Donut Media is ruining Subaru's reputation, but how? 

It's a good thing Subaru launched an electric vehicle. This way they'll be remembered for the first electric vehicle to run a bearing knock without having a bearing.

Can't ruin a reputation that's already ruined itself

Regardless of the mistakes they made, an engine being so sensitive to oil starvation is a pretty poor inherent issue. They didn’t come with the baffled oil pan from the factory, which while relatively easy to upgrade, isn’t going to be known by all owners especially people just getting into them. There are well built EJ’s that can last a long time, but overall they seem incredibly picky and unforgiving. I don’t blame Donut for that.

Subaru guys are just different man. Every subaru guy I know has been through multiple engines. Had a hardcore WRX guy who's been modding them for decades tell me they're reliable, 10 minutes after explaining he keeps a spare EJ ready to go in his garage because he blows so many motors.

Video summary:"It's not Subaru's fault for making cars whit defects from factory. It's your fault for treating it like a Toyota and trying to have fun whiteout doing a extensive research on what could go wrong on the car"

Blew up an ej255 by literally driving it as a commuter for 5k miles. Maybe saw redline twice, never excessive lateral g's. Was my first car, checked the oil everyday because I didn't wanna make any rookie mistakes. Well 6 years later I have my boosted k20z3 making 430hp for the past 78k miles on top of the 73k miles it already had. On a completely stock engine and trans. I'll never stop dissing any ej subaru.

I think they depicted what owning a Subaru is like, for first timers, quite well. Of course you should always do your research. But to new car enthusiasts buying these cars the high low subi series taught them a lot. However, these are problems that you would not encounter in other enthusiast's brands, such as honda and toyota. I'm looking forward to seeing what Donut does with these cars in the future though.

Idk bro, if you have to modify the engine to make it reliable at all, then it's probably not very reliable, Subaru should have done a better job, and this is what happens when they dont, the last thing anybody has to worry about is Subaru's reputation when they have all these problems from the factory.

Gears and gasoline made a big impression on me for subarus. I already wasnt really a fan and they solidified that

In the season finale they talked about how they put baffled oil pans on pretty early in the series but apparently never mentioned it until then.

Lol people are butt hurt about it, lol well Subaru are known for it, there 350z didn’t even have all these issues

5:30 I think they sent the engine to be rebuilt and got it back. What he meant by "supposedly" is that the guy who did the job might not have done anything at all.

I have 3 instances of friends who have blown their Subarus as well, same issues and thousands of dollars down the drain. I think donut created a great example of what a normal guys (not experts or snobs) can expect from their Subarus in stock form. Sure, they demonstrated "negligence" but I think most normal guys might unintentionally do the same thing. Subarus are clowned on for a reason and they cannot be treated like something with a 2JZ or an LS. They are unique cars and I personally love the way they sound, but be ready to work on them or spend the time and money to pay someone else to.

Well, i wasn’t there when they were driving/rebuilding them, but from a high performance longevity standpoint, Subaru’s have always had more problems than other Japanese manufacturers in general. I don’t hate Subarus though, some last a very long time

Suby head and 12yr technician here. I understand the frustration but they can be extremely finicky but also very reliable. Definitely need to do the due diligence to keep them happy but I'll forever drive one.

Ok the engine break in thing, I do agree with break in periods. But the spun bearing is from oil starvation at the track like you said because the car does not have a baffled oil pan. So break in period or not that would have still happened.

I have had 4 friends owning subarus. 3 of them ended up blowing their engines. Yes, you can make these cars super fast and reliable but that’s isn’t a easy task nor is it cheap. I wouldn’t feel comfortable owning let alone modifying an STI. That’s why I had to go with my evo 9. So much more forgiving and so much easier to work on. Sad that subaru never made an In-line 4😢 I love the body of the 05-07 design and chassis but what kills it for me Is the boxer engine. With that being said, when I see a well built Subaru I tend to appreciate it that much more. Regardless, build whatever you feel like building!

