by bradr » Mon Jun 25, 2012 12:22 pm
At the risk of hijacking the thread, it's just lots of little things and not related to performance - that's the only area where I'm happy with it.
The seating and the seating position are by far the most uncomfortable I have ever had in any car - I'm still yet to find a seating position that I like. The dash controls are fiddly, the steering wheel and SW controls are terrible and it's lots of other little things that I've picked up from driving it for extended periods to the point where the smallest thing wrong happens now and I hate the car even more.
And getting body parts to fit a 3.0R-SpecB, apart from being hard to find, are also expensive when I do find them. No cheap options for this baby.
I love Subys and this is the fourth one I have owned but it really is a significant downgrade from the last, non-Subaru car that I had when, on paper, it should have been an upgrade.
I had more fun driving my old MY99 Impreza which I owned for 10 years because I didn't want to part with it. Now I have more fun driving the ute.
So, once I've finished spending money on other projects, I'll have a look at the post-facelift Gen4 and see if I can do better (I can't bring myself to even look at Gen 5s). Otherwise it's either another Impreza or it's off to find another brand.
cheers,
bj