Faults:

Absolutely nothing... trouble free motoring... except a battery.

General Comments:

The WRX is a gem. Nothing on the market comes close for the money.

The dash and trim are a bit 'how's your mother' but the turbo rush and AWD chassis is well worth the poverty pack interior.

I will be knocking at my Subaru dealership's door very shortly for the latest incarnation...

Faults:

Nothing from Subaru went wrong - aftermarket satellite tracking/alarm was troublesome.

General Comments:

The WRX was a wonderful car. Fast, reliable, but your Mum could drive to the shops and back.

All wheel drive made it a joy in the wet and a hoot in the dry.

The cabin plastics are below par and the stereo was cheap and nasty, but the handling, engine and warp drive were all worth it.

Faults:

Air flow meter replaced as K&N filter damaged it. This car requires a standard air-filter.

General Comments:

This has to be the quickest most exciting car I have owned. Passing other traffic was safe and easy.

It was reliable and comfortable.

The only real downsides were:

Boot space or lack thereof.

Lack of lap/sash rear center seat-belts, at a time when other Subaru models of the same year had them.

The cars inability in Snow. Besides being 4wd, all the car's wheels just spun (in 2nd gear) in one of Ruapehu's car-parks. I got out with help from by-standers pushing the car. The 4wd system is biased towards performance grip and handling, not low down traction as needed there.

Even though the car was NZ new, it's trade in value suffered as imports could be bought (by Subaru franchise dealerships) for less, and this major dealership does not differentiate between NZ new/imports at trade in time, though it does place a premium on second hand NZ new cars when they retail them.

Faults:

No faults as yet apart from one of the key remotes failing.

Security system (2 of) can catch you out if not attended to in the right steps.

General Comments:

This is the second fantastic WRX I have owned, the first being a 1997 wagon. Not planning to purchase another, a chance opportunity arose for me to acquire this limited edition model based on the 2 door rally chassis. Only 399 were imported into Australia (1 apparently falling off the loading dock in Yokohama Japan). This is the most powerful STi delivered to Australia (apart from the 22B which can't be road registered here). On paper, 206kw with 350nm of torque @ 4.9 sec - 0-100km. I can say this car really gets up and goes. Compared to the standard WRX there is an immediate feel of more torque. Acceleration wise, the smaller turbo on the 1997 model spun up quicker, but ran out of steam in the high end of each gear. This is where the STi just keeps on going! It's like an avalanche of power after 3000 rpm!!! Suspension and breaking are vastly improved as well over my previous car, it also seems to appear that the build quality is considerably higher on this STi. Only downside with the car is that you tend to get hassled more (compared to the 97 wagon) from other speed racers.

Hope to take it off the road shortly and drive on occasion, but in the mean time it's a daily drive I really look forward to!!!

Faults:

Everyone wants to steal it I guess.

General Comments:

Nothing beats the 22B, I raced a fully worked EVO 6, Holden GTS, relatively new GT Starlet 1.6 w/ 18psi boost, version 4 WRX and fully worked 89 RS, and guess who won, after 20-30 seconds the rearview mirror was empty. And it looks mean with the 17" Sparcos too.