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#22448 of 22551 Re: US-spec '14 Forester [ateixeira]
by bpizzuti
Nov 30, 2012 (1:12 pm)
I could probably put up with the 2.5i if it wasn't for the lack of shift paddles.
#22449 of 22551 Re: US-spec '14 Forester [bpizzuti]
by ateixeira
Nov 30, 2012 (1:13 pm)
It really depends on the tuning of the CVT. I've sampled a couple of good ones, and a couple of awful ones. It varies a lot.
#22450 of 22551 Re: US-spec '14 Forester [ateixeira]
by bpizzuti
Nov 30, 2012 (1:18 pm)
I always prefer to have a manual override available to me, just in case.
Besides, there's not much separating that Forester XT from an automatic-equipped WRX. Which is what I really want. And doesn't exist right now.
#22451 of 22551 Re: US-spec '14 Forester [bpizzuti]
by saedave
Dec 01, 2012 (1:40 pm)
Besides, there's not much separating that Forester XT from an automatic-equipped WRX
Except probably a considerably higher insurance premium for the WRX.
#22452 of 22551 Re: US-spec '14 Forester [saedave]
by bpizzuti
Dec 01, 2012 (2:34 pm)
Except probably a considerably higher insurance premium for the WRX.
This is a valid and important point. I bet part of the reason Subaru is moving the WRX to its own model as at the "request" of insurers. The Impreza having the whole Dr Jeckyll/Mr. WRX thing might have made it tough to determine rates for the model.
#22453 of 22551 Re: US-spec '14 Forester [bpizzuti]
by colin_l
Dec 01, 2012 (2:44 pm)
Not really. There is less difference between a WRX and standard Impreza than there is between the STi and standard WRX. The insurance price difference is rather large.
#22455 of 22551 Re: over 300K sales [rblnr]
by ateixeira
Dec 03, 2012 (11:44 am)
They've been on a roll for a while now, wow.
With 4EATs and no DI. Imagine when they update those.