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Having driven the car a bit more after 24hours, I feel 1st gear is way too low, I reckon 2nd gear would be pretty close to my Subie (pre-slightly Subaru altered ratios after MY01 model) 1st gear. 1st gear gives no push as it is over before it begins, with the traction control then rev limiter kind of all happening at once... but 2nd gear hammers very nicely, just how it felt when I was doing the DSG foot to the floor traffic light starts on the test drive in the DSG R. I guess (much) closer & lower ratio 6 speed manual will take a bit of getting used to. I found today even at 60km/hr in 4th(!), the new baby has great push, I would have had to pull 3rd (or possibly 2nd if I was really wanting to wring its neck) on the Subaru to accelerate from 60ish.
The car is dead-set gorgeous though, so many nice features inside and out, and not that much pricier than a WRX (ok, $15K is not a massive difference for a $45K car hehe).... I hope I don't regret service & other Euro level charges. This is a big sea-change for me, having owned Datsuns (3xDatsun 1600), Nissan Pulsar SSS (good 1994 model) & the Subaru
I was digging out all my Subaru papers in prep to privately sell it, my early services were less than $200 inc oil & filter from Subaru LOL.
Originally Posted by whtevr
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