[Dimman]

Originally Posted by tranzformer

1) Yes. My parents had a first gen Impreza when I grew up. Had over 200,000 miles on when I got the car to use for college. Lasted me during college until another car hit me and I had just over 250,000 miles on it at that point.

2) I say the Subaru non turbo boxer 4s are just as reliable as inline 4s from other manufacturers from my experience and those of other family members/friends who drive Subaru. Each company runs into issues. As I said even Toyota and Honda are fallible. From my experience with a Subaru NA engine, it was rock solid and gave my family and me no issues.


Dimman, I think the WRX 5 speed issue is from those who did not run stock. From the few guys I know who had WRX cars they never claimed about the transmission until they started doing mods. Also agree about the clutch drops playing apart of the abuse some put on their cars. The STI engine has given some owners issues however it is one of the most commonly tuned/flashed/modded turbo cars around. Some of these issues are manufacture based but some are also end user based.

The COBB Accessport and open-source tuning is really playing hell on their reputation I think.