1995 Subaru WRX GF Wagon: Regular Car Reviews 

trust me in countries that got these in the 90s the owners were already ruining the rep long before the USA got them. You couldn't move for Colin McRae rally car replicas in the 90s in the UK and I was at uni with a guy who owned one and grenaded 3 engines in a year.

2021 quote of the year: "Pompadour Johnny bout to straighten out some scabs." RCR

Hey look another gf i want but will never have

"Elevating something in popularity while disdaining it at the same time..." So, Nickelback?

"You cant tune in lightness" (Meanwhile Noriyaro) "Rust is lighter than carbon fiber"

"You can't tune in lightness" Oh me and my sawzall would care to disagree

I wish wagons would seriously come back... 5 speed manual, 4 cylinder turbo... oh and it has room for friends that arent short... yeah im in

"Sorry for jacking the prices." *Cries in student loans*

Car looks just like happness.... Something I will never have.

i really do like that Dr Phil passage.

I had a teacher in middle school who owned one of these (in 95). Had the rally paint job and the gold wheels, the whole shebang. He worked for microsoft or something and made a fortune, and decided he wanted to teach, so he got a job as the computer technology teacher. Dude was a huge inspiration to me, i wasnt a good student so they made me his assistant (we were still wiring the individual classrooms for network and internet at the time) for the majority of my day. I wouldn't be the man i am if i hadnt have met him, so thank you Rand.

The official car of Pompadour Johnny

The official car of South Auckland.

- Honey wake up, its time for your daily memories of missing out in high school - yes dear 😔

"from his crouched position next to dead wildlife " had to pause the video to laugh for 5 minutes

You really nailed it with that opening. I woke up yesterday and had that exact train of thought, the fantasy of being able to go back, knowing what you know now. It's scary. One day you wake up and realize just how long it's been since high school, that you're not really going anywhere in life. You don't necessarily mind it, but you do think back to how you would've played things differently if you'd known this was as far as you'd go... Powerful thoughts and a fun review, thanks RCR as always.

These looked great on the road here in Australia back in the 90's and still do today. There was a very limited edition coupe version too which was rad!

10:05 a nice access point for pouring blinker fluid...

Americans: The Fast and the Furious. Europeans: The McRae era of rally. 😍

Lonely guy: I want a GF that's good looking but not so good looking other people try to steal her, is reliable, easy to keep happy and is always up for a good time Subaru: Say no more

Had the `97 version of this wagon. Got 15 years of absolute driving bliss out it.

"Playing Carmageddon on PC" - Ah, a man of culture, I see...

Hey Mr Regular want to review my 2001 Saab viggen convertible, the point where Saab lost their goddamn minds and steered the Viking ship off the edge of the earth

RCR nuts on 90s JDM wagon for 14 minutes. And that's okay. I would too.

oh god all i can hear now is "which tsubaloo is bess subaloo"

I have have yellow amber fog lights like some guys do it makes it 10 times more nostalgic on Jdm vehicles

I own a 95 GC8 and live in japan. Honestly this car is everything I wanted it to be. It's light, decently fast, easy to work on, and like all old subies quirky and unique with it's own personality. Also, great thing about the gc/gf is many parts from the gda and gdb work on them and are a great upgrade. I love these cars and I am so happy to see a great video on them!

7:24 An engine's fuel cut is often slightly above the actual redline on the gauge. Being that it's a completely electronically controlled engine, the absence of a rev limiter from the factory is incredibly unlikely.

Mr R. "Half hour monologue about VVT and what RPM for what gear" Dude who built the car, "...yeah"

Ugh...watching this video makes me really miss my 96 GF8 STI. Such a good car. Tip for the future owner of this car: upgrade the coil packs and do the igniter delete, if it hasn't already been done. The old style EJ20G coil pack tips plastic degrades and cracks off in lots of little chunks.

Been working on finding a solid one of these out in the PNW to buy. Owned a lesser version for a short time and didn't realize how much I would miss the thing. When you talk about "lightness" it really captures what I couldn't define about why I loved that car so much. Great review of this gem.

You should find a 1991 USDM Turbo Legacy to review, they're not the fastest, but the ej22t in them is bulletproof and cold nearly as much boost as you want, and they're just a great car anyway.

2:00 WAIT A MINUTE....he respect this car ...longtime no see that movement

2:30 that is an aftermarket suspension adjust FOR the Tein coil overs.... its not hooked up because the motors didn't appear to be present on the strut tops to adjust them via that controller.

Haha, so pleased to see this! I had one of these but I own a GG now. I miss the old GF, it was lighter and a lot rawer in feel but rust kills them eventually.

I'm '82 and your looking back speech's are straight to the heart

I now have an inexplicable desire to break out the Sega Genesis and play Sonic 2.

Born in '82, and I have a passing interest in picking up a JDM car, but my god the prices they fetch now. Nostalgia has value, but it's not that high.