The best thing about being a Subaru owner, is feeding so many Subaru Mechanics families🤣

Imagine if you have to buy a new engine every time you hit the track

Donut didn’t ruin Subarus reputation. Subaru ruined Subaru’s reputation.

I think that them running into these issues demonstrates what a new owner should expect coming into the platform. If they still don't like it or aren't open minded then they've been weeded out. It's a win win I say

Donut media isn't ruining Subarus rep, Subaru does that on they're own (mind you I do love my Soobies). I think donuts hi-low series this time is an actual, accurate representation of the majority of the populations car projects lol. If you have ever had a project then you have gone through this.

as a subaru owner, i always hear people saying it’s just lousy owners not caring for the car properly or abusing it that causes the issues you hear. and while i haven’t had any major issues related to the design of my subie, it just seems like toyotas, Nissan’s, etc just seem to take the same abuse without popping and that’s where the negative perception of subaru comes from. you’ve got to do everything right all the time where you can run a toyota with no oil and it somehow keeps going. you just gotta baby turbo subies way more than any other jdm economy sports car

They are reliable as long as you keep a spare engine🤣

I was laughing so much at this vid 🤣 "they went fast around a corner causing oil starvation" 😆 "thats negligence" 😂 The engineers at Subaru are the ones being negligent here.

I've had 3 Subaru's. I've been a mechanic for 10 years. The older models say pre-2000's were the best. Everything afterwards falls short when it comes to reliability. I had an FRS and spun a rod bearing & 65k miles lol. 06 Hawkeye that blew a head gasket on stock boost. My GC8 was amazing though. Had a 2.0L STI engine. You could beat that car all day and it would never break. Looked the best too. I've since moved on to another horribly unreliable car that I has yet to let me down even though it's approaching 200k miles. BMW E46 lol.

Everyone ive ever met that had a Subaru said nothing positive of reliability wether stock or modified. I love the look and features of them but they seem like they are a mechanics friend.

Zach wasn’t saying that the brakes the car comes with are horrible, he was saying that car in particular braked horribly, which ended up being the fault of a busted brake line if I remember correctly.

My 2002 WRX has 237000+ miles on original ej205 and still going today ✌

I had a friend who was really into Subaru WRXs. But he told me not to, because as he put, “I have a parts Subaru for my parts Subaru”

I was truly introduced to Subaru through Smeedia. I was excited for the Hi Lo Subarus at first because I thought we would get expensive/cheap reliability mods, and a discussion on WHY they need those mods to stay reliable. Was really sad and shocked they skipped over them. And James Pumphry admitted they hadn’t even broken in the hi cars motor in the first episode, which made me scared for the rest of the series.

While I loved my lifted 2006 Subaru Forester XT it was a reliability nightmare and my experience with it was cut short by gradual head gasket failure on the ej255 engine. As this was a high KM car that I paid $8000 for it wasn't worth me spending the $5000 to get the gaskets fixed. Plus they're not very fuel efficient commuting cars so I ended up buying a 2006 Honda Jazz for less almost $2k less than the head gasket cost and that car was extremely reliable and very cheap to work on, I turned it into fun hill car and also tracked it once and never worried about blowing it up. At 275,000km the Honda was still on the original clutch and I never even changed the coolant or gearbox oil.

Donut 🍩 rocks I've owned 2 Subaru's one was a 2007 wrx and one was a 2008 6 cylinder.. both had massive problems and I was always taking good care of both

You have to admit that anyone getting into cars, which is who they're speaking to, should know this about subarus. Even with you "clearing this up", a smart buyer would stay away

My wife and i have had 4 Subarus over 14 years all bought new off the lot never had a single issue with any of them. Wife has a WRX hatchback she bought new off the lot, 80k miles later 0 issues. Her current daily is a 2012 WRX she also got new, never had any issues. I had 2 STIs, a 2010 & 2019. 0 issues, got both new off lot, but I traded both in for a TRD Tundra recently but I do miss them, I can still take my wife's hatch out once in awhile since it just sits in the garage. So what it comes down to is maintenance and upkeep with these cars. Kids get their hands on them and mutilate them, throw terrible tunes on them supported by cheap quality parts and they abuse them. It's bound to have issues. Take good care of them, plain and simple.

