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Old 10-20-2015, 04:53 PM   #34
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Originally Posted by strat61caster View Post
Subaru paid someone several thousands of dollars to go on record stating that a hard launch in a WRX is abusive.

My problem is that Subaru put effort into explicitly stating that something that thousands of people do every weekend (hard launch at an autocross, a type of event that Subaru sometimes sponsors) is outside the design use for their premier 'sport sedan'.

Agreed. What about launch control that is common on many high-end performance cars. The manufacturer is providing the steps for a computer assisted hard launch.
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