2002 Subaru Impreza WRX User Reviews

2002 Subaru Impreza Wrx Wagon — Bought new in May 2001. A good blend of performance and practicality. Has been very reliable with no major mechanical issues. Not the most fuel efficient due to AWD. If you want luxury and high style look elsewhere.

2002 Subaru Impresa Wrx: First Incarnation In Us — I love my WRX, but sometimes it doesn't love me back. This cars' performace really is as good as they say it is, but it has cost me a small fortune to keep it that way. There is a permenent alignment problem. There is a persistant fuel smell problem. I spent $3000 to fix the 2nd gear sincro. I spent another to grand for one fuel injector. There have been multple computer updates. You may think I beat on this thing, but that is far from the truth. To give you an idea how much I baby it, I can say I went 80,000 miles on the original brakes. As much trouble as it has been, it is everything I expected and more. This car has over 100,000 miles on it, is completly stock, has the original turbo, and will still blow the doors off many cars.

Bamf — Great bang for the buck, although nowadays most cars have 200+hp. This car is all about performance, if you want luxury go buy a Hyundai. Also, a great car to tune. I have upgraded the suspension as handling is most important to me, so I can blow by cars as they have to slow down for the curves.

Quick Little People Carrier — I have the automatic trans. so acceleration from 0 kind of sucks. But i've put this little car through it's paces and it rules.

Not A Bad Ride — This was my first NEW car, bought one of the first ones available, I was stoked that you could get a turbo 4 door with AWD at the time. Little did I know 'til later that AWD isn't really that fun unless you're in the wet, dirt, or snow.