I loved my Subaru impreza during the time I owned it, but something was always breaking. Wheel Bearings, CV axle boots, ball joints, O2 sensors, Coil packs, every bushing known to man, and finally oval bores, vvt solenoids, burning oil, and oil starvation which lead to bearing death. Dropped Valve Guides, leaking head gasket. I miss driving that car but holy hell it was fragile.

I feel you, but it is the average experience for a turbo scoob owner for it to blow up. The 2.5L has been around the longest and is the most common, and they just blow up. Sometimes multiple times. Literally the only engines I've ever had trouble with. Also we need to have a talk about the supposed torquey nature of boxers.... stop. They're worse than gutless down low, and don't try to use that admittedly fine midrange torque or the engine will shit out in some manner. There's literally no situation where the stock setup is okay to just leave alone and enjoy. In other words, it's a bad engine.

The thing is that Donut does the same sorts of things to other models without these issues. It’s not so much that they’re unreliable, it’s that they require more upkeep and maintenance than many other Japanese cars.

In fairness, in episode 2 they admitted not breaking it in is likely what caused it.

I have a very interesting history with my sti. I bought a forged internals sti that I raced around at 24psi for 7 years before I had to replace anything on it and of course it was the head gasket. Why you ask? Because they put the stock type known to fail after 100,000 miles on a modified engine back on. You must put a mls head gasket on a ej if you plan to raise the boost. I rebuilt the engine with the most aggressive off the shelf cam, largest possible stock location turbo, new closed deck block built to handle 1000hp, drag ported heads, oversized valves etc and the car made 510whp at 25 psi on the break in tune. It was scheduled to go back after a couple months and tune it on high boost 36 psi or so when I moved and had to postpone the tune. 7 months of babying the car to work and back with the occasional 3-4 seconds of fun which was all it took to go well over the speed limit and it spun a rod bearing while it was warming up on the way to work (driven under 2500rpm) Now I had changed the oil 2000 miles ago and had planned on changing it the very next day sadly but what I hadn’t realized was happening was that in the 5 degree weather it was warming up in the driveway for 3-4 minutes every day was that it was burning oil and lots of it from the forged pistons taking a long time to warm up. Now I usually check my oil every week or so but it was very cold and maybe I skipped a week or two since I never had to add oil in the last 7 months of checking and turns out it was 2 quarts of oil low. Which ladies and gentlemen turns out is all you need to be to spin a rod bearing. Sadly there is nobody near me who can fix the car or is willing to so it has been sitting with its broken fully built engine the last year and I have no intentions of selling or fixing it until I save up the $20,000 I have been quoted by the closest Subaru performance shop to fix it (so probably never since there’s just better things I can do to my turbocharged mr2 spyder with that sort of money) which mind you is less than I paid to fix it the first time. Problem is with having such expensive parts in an engine is when they break you have to replace them and it’s just as expensive to replace them the second time as it was the first time. For this reason in the future I’ll be keeping most of my other modified cars engine internals relatively stock so when one engine goes it’s easy enough to throw another in.

Regardless if it was rebuilt or forged built, if u do a track day with the stock oil pan you can expect a rebuild very soon

My 06 sti gave me a scare when I got it home. I looked at the roughness on each cylinder because the idle was off and it was slightly shaking and what do you know, I have a misfire on cylinder 4 with no engine codes. Hope this one isn't to expensive. My 05 sti that I have also ran into the same issue but ended up being a vacuum leak. I love these cars and their history but damn do they rile me up

“EJ255 is arguably the worst turbo 4 cylinder “ I feel like this just contradicted his whole video

In the case of the oil pan, it seems to me that Subaru ruined it's own reputation by selling a vehicle that will self destruct if used for its intended purpose. No one buys a WRX to drive around like an old lady!

