[Teseo]

Originally Posted by shinbatsu

My 2015 WRX will be ready for pickup tomorrow. It's been a long time coming but the BRZ is finally getting traded in.

The BRZ is an awesome car. Drives like it's on rails and is ridiculous amounts of fun to drive. The gas mileage is excellent. However there were issues that I just couldn't get past and over time they grew to bother me quite a bit:

1) Not enough power. Torque dip + having to rev it like a honda to get anything out of the motor was becoming tiresome. Aggressive freeway lane changes were almost impossible w/o dropping it into 3rd/4th, standing on it, and revving up to 7k+ (making a huge scene as the motor screams like an angry god)

2) Ergonomics. The seat is uncomfortable over long drives (no I'm not morbidly obese) and the doors swing really wide. Parking the car in cramped Hawaii parking lots then trying to get out required gymnastics which were messing up my back.

3) Head Unit. It just never seemed to work correctly, and frequently locked up or glitched. The GPS also never worked well with the built in Hawaii maps. No steering wheel controls.

The final nail in the coffin was test driving the 15' WRX on a day off. It had gobs of easily accessible power, was very comfortable to enter/exit and drive, and had steering wheel audio controls and a simple stereo with hardware buttons.

I feel like the fault lies with me, and not the car. The BRZ delivers on everything it advertises. It really is a great car... for the RIGHT person. I thought that was me, but it wasn't. I'm not a young man anymore, and after daily driving the BRZ for 4 months the comforts I thought I would willingly sacrifice for the ultimate driving experience are now deal breakers for long term ownership.

But really, these are facts you realize only after driving a car daily. It's a shame there isn't a way to rent a new car for a month to see if it's really going to be a perfect fit. A test drive can only reveal so much.

Its time to trade in