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Well, my wife is sold. She wants a BAJA.
Not sold on a color yet but it has to be a turbo and a 5 speed.
(5 speeds are hard to find) I was not real impresses when they first came out but the Turbo really makes them more appealing. (If only they would lose the cladding ) So how many others here have bought the new BRAT and what are your opinions on them so far?
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92 SVX #772 140k 6speed, ECU Tune stage II, Koni/Ground control, 3,270lbs. 91 Legacy Turbo 5spd. FMIC, crappy stock turbo, ACT clutch. 78 BRAT (New toy) (Soon to be EJ22T powered) 90 240 SX. RB25 powered!! DRIFT!!!111!!! (GF's car) To many cars to spend time on teh web! |
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Test drove it. Not bad, but not great. Definately a late model filler to keep production rolling.
Things that kept it from coming home. 1. No idea what the weight limit is for the back. (Subaru didn't even know) 2. Flat bed. (Wouldn't drop a 50lb bag of crap in there or it'll dent and you won't see where it is compromised when its rusting. 3. The price was quite high considering they had a 155 day supply when we were looking.
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Re: Well, my wife is sold. She wants a BAJA.
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Re: Well, my wife is sold. She wants a BAJA.
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They are slowly growing on me also, and the ones with the same color top and bottom disguise the large cladding... I agree with Ben, they are not made for hauling, but most people with a truck don't use it for that anyway.
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I know not many around here put much stock in reviews by Consumer Reports, but for what it's worth, their frequency-of-repair feedback on the Baja has been "disappointing for Subaru," or words to that effect.
dcb Last edited by dcarrb; 09-07-2004 at 11:25 AM. |
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last year, when the turbos came out. i test drove both the forester 2.5xt and baja turbo. i like the apparent build quality of the legacy-based vehicles over the impreza-based ones. i would have chosen the baja at the time, but decided to wait until the turbo legacys came out this june.
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Build quality??? Did you compare it to British Leyland???? Our GT has the worst build quality of any car I've owned since my 3 weeks with an 83 Buick Century.
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Kenneth 1997 Subaru SVX LSi "Svetlana" #185 of 640 - 09/1996 - Polo Green Pearl - 34k miles 1992 Subaru SVX LS-L "Everett" #8738 - 01/1992 - Ebony Pearl - 139k miles - 5MT shifty - Sold 07/31/2011 1992 Subaru SVX LS-L "Sven" #1599 - 05/1991 - Claret - 168k miles - Traded 05/11/2005 2023 Subaru Crosstrek Limited CVT - Crystal White Pearl - 2.8k miles 2021 Subaru Forester 2.5i Limited CVT - Horizon Blue Pearl - 17k miles 2023 Volkswagen Jetta S 6MT - Pure White - 2.6k miles 2020 Hyundai Ioniq Limited EV - Ceramic White - 30k miles |
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make sure she gets a silver one!
those are the best looking! Kelli
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Re: Re: Well, my wife is sold. She wants a BAJA.
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If my wife wanted a Baja, I'd sell her, too. Tough break, but what are you gonna do?
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How do you price a used wife?
I mean I don't want to price myself out of the market and have to hold on to her over the winter. Todd
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Re: Re: Well, my wife is sold. She wants a BAJA.
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I think you just made up the part where we actually separated No thinks are fine. As for the rest, yeah Kelli it will have to be all one color. She likes the silver or all black. Do they make an all pearly yet? The dealership doesn't even have 05 brouchures yet I've tried swaying her into a new GT but she doesn't want one. She says there ugly Anyway, it's her car, it's what she wants. I want have to constantly fix things on it to keep it on the road so it's all good.
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92 SVX #772 140k 6speed, ECU Tune stage II, Koni/Ground control, 3,270lbs. 91 Legacy Turbo 5spd. FMIC, crappy stock turbo, ACT clutch. 78 BRAT (New toy) (Soon to be EJ22T powered) 90 240 SX. RB25 powered!! DRIFT!!!111!!! (GF's car) To many cars to spend time on teh web! |
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I don't think wives are actually sold. Considering how much money you have to put in to them you're actually paying someone to take them away
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