I just don’t get it. I’ve done something like 1000+ laps of competitive motorsport (including winning a few trophies) in a Subaru. The majority of these laps were done in an EJ207 GDB STi running 20+ psi boost and being revved as it needed to be to win the aforementioned trophies. I never lost an engine, other than the dirt khanacross I did in my wife’s turbo Forester, where the boost control feed from the compressor housing came off, effectively leaving me with a massive boost spike from the tiny little TF035 turbo. I’ve never used a baffled sump, although I did go to the twin-scroll sump/Killer B oil pickup with my built EJ257 that’s sitting where the EJ207 once sat. All I can figure is that I’ve been obsessive about oil changes, I ensure there’s plenty of the slippery black stuff in there to avoid starvation, and I’ve been quite OCD when it comes to warming up and cooling down the drivetrain when doing supersprint/time attack events. Nearly forgot to mention that the EJ257 has been built and tuned by one of the best Subaru builders/tuners (and drivers for that matter) that I could hope to find here in NSW, Australia. Check out MSR in Somersby if you want a fast and reliable Subaru track weapon. As far as I’m concerned, Subaru engines are completely reliable.

Just watched Smeedia's video. Glad to see more people addressing this. Donut is spreading a lot of misinformation and making the car community more toxic with this. Subaru is not shit, they can be very fun and reliable, they are very easy and logical to work on, and Donut really needs to do more self analysis. Personally, never been a Donut fan. They are for entertainment, not real information. Videos like this are why we will never get another STI and I don't appreciate it.

Um I’m a mechanic and me installing a aftermarket part to make a stock car reliable is something the manufacturer should’ve thought of..

I’m just saying, they are basically only having the most commonly reported problems that occur with that generation.

At 8:40 you smear them needlessly. They did put baffled oil pans in both cars after the first damaged engine.

So I was very close to purchase a closed deck engine for Thanksgiving and so I talked with a mechanic who knows a lot about subarus and told me "oh it's gonna blow up! it will over heat cause it's closed decked". Then He goes on to say one of his friend wanted to build a 600+HP subie and He suggested his buddy to Darton sleeve the block because IT WILL BLOW UP, and when it does all his buddy gotta do is sleeve the blown cylinder. Honesty at that power level he's right.

Oh so just everyone who owns a Subaru is very negligent to maintenance, it’s not how unreliable the car is

Didn't they explicitly state that they were using baffled oil pans ever since they blew up the first motor?

Very well said I’ve had 3 Subaru and all of them went over 250k miles of course with issues over time but never a blown motor

OK. So I guess it's not obvious with the Subaru community on why they said "supposedly rebuilt". The motor blew up on them after getting a rebuild. They said "supposedly" because they couldn't believe it blew up so fast and was probably questioning if it was even rebuilt. They most likely had someone else rebuild it (since they lack a lot of knowledge on rebuilding a Subaru motor and even working on Subarus in general) and probably thought they got scammed because they weren't expecting an engine failure so fast.

As a technician, i can say with confidence the boxer engines that come out of the Subies are not reliable. In the last 3 years the used dealer that I've worked at, between 2 techs we've probably done over 25 Subarus head gaskets, both on the turbo and NA engines, manual and auto trans. Now the plus side the aren't too bad to work on once you realize how easy it is to work on, they are a breeze. I never really timed myself but i'd say i'd have both sides off in under 2 hours. Then i'd ship them out have them checked, resurfaced, valves redone 150-300$ at a local machine shop. After install with all new parts, we would warranty the heads/gasket 50k. With proper proof of oil changes and no red lining or other overheating issues. We fix outside work and even purchased a couple with blown head gasket. During a snow storm my boss even let me drive one home about 45min away, while other cars we're getting stuck or moving like a snail. I got home nice and safe like nothing was going on. I saw around 9 cars in ditches that day. There use to be a Subaru tech that was letting people know that they we're getting so many head gasket issues, that they we're no longer sending out the heads and using 3 types of sanding cookies and doing the resurfaces in house. Obviously the video has been taken down.

