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Three months into this near-perfect sports sedan:

By JayJayJay written on 02-04-2016

Sure, there are a few minor ways this car could be improved. But first the good stuff (and there's a lot of good stuff). Here is what I love about my 2016 WRX Limited (manual). CORNERING: You haven't lived till you've taken this perfectly balanced, sport-suspension-having all-wheel-drive monster on a windy mountain road. The WRX grips the road astonishingly well in sharp turns, and handles gracefully ... and it really rockets out of the curves if you hit the accelerator in those moments ..... You will have immediate confidence in this car on twisty asphalt, and it will always put a grin on your face.... This is a 268-horsepower smile machine. ACCELERATION: While first gear has plenty of turbo-charged thrust and really catapults you off the line (especially if you drop the clutch in at high revs, the sweetest gears on this six-speed are second and third. Wow! You will NEVER tire of theawesome swoosh of acceleration you get in second from about 3K to 6K rpm. RIDE: Personally, I LIKE the sometimes "rough" ride the WRX's stiff chassis and tight shocks give you on a less-than-smooth road. Driving a 'Rex,you are really in touch with the topography, so to speak. The car communicates road info to you. However, I will say that driving four adults in this car on rough pavement is NOT fun. Also, you will feel emotional pain for your WRX if you hit a pothole ?especially when it's loaded down in this manner, because the shocks are set so stiff (helping to deliver that amazing lateral grip I described earlier) that a pothole will translate into a big BANG through the frame .... The stiff suspension means cracks or holes in the pavement are to be avoided any and every time you can. LOOKS: From many angles, I find the car to be great looking, with sharp, smart-looking "eyes" (especially if you get the LED headlights that are currently only available in the top trim). But occasionally, from some angles, the WRX kind of looks to me like an odd-looking Impreza; a sedan with hopped-up Impreza body. I think there's definite room for improvement on the sheet metal on this WRX. (The 2015 concept was spectacular from every angle?hopefully Subaru can give us something similarly special in the next iteration.) C-LIGHTS: These lights look great in shape?aesthetically very pleasing to the eye?but they are significantly "dimmer" than those on Audi or or Dodge sedans, or mustangs, or even even some economy cars. Why are they dimmer than all other cars that have similar lights??! And they don't really run by themselves in the daytime, as they do on competing cars. These are not actual ?LED daytime running lights.? Why not?! The WRX daytime C-lights should have the same magical brightness as all those other modes. I feel the WRX lags behind the competition in the "C-Lights department.? Update: I have noticed that new Subarus, such as 2018 models, DO now have bright daytime running lights. COMMUNITY: This is a true perk of owning this car?if you have this car, you are in an exclusive club; you understand the WRX's rally-care heritage, and you, like all other 'Rex owners, are in love with it's on-road superpowers, which means Other WRX drivers will usually give you a nice nod or thumbs-up when they see you on the road.... They'll probably be happy to "talk WRX" with you at a stoplight, etc. AWD: The all-wheel-drive on this car is not subtle; you will LOVE how it grips the road and you will hope you never have to go back to a 2 Wheel Drive or, gasp, front wheel drive car, and you will, in some situations, really "feel" each wheel gripping. One thing though: Sometimes, when I'm pulling into a rather steep curb cut (i.e. driveway) from an angle very slowly (so as to avoid scraping the low-hanging air foil in front) and turning, a weird phenomenon happens with the WRX's all wheel drive where there's this horribly unpleasant sound and sensation of one of the wheels grinding or skipping. I imagine it's something to do with the inside AWD front wheel not being able to go slow enough as I turn sharply into the angled driveway. Weird. TECHNOLOGY: The Harmon/Kardon stereo upgrade sounds great (ten times better than the stock stereo)..... Backup camera is great; cross-traffic warning beep helpful?even reacts to pedestrians, skateboarders, dogs. COOL. Voice command mode is very slow and I feels like it has very small vocabulary of words and phrase it understands, so I haven't been using it at all, Blind spot detection is excellent, but I am old school: I still have a hard time putting all my faith in these little reactor lights in the side mirrorswhen changing lanes. POWER SEATS: Love the Driver's power seat...... Wish one was available for the passenger, too. I am 6'1', and lowering it half an inch or so is great. I have come to discover The backs of the mirrors are not attached very well, I am at 32,000 miles, I might take the car to the dealer and have them Look at the mirror back?s

Best I have ever owned!

By Jonathan Guzman written on 03-04-2016

Great control, great ride, and great style. This is the best car I have ever owned and it just keeps getting better every time I drive it. The limited edition has sooo many features that I wonder how it feel without them. The performance is so great I honestly don't know the difference between the STI and the Limited edition. Either way this is a great car and if you haven't test driven it yet, you need to. O and before I forget, I am a family man and this car has plenty of space for two baby car seats, which means if you're single you'll have plenty of space for those party weekends.

My new ride

By vipin agrawal written on 04-11-2016

The car is as advertised. A lot of fun to drive. I had a BMW 325i with sport suspension before this and feel that the STI does a much better job in the handling and taking the bumps. I think the Germans do a better job in the ergonomics dept when it comes to designing the interior and the material choices. I would have liked less (no) chrome in the interior. Gives it too flashy of a look much like most after-market stereo head units available today. The switches just don't have that German feel of solidness. On the other hand, the buyer of this car is really more into the power and handling - which this car delivers in boatloads. Whenever I have bought a German car in the past, I always knew that reliability was not going to be a strong suit. With this car, I didn't have that reservation at all. One slight glitch is that it took me a while to locate the break in period for a new car. It's 1000 miles and to keep it under 4000 rpms. I got the short shifter and it's fantastic, very precise and the car just sounds great. Almost makes me want to turn off the stereo and listen to the exhaust as I drive.

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