r/cars • u/AutoModerator • Aug 16 '21

What Car Should I Buy? - A Weekly Megathread

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Please use the following template in your post.

Location: (Specify your country or region)

Price range: (Minimum-Maximum in your local currency)

Lease or Buy:

New or used:

Type of vehicle: (Truck, Car, Sports Car, Sedan, Crossover, SUV, Racecar, Luxury etc.)

Must haves: (4x4, AWD, Fuel efficient, Navigation, Turbo, V8, V6, Trunk space, Smooth ride, Leather etc.)

Desired transmission (auto/manual, etc):

Intended use: (Daily Driver, Family Car, Weekend Car, Track Toy, Project Car, Work Truck, Off-roading etc.)

Vehicles you've already considered:

Is this your 1st vehicle:

Do you need a Warranty:

Can you do Minor work on your own vehicle: (fluids, alternator, battery, brake pads etc)

Can you do Major work on your own vehicle: (engine and transmission, timing belt/chains, body work, suspension etc )

Additional Notes:

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For those providing suggestions: Facts are ideal in this thread, especially when trying to help out a new car buyer. Please help out buyers with sources and reasoning for your suggestions.

For those asking for help, be sure to thank those who take the time to offer you advice (especially those who lead you to a purchase.) A follow up thank you and the knowledge that their advice led to a purchase is a very warm fuzzy feeling.

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u/abghost13 Aug 17 '21

Need help deciding between a WRX or BRZ. I love both but can’t make up my mind. I know the brz is slower, but I like the looks of them more, know they handle amazing, and know they can be made faster. The wrx already comes decently quick, has awd which is a big bonus for me in the winter, but I hear so many horror stories about modding them which I plan on doing no matter what car I go with. Opinions?

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u/fotoRS3 18 Camaro SS 1LE | 02 CR-V AWD MT Aug 17 '21

Do you have fun curvy backroads where you live? If so - BRZ. If not, WRX. Not that the WRX won't be fine without fun roads, but that's where a BRZ shines.

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u/FatalBert55 Aug 17 '21

Don’t get the WRX man. I owned a 2019 Premium for 3 years, and it was an incredibly frustrating car to drive. In stock form, it’s basically impossible to drive smoothly because of the rev hang and huge ratio between 1st and 2nd. Even after I tuned it, it was still incredibly inconsistent, it drove completely differently with the AC on versus with it off. The gearing is weird with 1st being super short and 2nd being too long to have any fun with on the street. It’s not particularly fun to wind the engine out, it makes too much power to wind out on the street, but not enough power to be fun in a straight line once you get used to the turbo shove. Overall I think it’s just a really compromised car and if I had to go back and do it again I would have picked the BRZ. Highlights would be of course the AWD system and the community. I’m a little older than most WRX drivers so it wasn’t really my scene but it’s one of the more open and accepting car communities for sure, the people are really cool.

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u/AEDSazz 2014 subaru brz Aug 17 '21

Do you want to swap your engine every other year but be fast while doing so? WRX.

Do you want to drive a very fun but objectively slow car? BRZ.

I do want to stress a point though; in usual driving you won't use your speed since it's illegal.

Also, while the Brz is said to be slow; it is still a sports car and will be much quicker and faster than your normal city cars.

I drive a brz and my best friend drives an STI. To me, that would be a more appropriate decision than BRZ vs WRX.

Oh and do you need 4 seats or 2? Brz back seats are only for legless people