I live in Italy, here there are very few subies, anyway I always liked them since I was a kid and now I own two: a 2011 WRX STI (with the infamous EJ257) and a 2007 Forester with the NA EJ20 as a daily. I also owned a 2011 hatchback Impreza with the diesel EE20 engine that probably you never got in the USA. This is the list of issues I had in these cars during the years: the turbo to intercooler pipe cracked in the diesel Impreza at 200.000 km. Fixed it and sold the car a year and a half later. The car is still on the road with the new owner, and it has over 300.000km. In my WRX STI, just a month after I bought it, the steering box started leaking. It was covered by the warranty, so I fixed it and right now I owned the car for 3 years without problems. Nothing to say about the Forester, it always worked perfectly. So, the only thing I do for my subies to be reliable is just treat them well with all the maintenance they need.

I used to work one one of the donut guys. And I believe at least two of them are automotive engineers to some degree. You can say whatever you want about subaru, but regardless of the generation or engine code I shouldn't have to change the oil pan and pickup tube on a stock car so it'll do what Subaru advertises it to do off the showroom floor. Subarus in general are glass. This is one of the weirder cope videos to pop up in my feed for no reason.

so im 16 and when im 18 i can get my first car and i just thought how sick it would be to have a wrx from 2002 or the hatchback one from 2014 as a first car, but im really concerned about the reliability since i have zero mechanical knowledge to fix them so is it a good first car or should i find something else?

Subarus wont blow up as long as you be nice to them and read them a bedtime story before turning off their night light.

I hope they do a subaru vs rx8 comparison. To see which one breaks first.

So I've never seen your channel before this and wanted to tell you you did an excellent job. It was very well thought out and addressed and it makes me smile seeing the younger generation appreciating and understanding these cars. Late 90's early 2000's I lived and breathed Honda/Nissan/Subaru and have been out of it for some time but still enjoy taking a peak at the scene. Well done man

Bro if my engine blew from oil starvation for sliding off track once I would be astounded.

I think the "supposedly rebuilt" part may be being taken the wrong way. The way I'm hearing "supposedly rebuilt" is it be said in a facetious manner. As in "yea we rebuilt it so why is it damaged already? Maybe it really wasn't rebuilt" But then the question remains that knowing it was rebuilt, it shouldn't be too much of a surprise that it blew. BUT then again one could also have the mindset that they barely raced it so even being freshly redone it shouldn't fail.

Me as a Honda Boi laughing hysterically at this whole fiasco 😂😂😂

IF you get a good Subaru....you're lucky, and baby that thing! They're really hit or miss. Almost every single one that goes up for sale around my area needs wheel bearings, and they have rust issues....and thats at minimum.

Moral of the story, don't try to mod a Subaru because they are meant to be kept stock, and any minor modifications will blow it up.

How dare donut for thinking that you can beat on an unmodified Subaru for 13 min without costing you a motor. Everyone knows it needs $8,000 in upgrades before you can go more than half throttle

Low Key, had no clue who Donut Media even was before this video. Personally in my opinion, and as an owner myself, 99% of all Subaru problems are owner rooted. Things going wrong/failing due to unknowledgeable and reckless driving. Being in the car community has taught me one inevitable truth, a car is a reflection of it's owner; and that stems to overall longevity and reliability. How you treat your car is a reflection on how you go about treating many things in life.

