2009 Subaru WRX 265

October 25, 2010

Happy Anniversary

Filed under: General — Tags: , , — Samer Forzley @ 4:56 pm

Today, I got a letter from Subaru, Happy Anniversary! it said. 2 years since I leased that car, wow, where did the two years go, has it been this long…

Not only did they wish me a Happy Anniversary, but… if you like, you can call us and see if you want to bring it in early, and look at going into a new lease, perhaps a 2011.

Tempting don’t you think? Especially since I had my share of trouble with this car, and the last two years have had some not so happy moments.

So here are my options I guess.

1) Go in and trade it, VERY tempting since my last incident, I have not driven this car fast at all, I am just afraid, and frankly, if I am gonna drive that car just like driving my old Toyota, then what is the point, might as well

2) Wait another 12 month, and show up to the dealership and drop it off and say, thank you Subaru, its been fun knowing you, never again, at which point they will discover every scratch possible and want me to pay for it.

3) Wait 9 month, show up to some other dealership negotiate a deal and say, sorry cant buy today, I still have 3 month left on my car, at which point, they will say, oh don’t worry we will take the lease off your hands

4) Buy it out and keep it (frankly that is just not gonna happen, i can’t believe I wrote that)

5) Buy it out, and sell it, but what is the point and I will feel bad

What to do, what to do?

January 3, 2010

Moving The Blog

Filed under: General — Samer Forzley @ 12:08 pm

Hi All

I am in the process of moving the hosting of the blog, so if you experience any issues please let me know. Also if I took out some access you had let me know as well, I am working through restoring everything

Thanks

February 2, 2009

Driving a Toyota Yaris

Filed under: General — Samer Forzley @ 3:01 pm

No don’t freak out, nothing happened to my car.

I am away for work and have been driving a brand spanking new 2009 Toyota Yaris. I drove this things all the way from Miami to Orlando, and I have to tell you, that thing does not burn a lot of gas, pulled up to fill it, and spent just over $11.00 US.

But man, DO I EVER MISS MY CAR.

November 10, 2008

Coffee Anyone?

Filed under: General,review,WRX — Tags: , , , , , , , , , — Samer Forzley @ 12:36 pm

Yesterday, I went for a ride in the WRX, I still cant drive it of course, which is pissing me off because the price of gas is just dirt cheap and I should be driving it everywhere. Patience, patience, I guess.

It just happened that we had other people with us, so my wife drove and I sat in the back, first time for me to sit there for an extended period. It was around 3:00 PM, and we where strolling along and I was kinda tired, so I thought you know what, a coffee would really hit the spot. We get through the drive through experience and I get handed my coffee, SCORTCHING hot. OUTCH. So I tell my wife to hold on to it for a sec while I find a place to put it. I reached to the middle consol cause I remembered in the brochure that it had 2 cup holders built in. NOPE, not in my car, apparently that brochure was not accurate or my memory is failing me. So then I thought, as my wife now is getting pissed off because the coffee is starting to really burn her, that maybe what I saw in the brochure was the cup holders are built into the arm rest that drops from the middle seat. A good place to put cup holders for sure, our other car has them built in there. I quickly reach over, drop it down, and nothing. What I got, is a thin arm rest, that honestly I would be scared to put my arm on for fear of breaking. By this point my wife is telling to take coffee or risk having it fly out of the window. So I do, I take it, and place it on arm rest, and hang on to it. I looked everywhere, nothing, no cup holders in the back. I mean, I am sorry but Subaru, how much does it cost to put a bloody cup holder in the back? 50 cents? Come on, it cant be that complicated.

I know, I know, I should not complain about petty things, but this is just plain cheap, I so am gonna find that brochure to see if they had pics of cup holders in the back.

