Yet another example of how Europe gets cooler cars than us

HappyAndy wrote: In reply to NOHOME: That's a Shooting brake by most people's definition.

No, I completely reject that stupid term. They are Estate cars or Wagons.

kanaric wrote: One thing I don't get about it is that it's supposed to be the cheap Evo yet it comes with an expensive to maintain transmission. It also feels very sluggish compared to a WRX. Like driving a smaller SUV or something.

It's still cheaper than a WRX Sir-Breaks-A-Lot transmission, which, last time I looked, is $2500 a pop because they break so often. Which is why I was looking at STIs instead of WRXs, STI is more expensive to buy in but they are cheaper in the long run. But they didn't make an STI wagon

And the more I drive, the more H-gate-and-clutch pisses me off. It's so inefficient for driving. You have to keep letting off to shift. If you have a turbo, that is all kinds of wrong. Automatics or reasonably quick shifting DCTs allow you to keep the turbo spun up when you shift without having to resort to antilag. Antilag is awesome, mind you, but it is totally impractical.

Is the Mazda 6 wagon in the USA yet?

Knurled wrote:

kanaric wrote: One thing I don't get about it is that it's supposed to be the cheap Evo yet it comes with an expensive to maintain transmission. It also feels very sluggish compared to a WRX. Like driving a smaller SUV or something.

It's still cheaper than a WRX Sir-Breaks-A-Lot transmission, which, last time I looked, is $2500 a pop because they break so often. Which is why I was looking at STIs instead of WRXs, STI is more expensive to buy in but they are cheaper in the long run. But they didn't make an STI wagon And the more I drive, the more H-gate-and-clutch pisses me off. It's so inefficient for driving. You have to keep letting off to shift. If you have a turbo, that is all kinds of wrong. Automatics or reasonably quick shifting DCTs allow you to keep the turbo spun up when you shift without having to resort to antilag. Antilag is awesome, mind you, but it is totally impractical.

WRX transmissions from the 08+ generation are not known for breaking. I know several people with those cars with all different kinds of mods and none of them had a failure.

As far as keeping RPM up I think Cobb or some company has software that keeps the throttle up between shifts but idk the WRX wasn't a particularly laggy car when I owned it and mine was running 22 psi at the time which is significantly more than stock.