2012 Subaru Impreza

for a 2.0 liter, the performance is outstanding. It will hold 80 mph no problem, and keep up with normal traffic.

Subaru hit a home run in my opinion, jacking the mpg into the 30's and keeping very normal modern performance. That is coming from my perspective of growing up with the 70-80's anemia where 1.6 to 1.9 liter carburated 4 cylinders were the norm. This FB engine is amazing in comparison.

John

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jd_24 (May 04, 2012 10:48 am)

#1250 of 1605 Re: LOVE the car, but it needs a little ooomph!! [once_for_all] by jd_24

May 04, 2012 (10:48 am)

Replying to: once_for_all (May 04, 2012 10:33 am)

Agree with John on the performance. Its solid and very good. Monday morning I had 3 teenagers and myself on the way to school. The Impreza had no problem on a long up hill on-ramp going from 20 mph to 70mph without much straining. I believe the max rpm I hit was 4k. That and my mpg is still improvong as outside temperatures get warmer.

--J

#1251 of 1605 Re: "Bluetoot" and iPhones [rsholland] by clarkbar6

May 04, 2012 (10:49 am)

Replying to: rsholland (May 04, 2012 9:44 am)

> On the '12 Impreza with navigation that I test drove,
> I was able to load my iPhone 4 (not 4S, but 4)
> contact list on to the car's Bluetooth

Yep, youre right, and thats reflected in the compatibility checker link that I posted. I wasn't clear in which model i was talking about. i tried the impreza limited with the color screen stereo but no nav. Havent tried the nav one. That said, i think the rest of my points will still apply, esp regarding how to use siri and how to play music through the speakers.

#1252 of 1605 Re: Nav System Not Detecting USB [mmetzge1] by birdadly

May 04, 2012 (1:42 pm)

Replying to: mmetzge1 (May 01, 2012 11:48 am)

I don't have the Nav, but I bought a new 16GB thumbdrive for the car and it won't read it. Actually, I only put 1 song in the ROOT folder (and a folder of 3 PDF's) and on a 30 mile trip, it wasn't reading it... so I kept trying... and ONE time, it found the USB drive and played my song... later in the trip, after turning it to FM for awhile, it wouldn't read the dang thing. Nothing changed, just about 15 minutes later in the drive.

I tried a friend's 4GB thumbdrive and it worked right off the bat, different brand. So, I think I'll just take back the drive I bought and get a different brand and size and see if it works.

#1253 of 1605 Re: "Bluetoot" and iPhones [clarkbar6] by crlsto

May 04, 2012 (9:50 pm)

Replying to: clarkbar6 (May 04, 2012 7:18 am)

Thanks for the link to the compatibility index. Honestly, Siri works fine for voice dialing my contacts through BT (it's also faster than having to press the "talk" button on the steering wheel 3 times to manually voice dial a number), although the caller ID and redial/call-back functions work efficiently. I'm going to manually enter my favorite numbers and see how that works. Overall, BT has been very useful and not complicated at all. Callers on the other line can hear me clear "enough" (moderate road noise affects clarity)...

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crlsto (May 06, 2012 8:18 pm)
- clarkbar6 (May 07, 2012 5:43 am)
  - dcm61 (May 07, 2012 9:14 am)
  - crlsto (May 07, 2012 11:09 pm)

#1254 of 1605 So..... by onemodog

May 05, 2012 (2:49 pm)

How do you know if you have broken in your engine correctly?

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backy (May 05, 2012 6:10 pm)

#1255 of 1605 Re: So..... [onemodog] by backy

May 05, 2012 (6:10 pm)

Replying to: onemodog (May 05, 2012 2:49 pm)

Hard to tell in a short time period.

But... here is how NOT to break in the engine on your new Impreza:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faGiMltGJ2g

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