# BRAND NEW WRX **URL:** \ **Category:** Shift518 Automotive\ **Created:** [March 28, 2008, 6:25am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/brand-new-wrx/236211 "2008-03-28T06:25:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![OhNoPOPO](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ohnopopo/32/6344_2.png) [@OhNoPOPO](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/OhNoPOPO)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2008, 6:25am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/brand-new-wrx/236211/1 "2008-03-28T06:25:33Z")
Well yesterday i took the day off from work and decided to test drive the new WRX… i wasnt impressed at all. I was expecting it to pull harder. You could hear the turbo spoilin but i took it over to the extension and when through 1-2-3 hard and it wasnt really as quick as i thought it was going to be… but i will say that it handles like a bastard… which was the only good thing i really liked about it when i drove it… … anyone else either have or drive one yet?.. opinions? ---
**Author:** ![Shawn96VR-4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@Shawn96VR-4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shawn96VR-4)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2008, 6:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/brand-new-wrx/236211/2 "2008-03-28T06:54:02Z")
Weird offering given the STI. Does it sell? ---
**Author:** ![GranMassaX](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/granmassax/32/6299_2.png) [@GranMassaX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/GranMassaX)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2008, 7:03am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/brand-new-wrx/236211/3 "2008-03-28T07:03:07Z")
I would assume it would be quicker than your m3 and handle worse, so it’s surprising to hear that you didn’t like the power, but liked the handling. ---
**Author:** ![OhNoPOPO](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ohnopopo/32/6344_2.png) [@OhNoPOPO](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/OhNoPOPO)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2008, 7:10am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/brand-new-wrx/236211/4 "2008-03-28T07:10:13Z")
actaully the M3 has more power than the stock wrx… and i have K sport coilovers and stuck bars so my car handles pretty good ---
**Author:** ![OhNoPOPO](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ohnopopo/32/6344_2.png) [@OhNoPOPO](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/OhNoPOPO)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2008, 7:11am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/brand-new-wrx/236211/5 "2008-03-28T07:11:36Z")
and car and driver named the e36 M3 best handling car at any price… im not saying mine is the best but with the coilovers its pretty good ---
**Author:** ![GranMassaX](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/granmassax/32/6299_2.png) [@GranMassaX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/GranMassaX)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2008, 7:17am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/brand-new-wrx/236211/6 "2008-03-28T07:17:56Z")
> [@luvin2speed](#): > > and car and driver named the e36 M3 best handling car at any price… im not saying mine is the best but with the coilovers its pretty good ya so that more of a reason why I’m surprised that you liked the handling. Your modded best handling car eva vs stock 08 wrx. It may handle good, but since you are used to being in the “best” , I would think it would suck. That speaks a lot for the wrx, IMO. Wasn’t this “best handling” junk done over 10 years ago? ---
**Author:** ![Vovchandr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/vovchandr/32/6275_2.png) [@Vovchandr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Vovchandr)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2008, 7:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/brand-new-wrx/236211/7 "2008-03-28T07:42:35Z")
> [@GranMassaX](#): > > ya so that more of a reason why I’m surprised that you liked the handling. Your modded best handling car eva vs stock 08 wrx. It may handle good, but since you are used to being in the “best” , I would think it would suck. That speaks a lot for the wrx, IMO. > > Wasn’t this “best handling” junk done over 10 years ago? BMW fanboi’s will never let that go, even when production civics have better handling :tong ---
**Author:** ![tdi\_logik](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/tdi_logik/32/6310_2.png) [@tdi\_logik](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/tdi_logik)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2008, 7:43am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/brand-new-wrx/236211/8 "2008-03-28T07:43:32Z")
if your control arms are more then 90 degrees you are hindering handling performance… it just feels like your handling batter but reality your handling worse. ---
**Author:** ![Shawn96VR-4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@Shawn96VR-4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shawn96VR-4)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2008, 9:15am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/brand-new-wrx/236211/9 "2008-03-28T09:15:29Z")
> [@GranMassaX](#): > > Wasn’t this “best handling” junk done over 10 years ago? :lol ---
**Author:** ![bennyfizzle](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bennyfizzle/32/6291_2.png) [@bennyfizzle](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bennyfizzle)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2008, 9:26am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/brand-new-wrx/236211/10 "2008-03-28T09:26:16Z")
Yeah it was the best handling car at any price…in 1997. ---
**Author:** ![JClark](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jclark/32/6309_2.png) [@JClark](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JClark)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2008, 9:28am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/brand-new-wrx/236211/11 "2008-03-28T09:28:25Z")
I’ve driven plenty of new cars that handle better than the E36 M3. Drove a new Benz C350 Sport a few days ago and thats one of em. It’s still better than 90% of the cars out there but suspension technology has come a long way. ---
**Author:** ![Shawn96VR-4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@Shawn96VR-4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shawn96VR-4)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2008, 9:29am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/brand-new-wrx/236211/12 "2008-03-28T09:29:58Z")
> [@bennyfizzle](#): > > Yeah it was the best handling car at any price…in 1997. I think the Model T was the best at a lot of shit too at one time. ---
**Author:** ![Criscone24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7993a0/32.png) [@Criscone24](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Criscone24)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2008, 9:41am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/brand-new-wrx/236211/13 "2008-03-28T09:41:47Z")
> [@tdi\_logik](#): > > if your control arms are more then 90 degrees you are hindering handling performance… it just feels like your handling batter but reality your handling worse. pff handleing, my control arms point twards the sky…screw it hah ---
**Author:** ![votblindub](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/votblindub/32/6280_2.png) [@votblindub](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/votblindub)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2008, 10:12am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/brand-new-wrx/236211/14 "2008-03-28T10:12:03Z")
i saw the new hatch loking scooby today. its not bad lookin. definitely different from your usual subie, but still not bad. ---
**Author:** ![big\_red](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/big_red/32/6328_2.png) [@big\_red](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/big_red)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2008, 12:33pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/brand-new-wrx/236211/15 "2008-03-28T12:33:40Z")
> [@Shawn96VR-4](#): > > I think the Model T was the best at a lot of shit too at one time. :lol :nod