I have loved WRX's for years, but have never owned one. As i am getting older, when i talk with people about getting a new car and tell them i am looking at a WRX they say "isnt that a kids car?" and look at me funny. So here is the question to anyone that has purchased a new WRX/STI since 2008. What age were you when you purchased the car and do you regret it?
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Just so you know what the Subaru Market Research team has found:
Lol if I'm a dude, I've done a really good job hiding it from my husband. It's all good, maybe I'll be taken a little more seriously if people think I'm a dude.
I believe there is a big difference in the level of respect that I have for girls who like fast cars as opposed to girls that actually drive fast cars. Obviously the win goes to the one's that drive them.
I'm 20 and just picked up my 11' Wrx. Came from an 04 350z and I couldn't be happier. Before anybody says it..No. Mommy and Daddy didn't buy it. The U.S Army did.
I did a rough tally about 100 posts back. The average age of all posts up to that point was just a hair under 30 (29.92 I believe..). Congrats on being average-ish!
Just got an '02 WRX last year at 22. The girl I was seeing at the time called it a "boy racer" car. She said it looked a little more mature without the wing.
I'm 31 and am about 1.5 months into my '12 dgm hatch. I have to say so far I love the car and can't wait to mod it in the future.
Speaking of average age of drivers, I was on my way home from work today and spotted my identical color but only an STi. I came up next to it to give a wave and noticed the driver was about. 75 year old woman. Needless to say I was shocked, and did not get a wave back.
Odd choice for and older woman, unless it was her kid/ grand kids rally car.
same here. i just let my parents take mine down to Cape May, NJ for vacation for a week (about 350 miles one way) while their Sonata is in the shop. they had a blast and said their favorite part of the whole trip was driving it around and hearing comments from people. my dad told everybody it was his just to get reactions. if you could see my dad, you'd laugh. he's typical harley rider guy. long gray hair, long gray beard, wears a bandana, cut off tee shirt and sun glasses everywhere. it must've been pretty funny.
Bought my first Subaru, an STi, last November. I'm 44.
I've also seen at least one elderly lady in a GR WRX sedan. Waved. She didn't wave back...hell, she might not have even seen me wave. No biggie...not everyone cares about stuff like that. I've waved at maybe 10 WRX/STis...none have waved back. Subarus on the whole...several Legacy owners have waved as they passed by. I've even gotten more waves from Evo owners than WRX owners.
It is sorta cool to see older people driving these cars, though.
Some of y'all are a lot more giving than me.... I might let my dad take it for a spin, with me in the passenger seat, whenever I go back home again, but he is one of maybe 4 people I would let drive it. The other 3 are: my best friend & his oldest brother, both of whom I consider brothers, since they taught me to drive stick years ago, and my homey Chris, who as a stage 3 '10 WRX owner, knows my car pretty well, and had been assisting in my the installs on my slow accent from stage 2 to 3.....
45, 2012 WRX 4door. Bought a '12 Outback six months ago and "converted" to Subaru. WRX purchased two weeks ago replaced our '05 Accord with no regrets.
Had a 2003 2.5 rs when i was 20 then stepped up to 2011 WRX when I was 25 and by far best car I have driven although my rs was a really good and reliable car for me.
Always amazing when I hear that kind of thing. My parents quite literally gave me nothing when I graduated high school. They helped me get started paying for college...I guess they figured that that was enough.