TRM

I happened across a few today during some spirited driving...didn't race any due to traffic.

Saw several with a 2.5 badge and 2 doors. Is the WRX a 4-door sedan only?

How do I know when I meet up with one of the WRX's with the high performance engine?

Oh, and this car is truely awesome in the wet. We had a few downpoors which left the back roads slick (North Eastern, Jersey). What a blast to punch it after the apex of a corner and not slip one teensy bit!

BIG NIPPER

Either way you will beat them if they are stock. But I've seen some crazy scoobies running around that are quite capable of 12 sec 1/4 miles.

-Eric

frank

if you can't tell by the "unique" headlights and hoodscoop (only WRX's have the scoop now)

then the WRX badge on the back

or foglights up front, should be a give away

RS 2.5's don't come with factory Foglights

also the Wagons (like mine) don't have flared fenders

hermitage

0-60 WRX 5.8 sec...S4 5.5? Why won't he beat them?

MichaelTM

I thought WRX did 0-60 in 6.4 seconds. Have the specs changed?

hermitage

"That's sufficient to get the new 3130-lb. 4-door to 60 mph in an impressive 5.7 seconds and to the quarter-mile mark in 14.4 seconds at 95.4 mph."

S4 from Road and Track says:
0-60 - 5.5sec
1/4 mile 14.1 sec.

All "S" owners can relax....We won't get burned!

0111

I raced one from the start and was able to get half of the car lenght on 1 and 2 gears. A6 2.7T

S4NoRice

Do not despise the 2.5RS.

For each single 2.5RS, after stage III upgrade, can easily beat an stage I chipped S4.

The 0-60mph of stage III 2.5RS can reach 4.5-4.7 secs.

so...

4rings

I have an S4 on order, which should arrive later this week. Was at the Subaru dealer with a friend of mine who is buying an Outback, and decided to take the WRX for a spin. Wanted to see if I could justify the extra $15k I will be paying for the S4.

Test results? The WRX is a fun car to drive! Fun to fling around corners, and really sticks to the road.

Did I cancel my order for the S4 and buy the WRX? NO WAY MAN!!!!

First off, the WRX interior is not even close to the refined interior of the S4. (No suprise there I guess.) The WRX was fun to drive, but the S4 definitely felt quicker and the handling was more precise than the WRX.

Peak torque on the WRX is 217 lb/ft at 4000 rpm. No contest with the S4's 258 lb/ft at 1850 rpm. The WRX is about 500 lbs lighter than the S4 though.

I test drove a WRX with a number of performance upgrades that pushed the price of the car to about 33k. So now we are talking about a 7k difference in price with the S4. I can easily justify spending the extra 7k for the S4!

However, there are a number of nice factory options you can get with the WRX that I would like to have, but can not get with the S4 (except for after-market) including:

* short-throw shifter
* performance gauge pack (w/ boost gauge)
* 6-disc in-dash CD player

The WRX I drove also had the following options:
* performance muffler
* performance suspension (STi)
* 17" BBS allow wheels

The WRX was fun to drive, but it just felt like a cheap toy compared to the character and refinement of the S4. Now I am more anxious than ever for my S4! Later this week hopefully...

frank

if the 1/4 mile time is within a tenth or 2

it will be something you have to EARN