It just aint right

If you find cup holders in the back for you WRX please let me know where they are…

November 2, 2008

WRX265 0 – 60

Filed under: Drive,General,review,WRX — Tags: , , , , , , , — Samer Forzley @ 10:30 pm

I just read an article posted by the Autotrader in the UK that did a good review of the WRX 265. Don’t be thrown off by the models and the competition, its a bit different out there. It looks interesting for those of us who drive on the right side of the road to look at the interior picture of the WRX where the steering wheel is on the right side of the car.

In the interest of remaining on topic, Autotrader clocked the WRX 265 and I quote.  “Acceleration from 0-60mph takes 6.1 seconds, which is best-in-class performance”. The car reached a top speed of 130 mpg.
0 – 60 in 6.1 is pretty fast folks, I feel it when i drive it, the car just whips you back into your seat and goes. I can’t wait to be able to get back in it and drive it.

0 – 60 in 6.1 seconds is very excellent, given that a 2009 Porsche Carrera does it in 4.5 at 4 times the price, and faster than a BMW 330i, which takes 6.5 seconds to get to 60.

October 26, 2008

Do you need snow tires on AWD?

Filed under: General — Tags: , , , — Samer Forzley @ 12:52 pm

Even though i can drive it now because of my cast, sooner or later or at least when its time to get on to driving again, its gonna be snow, so the question then becomes do i need snow tires for my WRX? Do AWD cars with stabilization controls really need snow tires? what do you think?

Surver Results: Do you top up your gas tank

Filed under: General — Tags: , , , , , , , , — Samer Forzley @ 12:48 pm

Two weeks ago i worte a blog post warning about toping up the gas tank on the 2009 WRX 265 as it instantly over flowed with gas and spilled. While i was as writing it, i thought to myself surly i am not the only one who does this and decided to ask. I used ask500 (great service, and if you are on twitter integrates nicley @ask500) So I asked the world the following

When you fill up the gas tank, do you try to top off to an even dollar amount?

http://www.ask500people.com/questions/when-you-fill-up-the-gas-tank-do-you-try-to-top-off-to-an-even-dollar-amount#votes

Here are the results

40% said they stop pumping when the pump clicks off

27% said they keep pumping until they get a nice even dollar amount (That is me)

12% said they pump until they get a nice amount (does not have to be an even dollar)

22% said they pump on a set budget x$ per pump

Great results, and very fascinating if one take a look at them by gender,age, etc… really cool stuff

40% 158 Votes No, I stop pumping as soon as the pump clicks and its full
27% 107 Votes I try to keep pumping until I get a nice even dollar amount
12% 49 Votes I try to keep pumping until I get a nice number
22% 86 Votes I pump on a budget, when I hit the amount I stop

October 14, 2008

WRX 265, One week review

Filed under: Drive,Enhancements,General,review,WRX — Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , — Samer Forzley @ 1:17 am

Its been almost a week since I got the WRX, and still love it, I find myself finding excuses to get in the car and go for a ride. Yes I managed to put a few miles and a speeding ticket (HORROR) in just one week. I have a feeling this speeding ticket wont be the last.

So after a week with the car, one starts to realize things about the car that you won’t just find in your quick test drive back at the dealership. So here is my list of things that are well, not great and should be improved. Subaru are you listening?

On the down side


Compartments: Honestly the car has no compartments; I mean where do you put your change or parking garage badge or anything. There is only one giant, yet awkward compartment where you would put CD’s but that is it. The shallow compartment next to the cup holders (Subaru’s idea of a change holder) is not good because when you go fast around the corner, the change goes for a ride as well. So Subaru, Please some compartments next time.

Sunroof: It cute, but not sure the point of this thing, when you open it, it barley opens up. So Subaru, either make it bigger or get rid of it, no need to have a tiny sunroof.

The sound system: Not too great, actually I think it’s the most disappointing thing about this car so far. When you drive it, especially on the high way, you can barley hear the sound and have to crank it up real high to hear. But when you crank it up, the sound quality is not good at all. The sound is even more muffled when you plug in an iPod. Maybe its my car that has this problem. Curious what others experience, let me know.

On the Upside.