Thanks Mr. Reg, I’ve enjoyed so many of your videos. I appreciate what you do and still do.

I have two of these cars. A 95 and 98 2 door both with no sunroof. It amazes me every time I see one for sale, how much they end up sell for. Great cars, super fun to drive.

you described my love affair with these cars top to bottom from gran turismo to importable, i couldn't have said it better. I still drive my ej18 powered 93 impreza 790k miles and 6 inches of lift later but my heart belongs to the wrx wagon of yore.

10:05 Hey look, it’s a blinker fluid fill cap! It was real all along...

I remember when you had 7,500 subscribers and then 75,00. Congrats on over 750,000 subs my friend. Still just as great when it all started. Thanks bro

This week I am dailying a 1996 Impreza wagon, 1.6 liter base model, bone stock. It has power steering, heated seats and tiny, paint matched, factory option Hella highbeams on top of the bumper, and 2 airbags. It has NO central locking, No power windows, No brake booster, No ABS, Drumbrakes in the rear, No cruisecontrol. Its like a corolla to drive, except noisier and all wheel drive, It has blanking plastic sheets where the fog lights would go, no spoilers and narrower wheelarches. Blue metallic and light gray cloth upholstery. Bought new by old lady at church one year after I got my drivers license. Now owned by my dad since many years after the old lady stopped driving. There is No Rust (!!), and passenger and back seats look never used, driver's is a litte cracked on the side. I fell immediately in love with it, it's the bare minimum subaru, pre-hype with only practical options added to the bare base. I like to think this old lady bought her last car, brand new, and asked the dealer for heated seats, extra highbeams for living in the forest, and chose 4 wheel drive since her hubby is too old to shovel the driveway as often.. raw practicality transportation. This car turned my father into a diehard subaru fan, he then bough in succession forester, legacy outback, forester, outback, outback diesel and outback petrol CVT.

Right hand drive, love it. confuses the cops too

The opening bit really touches me In my highschool years i have my friend, the girl i love and me often mingle together all days. It's really been my best days so far despite of having some sadness issue and pressure form being an asian highschool student. And because I'm a week man back then, me and my girl didn't have further development in our relationship. Right after my highschool years i go study abroad and got no chance evermore. I cry for that for almost every night for a few months. Just if I can just man up, get more sleep and stop being week, I'm sure I could bring us a far better results for both of us and leave no regret.

I saw an Impreza Outback in Edgemont the other day. It looked very similar. Thanks for the channel, very enjoyable.

I had a 98 GC with some go fast goodies and gutting. It was incredibly light and great maneuverability. Comparing to a new WRX. It’s a total change

5W30 - Never Forget

There are 2 doors up for import now going for around 30k if you can get one enjoy and care for it. the 2dr sti is already seeing close to 6 figure prices fully dressed up. if you want one get one now if you can.

Anyone else get a strange warmth of excitement whenever rcr drops another video?

my mum still owns her GF8, which she bought in 2007. I've now got a 2013 GRB Hatch, and I love that we have the first and last proper WRX wagon/hatch

Ahhh yes, a regular car review to go with my breakfast, such delightful treat, for a cold and gloomy morning.

A part of me simply appreciates this car without wanting to buy it...but then my imaginary waifu softly whispers "you need this tehehehe"

I worked at a chemical plant once upon a time and would occasionally whistle (or hum) that song. There was a certain surrealism in those moments. Don't believe anyone else at the plant ever recognized the melody.

As a 1998 GC8 owner, I can totally feel your feeling, and you are right, there is no way to tune it lighter. And the way it driving is like you and the car bond together, not the car is driving you.

Win this car -- it was only accidentally taken over the redline a few times in the making of this video!

"Do you want to be right, or do you want friends. Can't have both."

The EDFC absolutely hooked up to the TIEN suspension. It was the adjustment module vs going under hood. It controlled solenoids that sat on top of the coil over.

I really enjoy the RR reviews like this that don't run off the rails into the hipster bizarre narration of the July 2021 style RR stuff.

The official car of is that a blown head gasket or vape smoke

Oh sweet daily bread, another RCR video, bless these kings that brought to me, such a nice video on my RU-vid timeline to see.

I have a 1996 wrx wagon here in Canada. Such a fun car. I have a lot of Subarus actually. Some as early as 1986 up to 2007, subarus got soft after 07. Nothing current compares to the drive and feel of the first gen wrx’s, sti’s, ra’s

That's so funny because i got my drivers license in 96 and while playing GT my favorite was the 96 Legacy RS. watching this brought back memories

Random a$$ nerdy AF observation: the melody from roman's jingle at the end sounds suspitiously like a portion of the music from chemical plant zone from sonic the hedgehog 2 (as in if you overlay the vocals onto the bit of music, it would match up pretty much perfectly)...

