Dirt Nasty
Go Kart Champion
How about you drive both and make up your mind? no one on here can tell you what you will like.
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Cross shopping GTI & Subaru Legacy
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Shockwave1
Passed Driver's Ed
My last two cars have been Legacy GT's. The GTI has a nicer interior, handles better, and gets better fuel economy.
That's all it does better though. A mildly modified Legacy GT will smoke most stage three GTI's, and with suspension upgrades are capable of handling just as well. They are also a Hell of a lot cheaper to modify.
I bought my GTI after my Legacy was totalled. A pretty nasty accident that I walked away from without a scratch. If I wasn't commuting a 100 miles everyday for work I would be driving another Legacy or WRX.
I like my GTI but I don't think it will ever make me as happy as my Legacy did.
That's all it does better though. A mildly modified Legacy GT will smoke most stage three GTI's, and with suspension upgrades are capable of handling just as well. They are also a Hell of a lot cheaper to modify.
I bought my GTI after my Legacy was totalled. A pretty nasty accident that I walked away from without a scratch. If I wasn't commuting a 100 miles everyday for work I would be driving another Legacy or WRX.
I like my GTI but I don't think it will ever make me as happy as my Legacy did.
intoflatlines
Drag Race Newbie
Yep, I had a deposit down on a new STi but changed my mind because the interior is garbage. Still, snow is coming up and I know I'll be wishing for AWD
I agree with you on the interior. I test drove a WRX on Monday night and the GTI on Tuesday night. Wednesday morning...I owned a 2012 GTI. The higher mpg, crisper handling and better interior refinement of the GTI really made the decision quite easy.
WRBlu
New member
Legacy vs GTI
If you would like to justify the GTI to your mom, the fuel consumption is a better bet. I used to drive a Legacy GT, the fuel consumption is higher than GTI. You can't compare GTI with Legacy 2.5, if buying Legacy, better get the turbo version.
Off course in terms of boot space and rear passanger space, Legacy is the winner.
However, the Legacy is a heavier car than GTI, which you can feel in its cornering. WRX will definitely fare better than GTI.
Back to the comparison with Legacy, the interior of Legacy is much better than WRX, but still out of the GTI league in terms of quality and multimedia interface. You will feel much better sitting in the GTI. The seat, the steering wheels.
If you're on automatic, then GTI is an outright winner....
Stock to stock, I would choose GTI, better overall experience.
But, as Shockwave said, the mod potential of Legacy is even more, and it's more hardcore.
If you would like to justify the GTI to your mom, the fuel consumption is a better bet. I used to drive a Legacy GT, the fuel consumption is higher than GTI. You can't compare GTI with Legacy 2.5, if buying Legacy, better get the turbo version.
Off course in terms of boot space and rear passanger space, Legacy is the winner.
However, the Legacy is a heavier car than GTI, which you can feel in its cornering. WRX will definitely fare better than GTI.
Back to the comparison with Legacy, the interior of Legacy is much better than WRX, but still out of the GTI league in terms of quality and multimedia interface. You will feel much better sitting in the GTI. The seat, the steering wheels.
If you're on automatic, then GTI is an outright winner....
Stock to stock, I would choose GTI, better overall experience.
But, as Shockwave said, the mod potential of Legacy is even more, and it's more hardcore.
MK6moneyGANG
Go Kart Champion
You have a Camry now, isn't that torture enough? I'm 19 too and went through the same argument with my mom.
Yes you have a point, but we prefer having cars that aren't super reliable just to have something that's interesting, as I'm sure you knowBut if your worried about reliability, get a Civic Si and you won't have to think twice.
What's the warranty deal in the US? I got 5 year unlimited mileage which is why I got the car otherwise it would have been something else.
seems like all of us young guys have a sb
OP, get the GTI. You have the rest of your life to drive a family car. Trust me on this one.
We just bought my wife an Outback and it's a great vehicle, but if the Legacy has the same body, it's not going to handle the twisties as well as a GTI. The Outback (and I assume Legacy) is definitely more of a highway vehicle.
We just bought my wife an Outback and it's a great vehicle, but if the Legacy has the same body, it's not going to handle the twisties as well as a GTI. The Outback (and I assume Legacy) is definitely more of a highway vehicle.
Yep..this is an apples to watermelon comparison