GM_IV
Well-Known Member
With my Cressida sold and my Impreza always being intended as a temporary car, the time was right for a brand new car. Luckily the Impreza was so inexpensive to run despite the AWD and the expensive Subaru parts, in 3 years the only thing that's ever gone wrong was the catalytic converter. Now, I will say I did enjoy my time with the Impreza however there were a few things that bothered me. As a N/A Subaru Impreza, despite being a 5-speed the car was only moderately average on acceleration. Then there's the handling, its extremely competent and very capable even under icy conditions but when its only wet or dry I find the car doesn't excite me very much as it simply feels too good. Plus after driving the Cressida for so long, I was missing the feeling of RWD and the Impreza was only willing to slide the tail when it loses grip which isn't that often. When the Toyobaru arrived, I knew I had to test drive one, primarily to confirm whether its truly the car everyone is saying it was and to see if I can actually use this car's practicality for when I'm in a pinch. I test drove the automatic and it was a very competent car, my dad sat in the back and if he said he was comfortable enough in the rear the car is suddenly going straight to the top of my list. The good news...the car succeeded. Anyways, this particular version is the Monogram version(yeah another silly Scion special edition) so basically its the fully loaded Toyota version that most other markets see. Anyways here's the pics.
Had to use the car as a family sedan both today and yesterday, the giant package amazon sent me actually fit in the rear seats(I never had to carry something this large when I had the Impreza) and amazingly my mom was happy to ride in the car even in the back seats. Personally I'm glad to return to the RWD world and lucky this car has enough practicality, I realize this is not everyone's situation with this particular car.
Had to use the car as a family sedan both today and yesterday, the giant package amazon sent me actually fit in the rear seats(I never had to carry something this large when I had the Impreza) and amazingly my mom was happy to ride in the car even in the back seats. Personally I'm glad to return to the RWD world and lucky this car has enough practicality, I realize this is not everyone's situation with this particular car.