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Originally Posted by dowroa
I know this has been addressed before, but the power thing just bothers me.
If you talked to anyone about the 2000 Type-R, they will rave about the car (about identical).
The E90 M3 is a revered car and said it is amazing (less power).
I just don't get it. I have driven a D-Street car, and it was nice. I would like to get in a 17+ soon, and I am sure it is still nice.
As someone who has owned STis, WRXes, Foresters, and Legacys, this is the only Subaru that I still personally believe in.
I guess there just aren't as many of me as I would have liked to see? 
- brian |
Yup I agree - I think it has to do with the era in which these cars were born. E30 was born in an era where power didn't rule all. It is a special car very much in the same way the 86 is, not about speed, or even outright limits, but about communication and chassis feel. Same with the Type-R, well that and it really was the first car that broke the perception that front wheel drive cars were oversteering pigs. The 86 is a modern day enthusiast's car, but it's being drowned by the masses that don't understand what makes the car great.
In the end, I don't care. The fact that most people don't know what it is or get what it's about makes me feel even more part of a privileged group. Plus I love the way the thing looks - with aftermarket wheels/lowered a bit to fill the gap, it looks like a baby Aston or Maserati.