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Re: New car purchase questions

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Subject: Re: New car purchase questions
From: "Mark J. Andy" <marka@telerama.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2002 21:27:28 -0500 (EST)
Howdy,

On Mon, 25 Feb 2002 brandon.fetch@ey.com wrote:
> Now, what I'd like to know from you Team.netters is what are the WRX's
> characteristics?  I've read all of Subaru's 'good press' that you can get
> from the dealer and I'm rather impressed.  0-60 in less than 6 seconds?!?
> Wow.  Something tells me that the 227HP is a bit under-rated.

I don't own a WRX, but I did test drive one.

Its very clear that a lot of the 0-60 time is the "zero" side of things...
The launch is pretty amazing.  After that it felt (to me) like a neon with
a little more power.

For me it was too sedate, but you should drive one and see for yourself.

Mark

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