I personally believe If you can't turn in a car it's not a good car I love the Subaru style but knowing that a hard turn will kill my engine is why I'll probably never get one even though I like everything else about their cars

Nope, I’ve had a couple friends go through the same thing donut media has shown. They didn’t hurt Subarus reputation, it was already established and they just showed the reality of these cars.

had myself a 2002 wrx 2l turbo. with the STI 6 speed manual upgrade. bigger turbo and allot of nice small stuff to make it better, baffeled oil pan, sti injectors tgv delete, and so on. it made about 350 hp and i "ONLY" blew the original! yes original headgasket once. upgraded it and never had another problem. loved the car to death

This is the first time I’ve come across your channel, this was a good video. Earned a sub. The problem with Subarus is this I think: People treat Subarus like Hondas. They don’t do any maintenance😂 almost all of the “problems” with Subarus come from a lack of maintenance and rarely just from poor design. I have a NA 03 bugey wagon. Legit the easiest car to work on. And dead reliable.

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Honestly I'd probably have to argue the opposite. While *most* of the commony issues can easily be avoided by someone who's been into the modding scene, had a few cars and knows failure points the overwhelming majority of people will just buy a car that looks like it's performance oriented and expect to be able to send it. I absolutely LOVE driving my subies but holy shit they are at the top of my ownership list of unreliability, I felt like I was always wrenching. People really should be more aware of their pitfalls and limitations before buying one, particularly if you don't have a lot of experience with them or the money to get your work done at a shop.

Ironic that I rebuilt my EJ255 right before this series came out and I’ve had 0 issues. Break in and break in tune specific to your exact motor is a must.

Took my suby to the track this summer, it's a 2013 sti, basic upgrades and about 65k miles on the clock. Went absolutely fine and I have some reliability supporting mods like a pro tune. I'm also thorough on maintenance. This winter I've already installed a killer b oil pickup with baffle and I'm also getting an AOS. Subys die when treated wrong, if you treat them right, you're dramatically increasing your cars chance of survival, which goes for any car. Know your motor and you'll be fine in absolutely most cases.

Any tuner car starts to become an unreliable shitbox when you just give it to much without the right supporting mods.

I didn’t know some of these things until after the 1st yr of owning my Subie. Some cars need different types of attention and research of the most common problems based on what it’s being used for…

It was more of a parts comparison series.. I watched the videos just cuz I have a Subaru wrx n was interested but they drove those cars hard which caused them to break. If they daily drive they would have lasted longer. I love my 02 bugeye n plan on having it for a while.

As an enthusiasts with not a lot of funds I do like Donut Media lessons. I would buy a 350Z before I would get a Subi. At the same time Subarus as fun and powerful as they can be, do give lots of problems to their owners. Not even compare a Subaru to a Civic SI on reliability of engines and other parts. I thought it was great content from them as if you want a Subi to mod, you have to be really careful with what you are doing, there are lots of lessons to be learned. For that I will continue to drive my SI and beat the crap out of it.

If you can starve your engine by taking a turn too hard and not installing an aftermarket part, your car is not reliable

They also said in the last episode of the series they were using baffled pans the whole time

its not taking bad of them , ive learnd alot , but they have inspired me , and im bulding a sleeper subi so thanks to them ive learned alot

I still think subaru's are garbage. However, I did find what you had to say very interesting and very well put together overall. Great video

Donut's video is a perfect representation of how a real first time Used Subaru owner would go through the learning pains of owning a Subaru IMO. You as a customer, shouldn't have to look to forums and the aftermarket parts companies to be able to drive your car as it was portrayed by the manufacturer to be driven. Imagine if your sports car blows up driving it like a sports car...... McLaren caugh caugh. I think Subaru should have recalled all the non baffled oil pan cars and swapped them out for baffled oil pans, especially if that's the actual fix.... My guess is the subaru engineers weighed their options and the Japanese's always thinking their cars don't break... found it to be a non issue for a high percentage of their vehicle owners, as they are grandmas and "I love my dog." owners.... thus subaru forwent any recall/solution. Regardless this is the same kinda deal as a 6.0 powerstroke, except the perception is/was head studs would fix the head gasket issues on 6.0s. However most don't know Ford had engineers on it willing to offer a headstud kit as part of a actual recall/solution, but during testing with head studs they found the issue was still present and found the problem to actually be cupping of the cylinder heads from inconsistent cooling during casting, along with being on the boarder of insufficient cylinder head material. Reduced material during casting cooling actually causes the cupping. Thus cylinder head resurfacing was not suggested because "not enough material is there to resurface" and many customers installed their own head studs to only be in the exact same boat a month later....