The drive: just pure fun, no need to say anything else, the car rocks. I need to take it to a track and let it loose. The drive, from speed, to handling, everything is just great.

Gas Efficiency: I was worried when I got it to be honest, because 265 horses can drink a lot. And yes, if you are just driving it in town and pedal to the metal all the time (as I did the first 3 days) it will burn up a lot of gas. I went through half the tank in just 150 KM or so, so no not efficient (but a lot of fun).

HOWEVER, this weekend I drove it like I would drive any car, and went out of town, I drove it about 450K on a HWY and that only consumed ¾ of the tank. So in my mind, that is very fuel efficient and a pleasant surprise.

One week in, no regrets, awesome ride, and a few things that can be improved

WRX 265 Test Drive / Road Test

Filed under: Drive,General,WRX — Tags: , , , , , , , , , , — Samer Forzley @ 1:14 am

It took a few trips to actually get the test drive going. The first time I went, I just showed up to dealership and asked to test drive one, unfortunately they did not have any in stock yet and I was told to come back in a month.

In mid Sep I called, and was told that the first of the WRX 265 a Black one, had arrived and sold already, and to check back. Success finally came at the end of Sep when the dealership told me they had 2 of them on the lot, a 5 door WRX and the sedan, however only the 5 door was ready to test drive.

I thought I would go and test drive the 5 door, got there it was later in the day and it was getting dark. In any case, got in the car and the salesman told me to let it rip, and so I did, and was sold in the first minute.

As we drove along, and it did not matter if we drove on a local street or a highway, that car just wants to fly. It cornered well, handled well, sounded great, and again the main attraction, the speed. I mean it just takes off. The fact that it is an all wheel drive helps kick it even more and gets you up there in speed pretty quickly, and the best part, you always feel in control of the ride.

I did a quick look around the car, visibility was great, and its size was perfect for me, and the dash board and controls where simple and easy to use.

And so with that, I decided to go for it, I wanted to get the sedan in White. Subaru did such a good job on this years white, and the car looked awesome in white except they only had a white GT. If I wanted to get the 265 in white, I would have to wait for one to make its way from Japan, and I was not waiting. With that we made the deal on the silver, the only 265 sedan they had on the lot.

Come to think about it, the test drive went really quick, I did not really bother looking at the details of the car, the drive sold the car. I mean performance wise; one can not expect a better ride at that price.

October 11, 2008

Why I bought the WRX

Filed under: Drive,General,WRX — Tags: , , , , , , , , , — Samer Forzley @ 7:25 pm

I had a couple of things in mind when I went car shopping this time around.

  1. I wanted a fun car
  2. I wanted a small car
  3. I wanted a family car (with 3 seats in the bag)
  4. I wanted a well built car
  5. The price had to be reasonable

With that in mind, i made a list of all possible cars i could test drive. On the list, cars that fit the bill where not that many.

The North American cars, other than the Mustang where not that fun. Toyota and Honda had nothing really that is fun either. BMW, yes they had fun cars for sure, the new 1 series looked good, and of course the 3 series is also awesome, but both the 1 and 3 series are pricey. Further the 1 series only had a 2 seater in the back.

So the list was quickly narrowed down to 3 cars. The WRX 265, the Mini S and the Mitsubishi Evolution

I test drove all 3, and the WRX 265 fit the criteria best. So far, day 4 with the car, i love it

The Mitsubishi.

That car is a great car, i have to tell you, you would fall in love with the seats alone, well built, and a fun ride as well. But why did i not go for it? a) it was a bit too loud b) the price tag was high, you can get a BMW for that price, so i passed, but great car

The Mini S

This is also a fun car, performed well, and at 170 HP for that little car, the thing flys, but the car is also too small, and only 2 seats in the back. Also the price put it close the WRX, which offered more kick and more room, So i passed. The Mini i have to admit has the coolest interior of any car i have seen. whoever designed it, deserves serious brownie points

The WRX

Well the winner by far

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