Hawkeye666

I have fancied a Subaru for a few years now. Recently had the opportunity to get one, so did, a 2006, a silver Hawkeye in immaculate condition.

Looks good enough but after not being able to lose my mate in his 56 reg is220d. And being shamed by my other mates r32 Im thinkin that my sortee into jap muscle may be shortlived.

I thought these cars are meant to be fast???

And the brakes are just absolutely diabolical. After one fast run I thought they were about to catch fire, serious amounts of smoke coming out them.

Build quality is excellent I cannot fault that.

But in all honesty Im disapointed, its sat on my drive for the last 3 weeks. I cant bring myself to drive it.

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iTrader: (8)

they need mods mate, good luck with the sale, 1k would turn that into a very fast road car.

TIZERBOY

iTrader: (1)

You should have gone for the STI mate...

scoobsy

iTrader: (3)

sounds like its the sti you should of bought

bigbruiseral

iTrader: (1)

No offence but if your struggleing against 175hp diesel with a 225hp 4AWD i would look at other things then the car mate sorry not trying to be ***

Hawkeye666

It was in a straight line mate.

bigbruiseral

iTrader: (1)

Then we can pretty much take driving skill out, without checking weight of cars sounds like your might be poorly the maths just dont add up in drag race then ?

donny andi

iTrader: (3)

I know wrx's are slow ......joking! But a r32 beats you?
I sold a 2006/06 32 to buy the wr1 and that was slow as foooook unless you battered it stupid....worse car I've owned and worse on juice , my trip comp used to read 5mpg when giving it the beans

You need a sti fella , or start tweaking the wrx

mik

In a straight line? That's where bhp is king.....

Maybe your car is poorly. What rpm were you changing up at?

donny andi

iTrader: (3)

Double clutching granny shifting

Off topic I looked at a wrx hatch today .....wasn't that bad as it had a few sti bits on it.......til the dealer said "2k and the wr1" and we have a deal .....fkin idiot got two words off me

awdx4

Might be worth having the car checked over by someone who knows. I have the same car albeit re mapped with a few bolt ons here and there and have no issues with it. Yes, it took me a few weeks of driving the car to learn how to get the best out of it but 0-60 in 5.8 in standard form sounds at least comparable to the other cars mentioned.

If you change the car, it might be worth taking your potential new purchase to this private drag strip where you've been ragging the WRX against your mates before you pay for it, to be sure it ticks all your boxes.

bigsinky

erm, i think you will find that torque is king here. torque gives you the acceleration while bhp give you the top end speed.

ReggieMY99

taste is king..

Dougmy06wrx

iTrader: (4)

I changed the exhaust on mine, decat vf43 turbo sti intercooler and remapped and it is running around 330 bhp but the car is so responsive on the road and really quick. All that cost me under 1k second hand parts.

Maybe stick with it and add your own mods to it.

Doug

mik

Erm - I think you'll find you are mistaken sinky.

scoobsy

iTrader: (3)

good lad.. try a twin scroll sti spec-c if you can find 1... im well happy with mine

53

iTrader: (41)

Chuck Norris is King and he can out drag a hawkeye WRX walking !

BIG FUD

iTrader: (84)

I brought a wrx hawkeye before my sti and i think it was a grat car i took it on track and there was only the serious powered cars that could over take the others had no chance.

Try stick with it have a play and then see if its a no go or little map tweek cheap turbo and there u go 350 bhp

arumdevil

well as BHP is a function of torque you're both right. :P

You should have looked into things a bit more before you bought. Once you do that you realise the WRXs are nothing special and you really should start with the STi if you want something fast.

Also sounds like yours isn't in good shape so sorting it out might make it run better if it's been neglected.

danwel

Wierd, i have jsut recently bought a WRX but plan to get an STI next possibly. But the WRX seems more than fast enough to be fair and certainly no slouch

BIG FUD

iTrader: (84)

Just read this sorry for the double post

arumdevil

it's a matter of relativity and also how well the car is running. It sounds like this particular car might not be running optimally, but also depends what you're comparing it to.

bonesetter

iTrader: (9)

155bhp/ton is not going to be wow fast. Hawk is nearly 1.5 tonnes too so needs more power to mitigate this

53

iTrader: (41)

Brakes are factory shyte, need a set of EBC Blues/Yellows pads until the discs die

bonesetter

iTrader: (9)

So, that's pretty much kicked the WRX in the teeth...

Gandy

iTrader: (2)

Ive had abit of a play against my mates r32 2003 plate. Its funny my Wrx ripped him apart on the straight...He said so himself. The R32 is a quick car but its no match against the scooby.
I think something is wrong with your car or something mate??????????