Thread: Are Subarus the best cars money can buy?

I love the AWD. Finally came in handy after we got some rain.

I still love my '13. It does a great job as a safe & relaxing transportation appliance.

New, under full factory warranty I might be tempted into a Subie, but wouldn't even think of a used example. I like the XJ Cherokee suggestion. The 4.0 is a workhorse and easy to work on, they can be had with a 5 speed manual, four (or two) doors, roof rack, lots of room in the back and 2nd hand parts-o-plenty.

Everyone knows E39 M5's rule the road...come on....

For snow it's hard to beat a 03 Grand Cherokee Overland. I don't think I could get that thing stuck even with bald tires on it. It's a beast.

My Hakkapeliitta R2s just picked on some Jeeps and Subies today.

I'm just saying...

sorry bro, your 180whp ve cant touch a properly modded wrx/sti 09+ my buddy with the same mods as me runs 11.7s, what do you run? 14s?
and posting one video of you beating one means nothing. i loved taking out better cars in my se-r when i had it, but its still a sentra and just not that fast

It actually was the XJ because I, too, wanted the 4.0L HO but this one was a dead duck.

@Kyle

Curious.. was it a 1999-2001 XJ? Miles?

@Vadim

190hp 225 tq, 3300 lbs, 225 tq @ 3000 RPM, likes to be between 1500 and 2500 RPM. Has a "shift-up" arrow that lights up at 2000 RPM almost no matter what. Seats are comfy and padded enough for me. More comfy than a NX seat for sure. Cant comment on stock ride bc mines lifted. Please buy an XJ so I can follow your thread on it!

That's pretty much the powercurve of the Subi's 2.5L with tiny turbo, instatorque.

I have 5 cars in my driveway, will be a long while before I buy another... Build threads are fun though...

You're off by 30whp. I dyno'ed at 210WHP. What does it run? Uh look at my sig. 13.4 @ 106MPH on street tires with just the spare and jack removed. Before internal work was done and underdrive pulleys.

BTW the WRX STi in question that I raced was 100% STOCK. I mentioned that like, 4 times. I was dead even with him. Nobody pulled bumper to bumper. We pulled into a parking lot and chatted after, looked at each other's engines, he said he just got it and was planning on doing all kinds of mods. And remember over the summer I had removed about 450lbs from my VE (it's all back in now for the winter) but with just a driver's seat dash and stereo, holy shit, did it make difference.

btw you should look at people's sigs before insulting them, they may contain info pertinent to your post