, and a MUCH better warranty. I'll stick w/ my NB.

Re: WRX Group Buy (MRVW01)

This is the first time I have ever heard anyone praise Volkswagen's Warranty on the Vortex

Re: WRX Group Buy (Brown E)

id be down for one of those if i can get it for like 10 bucks. I'm in college so therefore i have no money

Re: WRX Group Buy (Turbobug)

I'm young and broke too... 10 bucks sounds cool almost the same as 1000......1000 pennies that is too bad we cant get it for 10

Re: WRX Group Buy (cheesewhiz)

Wait till you experience WRX's 4000 rpm turbo lag....

Re: WRX Group Buy (A4Jetta)

There's an exageration if I ever heard one.

Re: WRX Group Buy (vickyvm)

i'm hear yah on that one vickyvum

Re: WRX Group Buy (A4Jetta)

That's pretty funny. It actually spools up at between 3K and 3500 rpm. While it is no world beater off boost, it cranks nicely if you know how to drive it. The turbo NB has turbo lag too...it just spools up at lower revs, and the power differential isn't as great to it isn't as noticable.
Other than that, the WRX has it ALL OVER the NB performance-wise. It is one of the best handling cars I've ever driven. I got to drive it back-to-back with a modded S4, and the WRX was much sweeter in the twisties.
As far as warranty and build quality...well, I think both the WRX and NB are lacking, but in different departments.

Re: WRX Group Buy (maestrox)

isn't the WRX due for a make-over? it's a nice car , but a new body styling would be nice along with an increase in the whole Subaru model collection. I'm kinda sick of seeing the same old Blue, and Yellow ones. Saw a nice one this morning on the way to work. Guess what color it was...YEP! Blue.

Re: WRX Group Buy (Newwaveboy)

Having test driven the WRX twice and the Impreza 2.5RS once, I've been duly impressed with Subaru. The WRX has loads of power, a nice clean + comfortable design, and handles great.
When it comes to turbo lag, it honestly had very little. More than the Beetle, but then again, the turbo in the WRX is pumping out 15+ pounds boost as opposed to the 1.8T's 3-5. (Correct me on this if I'm wrong, but I believe those are the apx. numbers). On the low end with the rpms, below 3000, there's not a lot of torque to be had, obviously...but this is the case with the 1.8T as well.
In my personal experience, a lot of people that complain about turbo lag simply don't know how to drive a turbocharged car properly, keeping it in the power band. You can't expect a small-displacement engine to produce suitablely torquey power at beneath 3000 RPMs most of the time, no matter what your boost level is.
The AWD on the car is bloody awesome in combination with the 227 hp horizontally opposed four banger. I got to take the car out with a salesman that let me beat the car hard, including taking it for a fast spin down and then up a nearby windy mountain road. Both the WRX wagon and sedan handled tremendously better than my 1.8T NB.
In an AWD vs. FWD, it's no contest when it comes to cornering stability and performance. The Beetle's so-so OEM suspension combined with the limitations of FWD simply handicap it too much.
If there were a 4-Motion, 200-230 hp Beetle, I think the WRX would have some decent competition, but compared the my car, the WRX was pretty amazing.
Anyway, that was my personal experience. I'm pondering whether it's worth it to sell my beetle and pick up a WRX. I'm not a sell-out yet, hehe
Oh, and for the record, NewWaveBoy, yellow WRXs were a limited edition -- only 2 were sold from each dealer in the entire U.S. In that sense, I doubt you've been seeing as many yellow WRXs as you think

Re: WRX Group Buy (MRVW01)

Hmmm, bumper to bumper on the wrx is 3/36, but that includes even linings like brakes and clutches [that is, unless you abuse the hell out of it]
Don't get the wrx, it's just too much fun....