I understand that they could have treated the cars “better” by not driving them on a track for fun, but just how softly do you have to treat one of these 200hp cars? Maybe if it only makes as much power as a 1955 Cadillac 331, it shouldn’t be a faberge egg

Didnt they disclose they put oil baffles on every single engine in the last episode?

I currently have 3 EJ powered cars in my driveway with a cumulative mileage of nearly 600,000. All with original engines. One is even an EJ257 that I have done every kind of motorsport with in temps ranging from 0F to 105F. The key is an understanding of factory limitations (all cars have them) and basic maintenance with good parts/fluid. I'm actually trying to purchase a 5th Subaru. lol

Can someone explain to me what is it to break in an engine? Is it literally just driving at normal speeds or is there more to it?

I had a 2006 Hawkeye wrx. Sold it with 295000km on it and still ran like new,original engine,basic service done regularly and Cobb tuned with exhaust

Before i started tracking my wrx with an EJ255 i made sure to upgrade my oil pickup oil baffle and oil pan. This is the most reliable car ever i got over 110k miles and have it protuned. It also never burns oil no matter what. Ive done 5 hard track days with it and 2 of them were with the same oil change. Some just dont know how to maintain their cars or add crap parts or dont tune them right

These comments "They aren't experts on Subarus, that's why they broke" If you need to be a certified mechanic to keep your car alive for a single day, then your car is a pile of shit.

Worked at a Subaru Dealership for a little bit. One of the few modified ones (about 450hp) that would come in for regular maintenance was on its 4th engine. Also wasnt uncommon for a non modified commuter car to need a engine rebuild due to oiling or piston ring issues.

Unfortunatelly my experience with subaru has always been leaking valve covers, bad head gaskets and rod knocking engines. Its true they can be reliable but the same can be said about rotaries. Like rotaries you need a lot of knowledge before owning one, which doesnt make them practical to car guys trying to get in to their first subarus.

They went with the 06-07 for the perfect design, don’t get me wrong bug eyes and blob eyes are cool but in many peoples eyes the Hawkeye is THE Subaru. OBVIOUSLY not the best engine or transmission, I’m on my 3rd motor in my 07 but it is a very highly desired car a lot of their younger audience most likely like and they wanted to cater to that!

Subarus are in fact dog shit, I have had both a fresh motor 07' sti, blew after 800 miles of baby'ing, and then a 14' FRS with 39k, spun a rod bearing. VErY noIcE GreAT KeRs. It is what makes a subaru a subaru.

On of my downsides for this series was the turbo kit comparison... they compared 2 totally different turbos instead of comparing the same size turbo cheap vs expensive

I mean.. honestly I never knew Subaru WRXs had engine problems.. but when I googled it.. lots of people complaining the engines blow up.. so clearly it's fact.

I love Subaru and even plan on buyingy Friend's 06 hawkeye, but as many car owner, even peugeot expert from 2000s have oil pan baffles. Common, subaru have issues that should been fixed long ago... Especially for a rally car openned to public... Not able to take corners ? Is rally like drag racing now ? I love those cars but they are damn terrible compared to lets say Honda... A car you should fix all engineering mistakes before even turning the key and doing its first miles. Like oil pan baffle, oil pickup, cylinder 4 cooling and EHL stuff (probably for racing/higher performance of course and not absolute necessary for common usage). I love them and yes people beat them and kill them doing launch control and stupid stuff. But sadly we cant say its a really reliable brand either

honestly this makes me want one. hopefully they drive the price down. lol great video.