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Originally Posted by ichitaka05
Sorry quick Q.
Why did you sell your Z and got WRX? I always wonder that. My friend sold his 350ztt (bolt on twin turbo) and bought '09 Impreza and he always regret selling his Z and previous '04 STI.
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I sold the Z and got the WRX because I wanted more diversity from my DD. The Z is a great fun car, but it's damn near useless at anything else. It was useless out of the city during winter months, couldn't take it snowboarding, couldn't pack much in it... and the kicker: too damn expensive to modify for power (NA mods are useless on the original DE engine) and any other way I wanted to.
The WRX was the perfect substitute. Nearly as quick, holds more people and stuff, AWD, and factory boosted for cheap(er) power mods. And before anyone asks why I didn't get an STI instead, they need to understand Canadian auto economics. The Z33 and GD STI were around 50k new (yes, new) before taxes. However, the Subarus hold their value MUCH better than the Nissans, so a WRX was actually worth more than my Z with similar mileage. I would have loved an STI, but it would have meant getting a VERY high mileage (and therefore likely abused) model, and I didn't want to do that.