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04-28-2017, 02:54 AM | #29126 |
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04-28-2017, 10:33 AM | #29127 |
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But it's very satisfying when you heel and toe at exact rev
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04-28-2017, 01:00 PM | #29128 |
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04-28-2017, 01:24 PM | #29129 | |
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04-28-2017, 02:59 PM | #29130 | |
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Better aero / mpg Prettier Quieter Trunk lid conceals valuables and is less hassle than a hatch for small loads like groceries. I have another hatchback available when I need more capacity. |
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04-28-2017, 03:31 PM | #29131 |
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Prettier?... Subjective. Sedan looks like a granny mobile
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04-28-2017, 03:56 PM | #29132 |
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Gonna have to agree with g4 here.
I think the CoD is only 0.02 higher on the hatch, not that much. But point taken. Quieter wouldn't make a difference here where the government allows the roads to be destroyed by morons with tire chains and studded tires that they leave on after it's been well above freezing and hasn't snowed for 3-4 months. It's like having a GE90 turbofan engine mounted under your car at 105% throttle any time you're above 40mph. Doesn't matter if you have a Rolls Royce with 1000 pounds of sound insulation, it'd still be deafening. |
04-28-2017, 04:28 PM | #29133 |
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I love my 4dr and it does look better than the hatch IMO, think about why Subaru dropped the WRX/STi hatch. If anything screams grocery-getter its the 5dr.
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04-28-2017, 04:48 PM | #29134 |
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04-28-2017, 05:32 PM | #29135 |
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Subjective, yes, but I don't see "granny" in either one (though one is technically a wagon).
I do think the sedan has nicer lines, and better fitting taillights while the design of the hatch looks a bit forced. CR said the sedan was quieter than comparable sedans while the hatch was noisier than comparable hatches. The sedan also does not have (potential) leakage, corrosion, wiper or washer issues. You can still carry a fair amount by putting the seats down. I got a 2 ton engine hoist home this way. Also, it's very easy to open the trunk in tight spaces or when both hands are occupied. I'm not anti-hatch, I own another hatchback, but buying this specific car in 5 door would have offered me nothing so the drawbacks weren't worth it. As a single car city dweller, I might have gone the other way. Last edited by Commander Keen; 04-28-2017 at 05:44 PM. |
04-28-2017, 05:35 PM | #29136 | |
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04-28-2017, 05:46 PM | #29137 |
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I find the hatch retardedly easy to open. The only way it could get easier is if it had that feature some have where you wave your foot under the bumper to open it. But really, that's just one of those things Ford did to impress idiots who are swayed by single features rather than the overall package.
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04-28-2017, 07:52 PM | #29138 |
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04-28-2017, 09:22 PM | #29139 |
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Let's refrain from embedding 15MB of super high res photos directly in a catch-all thread. It's annoying enough on a desktop with broadband and worse on mobile.
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04-28-2017, 10:41 PM | #29140 |
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Only one is higher than 2MB and they're all reduced 25% from their original size too. People have done much worse than me in this thread.
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04-28-2017, 11:19 PM | #29141 |
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Others have done it too.
Your photos are 3-5MB and you posted several. It sucks to be on mobile and be forced to download the equivalent of a 1 hour podcast just to check up on a thread. Resolutions that high are great for print but a waste on most monitors. The forum "resize" just alters the HTML attributes to fit the page width. It doesn't do any actual compression. Thumbnail, resize or link. I'm sure it would be appreciated by many. |
04-28-2017, 11:30 PM | #29142 | |
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The hatch doesn't exist because Subaru has said the performance segment is a sedan segment. Has nothing to do with looks |
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04-28-2017, 11:38 PM | #29143 | |
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04-28-2017, 11:43 PM | #29144 |
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Could be the image host, but the resolution is still overkill.
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04-29-2017, 01:27 PM | #29145 |
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I've been thinking about picking up a relatively low mileage CVT from ebay and just keeping it for the day my CVT explodes.
Reasons to do it: CVT has a fair chance of just grenading some day randomly, unlike the manual. If I wait until it DOES happen, the only CVTs available are likely to be 100k+ miles and old and uncared-for. They're like $500-700 right now on ebay. That's insanely cheap for a CVT. Won't have to wait for weeks and weeks if the CVT does go eventually Reasons not to: $500 isn't an insignificant amount of money. CVT could last 300,000 miles for all I know. Takes up space wherever I keep it. I may suddenly have a need to buy a larger or otherwise different vehicle. I probably won't buy one, but it is a possibility. |
04-29-2017, 03:41 PM | #29146 |
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Was doing some spring cleaning and came across some of my sound deadening supplied I got when I installed my component speakers.
Was thinking about doing another project to make the car quieter, what's the biggest bang for the buck area to do? I have some closed cell foam left, a little dynamat, and some MLV. Was thinking the floor and headliner would be a good place to start |
04-29-2017, 03:59 PM | #29147 |
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Under-hood / firewall are the first items on my list.
Make sure you're running decently quiet tires. |
04-29-2017, 04:18 PM | #29148 |
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04-29-2017, 04:26 PM | #29149 | |
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I think that the fact that there is no throttle cable and a computer is deciding what my throttle pedal inputs are supposed to do does exacerbate the issue. 3rd 4th and 5th gears just seem to be well ratioed such that an upshift just naturally "falls into place" -- I tend to rev to about 3k before shifting and that's just perfect for those gears. However, doing that with second means there is a gigantic chasm in revs between the shift out of 1st and where you need to be to shift into 2nd. And it's not particularly easy to get the timing right. 1/3 of the time the shift is clean just because I guess I got it just right, but 2/3 are pretty jerky and despite my best efforts I've never been able to do better. Well, it's mostly just a minor annoyance really. I can live with it. But I would like to know more about that tune. Thanks! |
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04-29-2017, 04:29 PM | #29150 | |
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IME 75% of road noise comes from the wheel wells. It would be best to line there. See: Fast and Furious 2 |
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