Others considered... was: How The Dealer treats us... was: Start of a silly season

[Richard Beels]

5 door.  Which means I got red.  There were tons of 4 doors out there 
- I could have gotten the blue.

Yeah, when I was rallying, the cult of Subaru was all about the rice.  :-)

Thanks for the pointers.


At 12/3/2008 at 08:25, Shakespearean monkeys danced on Dan DiBiase's 
keyboard and said:
>
>From: Richard Beels <rbeels at yahoo.com>
>To: quattro at audifans.com
>Sent: Tuesday, December 2, 2008 6:11:41 PM
>Subject: Re: Others considered... was: How The Dealer treats us... 
>was: Start of a silly season
>
>
>How's the WRX?  It feels like my old CRX on steroids.  If your
>serious, look for an '08.  The HP bump is 40: 220-ish to 260-ish but
>it's just a bigger turbo.  More lag and the rpm is higher for the
>#s.  The little turbo spools up nicely and is pretty lag-less.  Don't
>know about nav (becasue I didn't want one) but there are probably a
>few out there still.  Hit the Subaru website and search each
>dealer.  Or call your local dealer and have him look up the
>inventory.  He can see NJ, PA, DE, VA and MD dealerships on one
>screen.  I do have to say that the NJ dealers I talked to weren't as
>nice as the PA dealers - and I'm not saying that just because I live
>in PA!  :-)
>
>The one big downside is my skillset and knowledge is all
>VAG-specific.  I'm lost looking at Subaru stuff.  Anyone out there
>know if there's a VAG-COM equivalent?
>----------------------------------------------------------------
>Thanks for the comments on the WRX, Richard.... Did you get the 
>4-door or 5-door?
>
>My son has a '99 Impreza 2.5 RS (predecessor of the WRX) so we've 
>spent some time on various Subaru
>forums looking for assistance with CELs, etc. There are some good 
>ones, but they tend to be more youth-oriented
>(that's a nice way to say 'ricer'. ;-) so a lot of the discussions 
>center around which 'cold air' intake is best and who
>makes the best 'carbon fiber' body parts. www. rs25.com is a good 
>resource, although not sure whether they have a
>forum for the latest Rex yet. www.ultimatesubaru.org is another good site.
>
>Dan D
>'04 A4 1.8Tq MT-6
>Central NJ USA
>


Cheers!