the "i told you so" subaru thread

[Ktmracer419]

dude just get a 98 saturn wagon

[Riot]

dude just get a 98 saturn wagon

x2

[Customjob]

dude just get a 98 saturn wagon

Yes, get something you arent gonna mess with.
Why do you need AWD?

[loudobbs]

I wouldnt really call a wrx a toy, more of a slightly tuned economical sedan. I say fix and keep.

[Riot]

I wouldnt really call a wrx a toy, more of a slightly tuned economical sedan. I say fix and keep.

I think with the WRX it really depends on how you drive it, because you're right (and brian)... Sometimes people baby them and drive them like a 98 saturn wagon and then sometimes people try to race puerto ricans in integra's off the stop line.

I guess it depends on if Alex can drive it like an old man and not spend lots of money in mods on it. hah

[Burton58]

well lots of things to answer here haha.

i do drive it like an old man and shift it very easily. i knew this trans was on it's way out for awhile now, it just finally went. i found an 07 wrx trans for $1400 which is stronger than my 02. take my brand new clutch and flywheel, install, good to go.

everything that has broken on this thing has been 100% normal maintenance OR pure foolishness from the previous owner. i just did a wheel bearing, clutch and flywheel because i had a chattering race clutch in it, timing belt because i have 127k miles and because the previous owner didn't loctite the fucking bolt lol. and now the trans, which blew due to having a race clutch in it.

none of which were due to the fact this car is modded btw. if this was a civic i would prob be doing the same maintenance to it.

anyway, i want awd for winter and mountains which i plan on doing a lot of winter driving this year. the jeep is lifted and is only a weekend toy. honestly i'm on the fence about selling it too since i've only wheeled it 1 time since may.

once i put a trans in it, this car will be a perfect DD again... i'm just not sure i want to have a fast car anymore, it gets expensive

thanks for the answers everyone

[Riot]

After reading that Alex, I'm going to switch my position.
I am actually going to vote you keep it, as long as you think it won't need any other work after a new transmission. (Excluding normal maint)
Also as long as the insurance isn't raping you, but it'd be much cheaper for you at 26 than myself at 21.

I say keep it if you think it'll be the last big thing to go for a while. The insurance isn't killing you, and you're not beating the piss out of the car.

I say sell it if you think this is just the beginning of the end, and it's going to be constant small breaks from now until you retire it, if the normal cost of owning it/driving it is super high.

[Ktmracer419]

RESTRICTOR PLATE IT LIKE AT TALLADEGA

[Burton58]

But sam, I wanna go fast haha.

Chris you make good points, I pay $100 to insure both the jeep and wrx. The problem is I can't afford the $1400 trans right now

[Customjob]

... and now the trans, which blew due to having a race clutch in it.

none of which were due to the fact this car is modded btw....

[Riot]

Well... I imagine you could sell the WRX with the broken trans and still be able to afford the older subaru you mentioned earlier.

[Customjob]

Is this the right trans?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/03-Su...item2eaeaf34a3

[Riot]

Oh shiiit. Local pickup and a MAKE AN OFFER option. Dude, you could probably get him down a significant amount if that's right.

[CSaddict]

Fix it. Its too easy not to. You will buy another car with a whole different set of headaches that is boring to drive and then hate yourself for not just throwing a tranny in it.

[wannabejeep]

ahem. I'll let these quotes from your original "selling my jeep, bought a new car thread", do all the talking.

I <3 weak trannies!

My friend's car is identical, except he has a built tranny and like 300 horse and something breaks like twice a week on it.

ps what's with the STI badge... poser.

yes the trans is weak, i've already owned one of these. its not getting raced or modded any more than it is.

and also this for good measure

don't worry my good man, the red xj isn't going anywhere.

also I think there's more to running a newer tranny in the bug eyes. My friend had a similar problem and bought a newer tranny like that and it ended up not being direct bolt in. For One I'm fairly sure that you need a different style axle/cv/whatever you wanna call it. On your car I think the splines stay in the tranny and on the newer ones the splines are on the shaft. Might be the other way around though.