[WolfpackS2k]

Originally Posted by nikitopo

Subaru is not pretending anything. They have their own racing history and it is just the mindset different and not to focus so much on the looks. The mileage the majority of Subarus have, a Porsche will never see in its life. The only thing about Subarus is that they are much easier to modify and in some cases it can be the root cause of different issues. On the other hand Porsche does not equipe their base cars even with a LSD and it is supposed to be a performance brand. So, who pretends what?

Apart from the above, I always had German cars before switching to Subaru. I had constantly issues after some period, including a problem with a Porsche car. After the switch I never had issues again. So, no one can convince me the opposite.

There are plenty of people with over 200,000 miles on their Caymans. 911s as well (I'm sure), but I don't frequent 911 message forums. I'm over 100,000 miles on mine and am not the slightest bit nervous about that.

As to your example of Porsche not giving it's cars LSDs...guess what, most of them don't really need it! When the engine is mounted above or behind the drive wheels all that weight ensures the right tires have plenty of grip. (of course this statement doesn't apply to FWD because under acceleration weight transfers off those wheels). Lotus doesn't equip it's Elise with an LSD. Wouldn't surprise me if the Alfa 4C doesn't have one either. You don't really need an LSD unless you're making silly amounts of power.

The newer (than my Porsche) 981 has the option of an active LSD to improve it's handling, but this is partially done to help "shrink" the size of the car since it's longer and has a bigger wheelbase than the 987 that preceded it.

In fact the rear of my car has so much grip that when driven in cold weather at parking lot speeds, any extreme steering angle results in the front tires skipping/slipping on the pavement surface a bit. It's a strange characteristic inherent to all 987s and 981s (and probably others as well).