I would never, ever go back to high school. For any reason. No matter what the benefits, they couldn't outweigh the negatives

Subaru Impreza Turbo 2000 (GC8 MY00) saloon owner here, thank you for this review i thoroughly enjoyed it. I’ve owned 50+ cars and I love my GC8 more than any of them and will never sell it!

Sunroofs do not compromise unibody rigidity nearly as much as you probably think they do. The extra structure they require to house the sliding mechanism more than compensates for the hole in the roof.

I think I feel the same, born in 1997. Too young to remember the "iconic" shows the kids before me watched, too old to do fortnite dances. I am stuck in a generational purgatory

Chemical plant intro/outro is a work of genius.

One of the best recent RCR videos

Manual swapped as well. It’s got the gauge in the center for the shift lights in the auto trans

God I love huge foglights.

Going past redline in one of these doesn't seem wise - say hi to Marty and Moog.

Just for frame of reference, this GF WAGON weights about the same as an NC miata AND makes over 200hp! AND you can take friends in it AND you can store things in it!

The GF8 wagon is a gem to be treasured. In my Top 3 list of dream builds. Sleeper, cargo space, manual transmission.

200 hp, 2700 lbs, turbo, hatch... I believe my Ford Fiesta ST is following this WRX formula. Minus the AWD of course.

Is that Matt Farah's Million Mile Lexus behind the Subie in the first shot?

That Tein EDFC box is for the coilovers but it doesn't have the actuators installed. They're boxes that mount on the tops of the shocks and adjust the shocks soft/hard.

The redline on these engines has a progressive intermittent shutting off of ignition to the cylinders. This had the advantage of being a softer hit of the red line, and this also helped prolong the engine life! This intermittent cylinder shut-off was sometimes programmed out when the engine ecu was remapped!

Mr. Regular needs a cheap second mic to throw in the engine bay for the drive along shots.

Anytime I see "enter to win" I think of Lazlo Hollyfield.

Pretty cool to see this 95 with electronic heater controls, but a mate's 99/00 GF wagon used the traditional pushrods in the heating controls.

My first car in high school was a gf wagon with an ej20 swap. This brings back memories of an awesome car.

13:07 That is exactly what I was thinking when I was a child playing GT1, I loved all those cars but I could not see any of them in real life, and I could not understand why. I live in Italy and the only GT1 cars I could see in the early 2000s were the Civic hatchback, the Lantis, some regular Impreza wagon, the Demio or the Legacy wagon police car

5W-30 😉

My dream car right there. I drive a newer wrx and love it but have always wanted one of those since gran truismso on ps1

This gen and the 05-09 legacy’s are. Atleast in my opinion. The best Subarus that were ever made. It’s like they were so good without even trying. Not a Subaru guy. But I genuinely love these.

I had to watch the video in something like 6-7 parts because I was pausing it to look at subarus for sale....

according to the website Rules and Regulations, you don't have to buy anything. just put your contact info. on a card and send it to them.

Critically, we did get the GF chassis in the states. If you're looking for one, they're technically called the subaru impreza outback since the outback was a trim of the regular impreza back then. The WRX however was not an option until the next generation of impreza, so these got the 2L NA flat 4 and the impreza rs got the 2.5L flat 4. What I'm saying is, you could in theory make this car( tho left hand drive unlike the car you see in the video) if you got the right EJ(the engine) and put a turbo on it.

Love the Sonic music, haha! I’ve always been a weirdo, so naturally during my VERY brief video gaming period as a kid in the 90s I was a Sega guy, much to my friends’ chagrin. Exceptions made for the Gran Turismo and Grand Theft Auto series for the Playstation consoles. I, too, loved these unobtainium early WRXs in theory, but have never driven, ridden in, or even seen one in the wild. I hope I get a chance to experience one someday, lightness and balance are FAR more important than brutal speed to me.

9:30 - Is that Matt Farah's Million Mile Lexus?

Buying GF Press 222. Selling Rune Helm 10K Press 223

Child of the start of 82' and I totally pickup what your putting down.

Being born in '80, I also fell in love with many of the cars in Gran Turismo not knowing we would never get them. I just foolishly assumed that we would get the Skyline like the WRX, a few years later because of I dunno, regulations? I was so disappointed when I turned 16 and the 1980 Mercury Zephyr station wagon became my first car.

*Does the Hagrid voice* "You're a Millennial Reggie."

There's a song about go back to the seventeen after living a century.

My wife has a 1996 JDM GF WRX, same color, stock engine, STI catback. No boost gauge but you can feel the boost building around 3K, redline is 7K but seldom bother, it more than keeps up with traffic when driven sensibly. The lightness can be felt, it does not coddle you but is decent on highway trips, although it is thirsty. We used to have a 1992 Civic SIR EG hatch, that was light and much better on fuel, but no torque. I do miss the 8K redline of the B16, you feel fast without getting into trouble.

That suspension controller is actually for the Coilovers that were in there. The shocks just need the top hat controller that turns the shock nut.