2009 Subaru WRX 265

October 15, 2008

More compartment complaints

Filed under: Drive,Enhancements,review — Tags: , , , , , — Samer Forzley @ 1:23 pm

Ok, so yesterday i head downtown for dinner with some friends, got to the parking lot and it is one of those no attendand parking lots. You get it, get a ticket, hang on to it, and then when you leave you walk up to a machine, put your ticket in, and pay. Once you pay you get another ticket which is what you use to scan yourself to get out.

I get in, get my ticket, no place to put it. As you know i already posted about the lack of compartments in the car. There is a compartment under the heat controls a good portion of it is taken up by the 12 volt adapter. I put my ticket there, kinda toss it in, and off i go to do my thing. I come back, i try to get the ticket, but you think i can get my hand in? nope, so this compartment is shallow and deep. I don’t think i have giant hands either.  Anyway i managed to get the ticket out and get going, but those compartments or lack of, is getting annoying. I have now resorted to using a (well i wont call it compartment) more of a side thing, that is on the door, its working Kinda, but not the best solution.

October 14, 2008

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.

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