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10-09-2012, 12:33 PM | #76 | |
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10-09-2012, 01:42 PM | #77 |
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Same here, except for the anti-seize. I just cleaned the plug and screwed it back in. No leaks.
Its really easy to service the car. The hardest part of the whole affair was filling the front back up. I rigged a hose onto a funnel. |
10-09-2012, 02:35 PM | #78 | |
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I went with the kartboy kit, it was like $150 for the shifter and the bushings. Very easy install. If you're even thinking about it, just do it. Improves the driving experience a ton. And for all the bickering, whatever that's all about, MT or GTFO. We're not drag racing here, these Imprezas are super tight handling little cars. Learn to heel-toe downshift and you'll end up driving super quick on all the twisty roads if that's something you're into |
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10-09-2012, 02:54 PM | #79 | |
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10-09-2012, 03:27 PM | #80 | ||
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10-09-2012, 03:44 PM | #81 |
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I'm a die-hard MT guy. I have this sticker in my window:
If I was buying a Porsche (I'm not) and knew that the PDK tranny allowed for faster acceleration (it does), I'd still buy the stick. I don't care how good the PDK tranny is. I like my MT Impreza, but will admit that the clutch's catch point is too high, which required some getting used to. |
10-09-2012, 03:48 PM | #82 |
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I also switched to Amsoil Severe Gear in both my tranny and rear diff (did mine at 2700 miles). Didn't feel any change for better or worse with the shifting, but I sure was glad to get all the crud out of the rear diff.
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10-09-2012, 04:08 PM | #83 | |
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10-09-2012, 05:11 PM | #85 |
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10-09-2012, 05:36 PM | #86 | |
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2: catch point is high and does take some getting use to, had to take it to the limit just to see how far before it stalls out, I must say unlike the honda mtl the subie one was a lot more reserved before it stalls out. The civic always got violent when you were about to stall it, guess it was cursing at me for doing that. planning to do fluid change this week since its now cold, of course first they have to ship the damn fluid. |
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10-09-2012, 06:39 PM | #87 | |
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10-09-2012, 08:09 PM | #88 |
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I am also a manual fan but my love for leather and a sunroof w/ sport package made my choice for me. It's dumb how on so many cars now days you have to sacrifice or get complete baseline to get a friggin stick. On most chevy trucks for example you have to get a smaller motor without options that everyone wants.
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10-09-2012, 08:14 PM | #89 | |
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BUT!!! this car is a 5 speed is very dull and boring and mooshy. it is not a "direct" feeling. yes, you as controlling the shifts and directing which gear it goes in, but it is not even close to the S2000. this car isn't a driver's car. it isn't even a economy driver's car. if you wanted a driver car, plenty of hot hatches besides this. if you wanted economy and handling, again others. dont get me wrong i love this car. i love it for everything the S2000 couldn't be. awd, practical, spacious, comfortable, mpg, ect. the imprexa can handle fairly and surprisingly well. i thought, i was going to hate this eco box of a hatch but i smiled when i took it into a corner. it wasn't something i expected. but i didn't expect it to be a STi or anything. I bought the CVT because this would live up to the manual in the S2000 and i am planning to have a family soon. my soon to be wife does not like driving a standard. mostly because the S2000 became my weekend race car and learning to drive that would be a nightmare. i kinda ruin that for myself. but if i didn't were getting married would i still get the manual? no, i still would not have. city and traffic driving sucks in a manual. and i got this car for a ease of driving. the manual would not make it easier and the mpg was also a factor. though, real world have proven it to not matter or to be equally as bad. i am not trying to justify why i bought the CVT or hate on the manual. if you love manuals, then go for it. i actually would love to have 50/50 split than 90/10 or whatever it is. the CVT isn't that bad. definitely has its flaws. but the manual would be great. in the long terms, i can actual see the manual lasting longer. not used to having a automatic and now a CVT. all i am saying is, this isn't a "sporty" car, it isn't a drivers car, but it is not a boring car. it can take the corners, although that has nothing to do with transmission. but if you love the manual or hate the CVT. buy the manual. nothing wrong with that. there are just people who want the manual and some who want the CVT. |
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10-09-2012, 09:03 PM | #90 |
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I am curious as to what defines "drivers car".
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10-09-2012, 09:09 PM | #91 |
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I don't know either, it is an arbitrary determination.
I'm a driver, I like driving my Impreza, therefore my Impreza is a drivers car. Whatever. Just drive it. If you want to control the behavior of the car and not let it make more choices for you, get the standard. Because it is quirky, you will have lots of fun learning how to wring out its optimum capacity. But its what makes a Subaru, a Subaru (at least this one...) |
10-09-2012, 09:23 PM | #92 |
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That's a good question, we're kinda all over the map here in this thread. Anything from Miatas, S2000s, BMWs to FWD compacts that don't even have an independent rear suspension (old Jetta).
I had a Mazda3, and drove the Focus, the two universally declared drivers cars of the segment, and the driving dynamics aren't hugely different vs the Impreza. |
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10-09-2012, 09:42 PM | #94 |
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lol you know, never really had to define it. thats a real good question. i really can define it where it will encompass alot of the "driver's car" i can think of and that is specific and not subjective. LOL getting way off topic at this point. not even the point, "kinda".
but i agree, if you just want to have fun shifting through the gear, get a standard. nothing wrong with getting a standard or the CVT. im a boring person who needs a boring car to drive CVT. sporty/enthusiast driver=manual. |
10-09-2012, 10:34 PM | #95 |
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I think you're onto to something. A drivers car is a car that's enjoyable to drive to people who enjoy driving.
I like to to drive. I've had all kinds of cars that I enjoyed driving. I like the Subaru because it's different. The boxer 4 sounds cooler, more unique, than any of it's competition's inline 4s. I like the gear whine in 1st and 2nd, sounds heavy duty, industrial, like a rally car. Others would think those traits make it unrefined. I like the longitudinal drivetrain layout, one of a kind in it's class. I wasn't attracted to the AWD for any practical reasons, but it sounded like fun when there's snow on the ground (dont tell my wife). It's going to be quite the driver's car this winter, hanging the back end out, 50-50 AWD style, kicking up snow rooster tails, as the envious Focus and Mazda3 drivers putz along, watching with envy. I'll still be hanging with them on the clover leafs next summer though. |
10-09-2012, 11:17 PM | #96 |
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The newer Jettas are, imo, definitely NOT "driver's cars".
I have tried the cvt's, and my girlfriend really likes them. I just don't. After 14k+ miles, my only complaints about the transmission are the very wide spacing of the gears, and that they aren't the 6mt the aussies and japanese got. Not sure how the gears are on the foreign market 6mt's but they HAVE to be better than the w I d e five. This is the only car I can remember owning that requires downshifting to first gear at slow speeds. Normally if a car is even rolling, second gear usually has enough "grunt" to be sufficient. Also- passing or accelerating quickly is really best suited for 3rd, unless you're going 55++. Having driven it a lot, I am used to the transmission, and while its not ideal, for me its still way more palatable than a cvt. Even with the clutch engagement (which didn't take too long to get used to). |
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10-10-2012, 12:41 AM | #98 |
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