Test drove an Impreza and had a ATS4 for the weekend

"Wacko" (wacko--) 04/08/2018 at 21:07 • Filed to: None

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So actually test drove an Impreza yesterday. We want to replace he wife’s Elantra with this for me. It’s a manual 2015 with 45000 kms on it. My wife needs the 7 passenger pathfinder to hawl the kids around, and I need manual back in my life. That and better fuel economy than my path.

We dropped of my pathfinder and the kids with my mom for the weekend and she gave me her caddy ATS 4. So tiny, my head was hitting the roof almost every bump I hit. Open the rear doors to put a bag, and noticed the very little leg room in the rear. I wasn’t impressed with the transmission, felt slow to shift. To be fair, I never liked automatics, and even like them even less since I have the pathfinder cvt smooth and constant acceleration.

Manual>CVT>automatic

So now I have to see how much they would give me for the Elantra.

Under_Score > Wacko 04/08/2018 at 21:40

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People bash the Nissan CVT until they actually have one. My family has had a Rogue for almost 10 years and my mom actually wanted a CVT again in future vehicles because she liked the Rogue’s so much. Her CR-V now has a CVT.

random001 > Wacko 04/08/2018 at 21:44

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If you can, the 2017 Impreza is vastly improved over the previous model.

Manwich - now Keto-Friendly > Wacko 04/08/2018 at 23:00

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You know... all your automotive needs could be satisfied with minivans.

Your wife could get a big minivan like a Honda Odyssey or Chrysler Pacifica.

And for you? You could get a manual Mazda 5... or THIS:

Wacko > Manwich - now Keto-Friendly 04/09/2018 at 00:27

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Not much choices in awd minivans in my price range at the time, and the pathfinder is basically minivan.

I don’t think it would be a good idea to use that van as a DD in the Great White North. * unknown fact, the White part in that isn’t white for snow, no it’s for the white calcium that is on our cars.

she needs the family car, and I just don’t want to DD the Elantra, so the Impreza is the closest thing to my SX4 I had before.

Wacko > random001 04/09/2018 at 00:40

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The cheapest 2017 in the province is 9 grand more than this one.

random001 > Wacko 04/09/2018 at 06:16

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That is not insignificant...

We have a 2014 Crosstrek, basically the Impreza. It’s a nice car. We have the CVT, because kids and leather and available options, and all that.