@coyotebear: Speaking of Honda, I used to get around in a Civic Type R.

Kemonophonic said:
@coyotebear: Speaking of Honda, I used to get around in a Civic Type R.

... you must be younger than I had believed :3

@Kemonophonic:

I am very much saddened by how far Subaru has fallen, or perhaps failed in keeping up. Their styling has gotten bland (I swear the WRX rear was lifted from a Civic, and a bland Civic at that), and with all tactile buttons and switches replaced by a giant idiotic tablet in the middle of the dash. The giant idiotic tablet in the middle of the dash that often lags, freezes, or just plain fails to start. The giant idiotic tablet that hides the auto-stop override like 3 menus deep :| Almost every other car company (even Honda) has realizes this failing, and has reintroduced some tactile knobs and switches.

@Kemonophonic:

If the full embracing of the CVT was not bad enough, I see now that most Subaru models have not only EGR emissions systems, but they are water-cooled EGR systems. The system that when not sucking away power due to carbon deposits (as Subaru has not yet addressed the shortcomings of direct injection, and are running badly out of date crankcase ventilation systems), it is turning your engine into a Frosty machine, as it begins pumping coolant backwards into your engine when the (plastic and aluminum) water-to-exhaust heat exchanger fails.

At least the newer engines have exchanged head gasket failures with only timing cover leaks. And CVT leaks. And extreme carbon problems; when I (briefly) worked @ Subaru, we saw vehicles with barely 10K on the clock coming in with flashing CEL because of deposit induced misfire, needing combustion cleaning before even a 2nd oil change.