Wagon suggestions

[meggala]

forresters weigh less than wrx's i believe
they would be worth a look with a few basic mods they perform quite well
meggala

[EXWRX]

What's wrong with how the 850s drive? Always liked one, never driven one though...

Let me put it this way - I have never driven a garbage truck, but I reckon I know that it would feel like after driving the 850R. Very disappointing

[Captiva Fan]

While I usually wouldn't attempt to defend the dymanics of an 850R, I do suspect you may've discovered a bad one. They're bad for how much they cost in the first place, but they're not that bad compared to, say, an early WRX.

[Jim]

I drove a 940T volvo wagon in sweden, and was thoroughly underwhelmed in every aspect except fuel economy, but I'd give the later ones a go. A mate's mate had an 850T and loved it. I rode in it a few times and while it was no sports car, it was much nicer than your average falcadore.

[Captiva Fan]

I'm surprised anything RWD with the old 2.3 litre "red block" (especially in turbo form) had reasonable fuel economy ... frankly that sounds a bit wierd. A passenger's POV is probably better in a turbo 850; the interiors do seem to hold up pretty well, the seats are comfy, the doors feel solid when you close them, they do have pretty good acceleration ... but you don't experience the lag or the understeer as a passenger.

[Jim]

remembering it was in sweden so had decent fuel and was a manual.

[fury]

early 90's Falcon and an XR6 turbo engine transplant? :D

oh, no ball tearer.. sorry.

[vrfour]

Good point ... you can get locally-delivered B4 sedans for ~$30k, so a Gen-III turbo grey-import would surely be only worth around the $20k mark.

Lol - you're joking right? I haven't seen a gen III Legacy wagon for less than $40K yet.

If the Magna wagons came in AWD then they deserve a look in, especially if you could find a Verada one. Lots of good gear, and drive really nicely too.

[Captiva Fan]

Nah, I wasn't joking; I just thought that if a local car is worth $30k then a grey-import (which is probably older too, Subaru only introducing B4's here quite late in the model run) would be worth a huge amount less. 'Twas only a guess though, something to look out for; there's absolutely no way I'd buy a grey import for $40k when you can buy similar local ones for $30k, geez some buyers are d-u-m dumb.