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A manual baja turbo is what I originally started searching for, and will probably end up buying next time I need to purchase a car. I love everything about them. Failing that, an outback XT.

I want to do stupid offroady things/live out rally driver fantasies.

Something with a manual, otherwise tough to say. I'd say a levorg if you could get one with a manual, but I HATE subaru's CVT (and pretty much every CVT that isn't attached to a Polaris RZR or snowmobile).

I really like the new Fiat 124 Abarth Spider. It's a Miata with the straight piped 1.4T from the abarth (which I almost purchased), and much better styling.

I also really like how cheap 996 911's are getting, and the car is still kinda-almost useful as a daily.

Most likely another legacy.

I make bad life choices and prefer to work on my own decade-old cars. Don't emulate me.

What have people's experience been in snow country on lowered cars? I live in upstate NY so definitely get some snow. And have dedicated snow tires.

 

I would be driving normal roads, plowed, but have had some tough commutes on a few occasions with deeper snow. I won't be seeking out deep snow for snow rallies.

 

This would be a 2005 Legacy GT wagon on 17" wheels with Konis / Epic springs. Right now I have stock springs on konis.

 

 

Thanks

You'll be more than fine if you use winter tires. Don't worry about it.

My accord is much lower, doesn't have AWD or even an LSD, and has zero problems in deep snow with winter tires (General Altimax Arctics) fitted. I regularly would push it through headlight-level snowdrifts. I used to have a front lip on it too. After a foot of snowfall, I more or less plowed the SUNY IT campus down to a depth of 3 inches wherever I went.

After a ~10 inch storm:

http://i.imgur.com/BVm1ZMY.jpg

It drove out of this:

http://i.imgur.com/4aI8YRx.jpg

Summer Mode:

http://i.imgur.com/f5qrIyk.jpg?2

Last winter we didn't really get any snow in the Albany, NY area, so I didn't really get to play with the legacy much (although it was glorious when I did).

This thread may be old but still awesome!

 

I'm extremely curious to hear a stock/OEM catback with a CATTED downpipe. Thinking about the Invidia catted downpipe with stock exhaust and would love to hear it before purchasing.

It's a while after you asked, but here's mine. OEM catback. Invidia catted downpipe, TurboXS catless up pipe. Currently running the OTS Cobb stage 2 tune, I might make some adjustments to get more pops and crackles out of it.

It sounds slightly louder than stock from the driver's seat. I'd like it to be just a touch louder. Maybe aforementioned pops and crackles will blow out the resonator a bit for me.

[ame]youtube.com/watch?v=jRKBMD546eI[/ame]

Is anyone using their AP on a windows 10 computer? I've got no issues using ATR and the AP manager on my windows 7 laptop, but it never recognizes the AP on the Win10 desktop I have. Every time I connect the AP it says its connecting and then attempts to get the info for about a minute and simply states "failed to connect" every time. I've already tried uninstalling the software and drivers and starting from scratch but no luck. I will just stick to the laptop as I always have, but if anyone has gotten it to work I'd appreciate hearing about it.

I am. No problems at all. AP v3, Asus Zenbook UX31E, I've had it on 10 since Tech Preview.

It almost sounds like a power issue with that particular USB port. Could you get your hands on a powered USB hub to plug the AP into?

Yes, a more performance-oriented system would be a good alternative. Even better would be no VDC/TCS but with 2 helical LSDs and DCCD with a programmable controller and sticky tires.

Torque vectoring diff in the back and DCCD would be the most win.