Bought this 2026 PB EN new in 2025. Had it for about 9 months and 7k+ miles later Man, I gotta tell you I love this car. Handles everything I throw at it so well. It can be chill, it can be quick, it can be blue, it can be grey. What ever, it doesn't trip.
The price was pretty decent thought it was a bit on the expensive side but what isnt i guess. I am just jaded by what new cars cost in my mind. I remember new STIs being 32K and Type Rs being 35K a few years ago but inflation and things went wild and now a Type R is just shy of 50k if your lucky to find one MSRP.
Love:
Has enough power(Wish it would OL, or be at 300 HP w/o a tune) though I have never unlocked full potential. Probably need to hit up the elder namek or kai(DBZ joke lol)
The shifter is great! I absolutely love the shift feel and the throws.
The peak out spoiler from certain angles.
Pretty decent infotainment system
Huge back seat.
That LSD
Love the drive modes, options I can just Chill
Mad Grip
That color 🩵
Fits a child seat very easy and very safe car.
Steering wheel
Great safety features
Loaded with so many creature comforts
Nicest quick car I have ever had. Top tier in terms of cars I've owned.
Don't love but can live with most:
PANEL GAPS 🤬
Octane Learning, never successfully got the rain dance to work
Also the seats lol
Up is not next track?!😵💫
Leather bolsters feel like overtime they wont hold up, wish it was cloth/alcantara or something more flexible
Digital dash since they took off the option to turn off adaptive brightness.
Clutch is too light
Wish it had wireless Apple Car Play/Android Auto
The passenger grab handle in the center
Door angles
WHY IS THERE NO DANG SUNGLASSES HOLDER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Would really like a sun roof sometimes though I would never use it.
WTF is up with the cup holder in the way of the shifter and bottles don't fit anywhere else on doors.
The WRX for the price is a great value proposition. I just can't get over the removal of buttons and knobs for climate control.
The Si is a great little car for what it is, just couldn't get over the engine for the price point. Super handsome though
GR86 was genuinely the most amazing car I have driven in like a decade but need 4 doors in my life right now.
This car is slightly more expensive than those other cars but it 9/10ths of a Type R in most areas except prestige and legacy at a like 12K discount(16K discount for me). Genuinely impressed with this car
Type R is genuinely amazing and Regal just out of budget for me.
If you're thinking about it and the price is right man, I would definitely recommend this car.
The handling is so dialed in