# What was the best year/model for the wrx **URL:** \ **Category:** Shift518 Automotive\ **Created:** [February 19, 2010, 7:28am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-was-the-best-year-model-for-the-wrx/250432 "2010-02-19T07:28:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![skateshelter](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/skateshelter/32/6337_2.png) [@skateshelter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/skateshelter)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2010, 7:28am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-was-the-best-year-model-for-the-wrx/250432/1 "2010-02-19T07:28:09Z")
Just been looking at a couple online and i have read diffrent problems about the yeas and models. If anyone can tell me the best year subaru had with them thanks. ---
**Author:** ![LKSi](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/lksi/32/6316_2.png) [@LKSi](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LKSi)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2010, 7:28am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-was-the-best-year-model-for-the-wrx/250432/2 "2010-02-19T07:28:57Z")
Trick question, they all suck ---
**Author:** ![GermanPSI](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/germanpsi/32/6353_2.png) [@GermanPSI](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/GermanPSI)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2010, 7:29am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-was-the-best-year-model-for-the-wrx/250432/3 "2010-02-19T07:29:07Z")
Buy a wrx tranny will blow, buy an STI motor will blow ---
**Author:** ![Mafdark](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mafdark/32/6322_2.png) [@Mafdark](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Mafdark)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2010, 7:29am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-was-the-best-year-model-for-the-wrx/250432/4 "2010-02-19T07:29:42Z")
They’re all pretty much the same until '08. I would typically stay away from the bugeye '02s due to the age and the fact that they’re ugly. ---
**Author:** ![K20power](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/41988e/32.png) [@K20power](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/K20power)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2010, 7:34am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-was-the-best-year-model-for-the-wrx/250432/5 "2010-02-19T07:34:31Z")
Wrx = fail don’t do it ---
**Author:** ![skateshelter](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/skateshelter/32/6337_2.png) [@skateshelter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/skateshelter)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2010, 7:46am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-was-the-best-year-model-for-the-wrx/250432/6 "2010-02-19T07:46:23Z")
what about sti? ---
**Author:** ![psi2high](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/psi2high/32/6320_2.png) [@psi2high](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/psi2high)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2010, 7:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-was-the-best-year-model-for-the-wrx/250432/7 "2010-02-19T07:48:39Z")
Sti is a bigger fail ---
**Author:** ![freakLS7](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/freakls7/32/6298_2.png) [@freakLS7](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/freakLS7)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2010, 8:12am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-was-the-best-year-model-for-the-wrx/250432/8 "2010-02-19T08:12:10Z")
> [@On another topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/22843/226): > > Trick question, they all suck +1!!! ---
**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:** [February 19, 2010, 8:13am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-was-the-best-year-model-for-the-wrx/250432/9 "2010-02-19T08:13:32Z")
i approve all responses ITT ---
**Author:** ![psi2high](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/psi2high/32/6320_2.png) [@psi2high](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/psi2high)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2010, 8:16am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-was-the-best-year-model-for-the-wrx/250432/10 "2010-02-19T08:16:04Z")
Unless you can rebuild one your self and have a rather large bank account I would stay far far away. Kinda like Benny does with treadmills ---
**Author:** ![6SPD\_S4](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/6spd_s4/32/6326_2.png) [@6SPD\_S4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/6SPD_S4)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2010, 8:50am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-was-the-best-year-model-for-the-wrx/250432/11 "2010-02-19T08:50:32Z")
> [@GAS WAR - an idea that WILL work](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gas-war-an-idea-that-will-work/29440/11): > > Unless you can rebuild one your self and have a rather large bank account I would stay far far away. Kinda like Benny does with treadmills :rofl Every post ITT is spot on! :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:** [February 19, 2010, 8:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-was-the-best-year-model-for-the-wrx/250432/12 "2010-02-19T08:54:31Z")
:rofl ---
**Author:** ![Cossey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Cossey](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Cossey)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2010, 8:55am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-was-the-best-year-model-for-the-wrx/250432/13 "2010-02-19T08:55:56Z")
The best model year would be anything before 2002. Good luck on your search! ---
**Author:** ![cazwrx187](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/cazwrx187/32/6388_2.png) [@cazwrx187](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/cazwrx187)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2010, 11:36am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-was-the-best-year-model-for-the-wrx/250432/14 "2010-02-19T11:36:57Z")
06-07 wrx have a stronger transmission and .5 more liters of displacement. > [@Dealership says my stereo killed my ECM?? BS??](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dealership-says-my-stereo-killed-my-ecm-bs/29400/6): > > The best model year would be anything before 2002. > Good luck on your search! lol ---
**Author:** ![SlackJ94](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/slackj94/32/6325_2.png) [@SlackJ94](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SlackJ94)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2010, 11:46am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-was-the-best-year-model-for-the-wrx/250432/15 "2010-02-19T11:46:35Z")
any non-bugeye auto. The Auto’s don’t break. But they’re slow. ---
**Author:** ![crAppAchic0](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/crappachic0/32/6306_2.png) [@crAppAchic0](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/crAppAchic0)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2010, 11:52am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-was-the-best-year-model-for-the-wrx/250432/16 "2010-02-19T11:52:34Z")
> [@FS: 2 Falken Azenis RT615's, 2 Rota Torques](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fs-2-falken-azenis-rt615s-2-rota-torques/28227/27): > > any non-bugeye auto. The Auto’s don’t break. But they’re slow. That statement goes hand-in-hand with itself; get a slow one, things don’t break. Make them go faster, things will break; spend money on stuff that won’t break, and other stuff will break. The '06-'07 did have the extra .5 liters though, which makes a noticeable difference, stock-for-stock. Looking for a deal? The '02 bugeyes are getting cheaper and cheaper as we speak… ---
**Author:** ![ninety1two40](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ninety1two40/32/6332_2.png) [@ninety1two40](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ninety1two40)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2010, 12:07pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-was-the-best-year-model-for-the-wrx/250432/17 "2010-02-19T12:07:44Z")
1983 ![http://www.cars101.com/subaru/sub83-skicar.jpg](http://www.cars101.com/subaru/sub83-skicar.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Hooked\_on\_240](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Hooked\_on\_240](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Hooked_on_240)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2010, 12:12pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-was-the-best-year-model-for-the-wrx/250432/18 "2010-02-19T12:12:09Z")
GC8 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![crAppAchic0](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/crappachic0/32/6306_2.png) [@crAppAchic0](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/crAppAchic0)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2010, 12:38pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-was-the-best-year-model-for-the-wrx/250432/19 "2010-02-19T12:38:46Z")
> [@R32 Skyline winter build-up](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/r32-skyline-winter-build-up/24030/168): > > GC8 🙂 word- you’re gonna spend money anyway, might as well do a STi motor/drivetrain swap in a GC8 (they’re the best looking anyway)… ---
**Author:** ![JVG](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jvg/32/6348_2.png) [@JVG](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JVG)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2010, 1:06pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-was-the-best-year-model-for-the-wrx/250432/20 "2010-02-19T13:06:07Z")
I will not comment in this thread, my opinion does not matter. -Adam [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-was-the-best-year-model-for-the-wrx/250432.md?page=2)