I have most of those rattles on my 11 as well but i can't really tell anymore. My q300 drones them all out. LOL. I hate the rattles but i still have so much fun in this car that it's worth it. So far my car has had zero issues in my 11 months of owner ship. I do have the clutch click/pop noise but it's not worth taking it in for it to be fixed temporary. I am paranoid about cracking rings but my car is tuned pretty safe and i don't beat on it everyday but i still constantly check oil filler after every hard run.

 

I'm going to have to agree with you on this one!

 

but one should not need to pay extra for a new car to have rattles, if you get my drift?

 

You're right. That was part of why we didn't get a tribecca. It seemed like they cut a LOT of corners to hit a certain price point. The car just felt like it was not put together well.

The forester on the other hand feels very solid. As did all the other new subaru's I've driven. I think subaru has done a good job with the build quality and hitting a price point.

A lot of the stuff is a little annoying. You pay $27 or whatever it is for a WRX now you expect it to have certain things and it doesn't But subaru has always put focus on different stuff than most cars. I'd rather have a few plastic bits that aren't that durable and have a very stout AWD system than have a crappy FWD system and nice wood trim.

But yes... still annoying.

My wive's vw squeaked like crazy. Annoyingly so. Like everything squeaked. Terrible. And it looked really nice until the **** coatings started getting old. Then the whole thing just looked booty.

The forester only has one that I'm trying to track down. I can't figure out if it's the rear cover or the rear hatch. And the stupid gas release deal snapped.

My bigger complaint is ****ty seats. When is subaru going to figure out that's its way better to just contact recaro and have them make you a seat.

I just hope they don't keep increasing prices. If the WRX starts touching $30k I'm gonna be really bummed. Mine was $25k and that was with a few options and a 100k warranty that ran me nearly $1900. I think I paid almost $23 flat for the car itself with the short shifter, some different matts, the rear rubber matt, the rear bumper cover, and a few other things.

 

Dude, dealer prices, $27,000+ for WRX with short throw shifter and $30,000 for the Premium WRX. So the prices are already there.

I tripped out though, a 2.5i Impreza Premium is $21,000. The Sport Impreza, basically body kit and a little nicer interior, $26,000. For $1000 more you can buy a WRX and have way more fun.

 

Oh man... I knew the premium was getting up there but that's just stupid. I'm not paying $30k for a wrx.

I mean hell, it's not even a wagon anymore and they don't make anymore cool wagons. So might as well just rebuild what I have... you know.

Hell you can pick up an evo for $35k or an STI for $36k

I don't understand that. The WRX price point should be $25-27 not 27-31k.

Grrrrrrr.

Oh well... I have no plans of getting out of my wagon for anything but a 2008 XTS or if subaru pulls their heads out of their asses the next turbo WAGON w/ a MANUAL transmission that they make.

 

Depending on the dealer you could probably get one for $26,00 something, but yea. Used STi's are going for $35,000.

 

Dude even my BMW had rattles, not as many but they were present and enough to annoy the **** out of me at times.

 

BMW is a driving machine not a luxury car

Surprisingly our camry has ZERO rattles. Except the speakers on horribly mastered music.

 

Oh geez, VW's. I enjoyed driving my '04 R32 but that car needed to be pushed into a hole. I will never forget the 6th time VW roadside assistance came to pick it up. Called my boss to tell him again, and he yelled "BUY A TOYOTA" and slammed the phone down. Which is how I ended up with an '02 MR2 Spyder. I can't wait till I forget the hours spent in my kitchen cleaning interior parts with dish scrubbies to get that stupid "soft touch" coating off that held together for all of around 20k miles.

Hmm that's sad to hear about the Tribeca as I have been considering one of those as a replacement for my matching set of SAAB 9-5 Aero wagons. At this point we are probably going to look for a used '05ish Outback XT. I would consider an LGT but my wife has already just about torn off/driven over the lip spoiler on the auto 9-5 (one is a 5spd/one is auto). The hardest part about selling the SAAB stories is a car that can blow off a Porsche with a couch in the back, and still get ~32mpg on a road trip loaded up with family, dog and etc. I learned the other day that my 5spd Aero wagon is handily faster than a douchely driven new S4. FWD is just fine, BTW. Really fun IMHO actually. Different, but really fun.

But yeah, 11/2002 I ordered my '03 WRX sedan from Subaru of Santa Cruz. I paid $22.6k for it. As someone who has purchased a brand new Subaru, it will never happen again. I am a serious Subaru fan, I mean, I have a Justy. I love my '02 sedan with all my heart and if I ever need to crash it, I will probably find another versus even considering a new one. Turned 52k miles before leaving for NYC last Tuesday. Can't wait to drive it again. I swear that car is the only thing that got me through last weekend, just knowing that I could go out and drive it again.

 

If you were thinking about a tribeca and can swing it I'd take a look at the new body outback. That thing is huge inside. We nearly bought one... sometimes I think we should have but I love the forester.

As for new... you'd be surprised man. I didn't think I'd ever do it again either but we went down looking for used ones and we ended up getting a brand new forester for cheaper than what they were asking for a 2010 with like 12k on it. Crazy.

Think we got it for like $21. Base model but it's plenty nice.

 

Just realized you have THREE threads on the front page right now that you started just to rant about something.

You need a hug Ray?