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Hey Everyone, I just bought a Siver Subaru WRX Premium.....(CVT Transmission :redface
I have parents that don't really care much bout cars and focus on reliability and price, so pretty much all they've owned are Toyota's and Honda's
nothing against both the companies but I'm an enthusiast and hang around car guys who drive GTR's, Lambo's and etc. When it comes to getting a car for myself I just wanted something with power AWD and a good daily.
Story of Negotiating at the dealer
I started emailing a bunch of dealers getting quoted on numbers so we didn't waste time going from dealer to dealer negotiating, first off we went Puente Hills Subaru (which I don't recommend at all) they gave us a quote at 420 a month with 1000 down for a LEASE, the manager just was very dry and then lead us to believe that Subaru does not have incentives and there was no possible way of lowering the price, after denying we were on our way out and they ran behind us trying to get us to lease it at 390 with 1,500 down so we just left. Next day I emailed Subaru of Glendale and they gave me a quote of 375 a month w/ 1000 down and we went and took it. We got it on a 3 year lease 12k miles a year. My original choice was the Limited but I didn't want to push my father knowing he would back out. I plan on buying it after the lease is up.
Things I dislike
I've had the car for about 6 days now and I couldn't be happier, few cons of having the premium. First the gas mileage isnt as good as i thought it would be, may be to me driving it fast but then I started driving it slow and at low RPM's and it improved slightly. I don't mind the seats everyone finds them really comfortable so do I, only thing is the non powered driver seat but its all fine. The arm rest is just a joke, I plan on getting that re-done somehow. The thing that bothers me the most is the speakers, it makes me wish I got the limited but hey i expected it. I listen to music on a low volume and enjoy the engine sounds so its a pro and a con but I hope to upgrade the speakers, advice would be greatly appreciated. Overall the car itself is great and hope to do a great amount of modifying.
Insurance Costs
So I live in SoCal and have Triple A insurance, just got the car added today and wasn't expecting the quote they gave me. I am 19 and have only had 1 ticket but did my traffic school for that so it should all be fine. The ticket was for speeding and got written up at 100 mph, that was about 2 years ago. For insurance I told them its garage kept, pleasure, drive 6k miles yearly and no previous accidents. Now Im on for full coverage 2,600 a year.:unhappy: didnt expect that but thought it would be better if i left my family policy and got quoted on my own and nothing changed :/
Future Modifying
I want to get started on modifying the car but like everyone don't know where to start I want to stay within warranty. The first things I want to are of course a Tint, don't know if I should do go limo all around or just on the back windows just because I don't want to have a reason to get pulled over and visibility is a pain in the a**. I want to vinyl wrap the roof gloss black, and really want to get an exhaust but dont know if I should take it easy and get the Nameless axleback or just go for a full turbo back and tune it (I will need a tune obviously but was wondering if a cobb AP would take care of this), from there I would do more looks than performance mods. Once I get enough money saved up I want to get a full wrap, then other engine mods.
Thanks, appreciate help and opinions. Let me know what you think!
I have parents that don't really care much bout cars and focus on reliability and price, so pretty much all they've owned are Toyota's and Honda's
Story of Negotiating at the dealer
I started emailing a bunch of dealers getting quoted on numbers so we didn't waste time going from dealer to dealer negotiating, first off we went Puente Hills Subaru (which I don't recommend at all) they gave us a quote at 420 a month with 1000 down for a LEASE, the manager just was very dry and then lead us to believe that Subaru does not have incentives and there was no possible way of lowering the price, after denying we were on our way out and they ran behind us trying to get us to lease it at 390 with 1,500 down so we just left. Next day I emailed Subaru of Glendale and they gave me a quote of 375 a month w/ 1000 down and we went and took it. We got it on a 3 year lease 12k miles a year. My original choice was the Limited but I didn't want to push my father knowing he would back out. I plan on buying it after the lease is up.
Things I dislike
I've had the car for about 6 days now and I couldn't be happier, few cons of having the premium. First the gas mileage isnt as good as i thought it would be, may be to me driving it fast but then I started driving it slow and at low RPM's and it improved slightly. I don't mind the seats everyone finds them really comfortable so do I, only thing is the non powered driver seat but its all fine. The arm rest is just a joke, I plan on getting that re-done somehow. The thing that bothers me the most is the speakers, it makes me wish I got the limited but hey i expected it. I listen to music on a low volume and enjoy the engine sounds so its a pro and a con but I hope to upgrade the speakers, advice would be greatly appreciated. Overall the car itself is great and hope to do a great amount of modifying.
Insurance Costs
So I live in SoCal and have Triple A insurance, just got the car added today and wasn't expecting the quote they gave me. I am 19 and have only had 1 ticket but did my traffic school for that so it should all be fine. The ticket was for speeding and got written up at 100 mph, that was about 2 years ago. For insurance I told them its garage kept, pleasure, drive 6k miles yearly and no previous accidents. Now Im on for full coverage 2,600 a year.:unhappy: didnt expect that but thought it would be better if i left my family policy and got quoted on my own and nothing changed :/
Future Modifying
I want to get started on modifying the car but like everyone don't know where to start I want to stay within warranty. The first things I want to are of course a Tint, don't know if I should do go limo all around or just on the back windows just because I don't want to have a reason to get pulled over and visibility is a pain in the a**. I want to vinyl wrap the roof gloss black, and really want to get an exhaust but dont know if I should take it easy and get the Nameless axleback or just go for a full turbo back and tune it (I will need a tune obviously but was wondering if a cobb AP would take care of this), from there I would do more looks than performance mods. Once I get enough money saved up I want to get a full wrap, then other engine mods.
Thanks, appreciate help and opinions. Let me know what you think!