[Superhatch]

Here are my thoughts after almost 50,000 logged miles.

1. The mpg is great for as much fun as it is. Im averaging mid 30's on the freeway, and high 20s even while getting on it often.

2. It's surprisingly comfortable for longer trips. I travel throughout the Midwest on 500+ mile round trip drives monthly, sometimes multiple times a month and it has yet to hurt my back or made me sore from an 8 hour drive. The wind noise it a little higher than I would like, but a nice set of ear plugs gets rid of that, and should be worn on long trips anyway.

3. Bumping to E85 and making great NA power, adding a stiffer suspension, and all the other goodies this chassis is still more than I need for daily driving and is great for an experienced, but not professional, track/autocross driver.

4. It STILL turns heads and starts conversations everywhere I go.

Does a light weight chassis which was designed for NA get outpaced when doubling the HP with non factory forced induction? Would anyone be surprised by this?

I still love this car, love Subaru and Toyota for releasing it and I find it laughable that C&D talk about how everything about this car is bad, yet Top Gear lists it as one of the top 50 best cars in the last 20 years. More and more Im viewing American car mags as the equivalent of nightly news...really not worth tuning into.