[immortal_suby]

As I was test driving a forester XT the salesman told me to wring it out. It had about 50 miles on it. I told him I didn't think that was a good idea and he said not to worry, the techs go through them quite well and it would be fine. I still felt bad about it but I had to see how she pulled.

I remember the legacy GT being very quick around 20mph - it would just take off even at about 1/4 throttle like it was on crack. It definitely had a kick in the pants around town.
What I didn't like was the passing power - or lack of it. It just didn't seem to kick me in the ass on the highway. I was really expecting the car to throw me back in the seat - maybe I was expecting too much though. I really thought this was going to feel like a V8 with the hot turbo. I'm sure they have plenty of power but it was kind of like when you go to see the grudge after all the hype and then it ends up sucking. I tried the autoshift out but didn't like it that much. Felt about the same as the autostick in my in-laws passat. They are very fine cars though. I think with an ecutek tune, catback, and some minor suspension mods they would be an awesome car that would challenge my will to keep the svx.