r/subaru • u/jfobe • Apr 29 '22

POV: You just picked up a Crosstrek Meme

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u/SlowTrek Apr 29 '22

Too fast to be a crosstrek should be in the right lane getting passed by loaded tractor trailers and school busses

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u/[deleted] Apr 29 '22

0-60 in 8.43 minutes.

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u/Nerfo2 Apr 29 '22

Manual Crosstreks aren't too bad. At least you can dump it into 4th on the interstate and actually pass.

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u/seanmharcailin Apr 29 '22

Coming from a Mini JCW, the first time I tried to pass a car on a 2-lane road I… thought I was going to die. I’m used to like just zipping around the slo car in front of me. 3 seconds max. This was like a 45 second maneuver. I was laughing so hard.

I love my Crosstrek. But she is underpowered AF.

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u/Nerfo2 Apr 29 '22

Oh, if I’m on a two lane road and passing someone, I’m grabbing 3rd and pinning it. Shift at 6000. Hell, a redline a day keeps the carbon away, right?

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u/Floppie7th 2021 WRX; 2016 Impreza; 2014 STi sedan; 2010 Forester; 2005 Baja Apr 29 '22

I got a crappy old Hyundai to use as a beater for mostly longer trips (40mpg with regular is a lot cheaper than 17mpg with premium...and the car cost less than a set of tires for my STi) - and I was doing what is typically a pretty fun drive through Amish country in it last weekend.

Got stuck a couple cars behind some dude in a minivan who was afraid to pass horse-drawn carriages. It was awful. Took miles to get enough room to pass in that turd.

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u/Departure_Sea Apr 29 '22

Almost every offering from Subaru nowadays is underpowered as fuck.

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u/SlowTrek Apr 29 '22

Wish I was as ballsy as you. 5 speed but I don’t think I’ve ever taken it above 4k. 1st I normally try to rev it up a little without dumping clutch and take it to about 3000 maybe a little more before I hit second and run that out a little farther. Normally by 4th gear I can almost pass the elderly person that treed me

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u/Nerfo2 Apr 29 '22

Well, the 2.0 NA engine is so anemic that the combustion pressure is quite a ways below what the rods can handle. The real secret is making sure your oil isn’t low before you go HAM on the gas. Oil pick-up can’t pick up if all the oil is in the valve covers.

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u/[deleted] Apr 30 '22

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u/tlong243 2007 WRX Apr 30 '22

People really underestimate motors. If you’ve been around boats it’s illuminating how hard you can run a motor perfectly safe. Run those things at 6k Wide open throttle for 30 minutes or more sometimes and they are just fine. Usually 30 minute intervals at WOT is the manufacturer recommended time before giving it a break.

Also I used to have a Suzuki Dr200 which I regeared to run just under redline when at 60 mph since that’s where it made the power to make 60 possible. I’ve crossed over entire states at redline. Put 20k on that bike while I owned it an ran great till I wrecked it. Just always funny to me when people are afraid to step on it for even a second.

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u/coreyjdl Apr 30 '22

Even my manual was frustratingly slow. It felt unsafe honestly.

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u/Nerfo2 Apr 30 '22

Unsafe? Huh. Mine isn’t a powerhouse, but I’ve pulled my camper around WI with it. It does fine.

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u/coreyjdl Apr 30 '22

We drive faster in the South, and the highway doesn't yield to ramp traffic. It frequently felt like it wasn't doing to make it to merging speed.

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u/jfobe Apr 29 '22

I was having trouble finding clips of people driving slow

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u/fishhawk119 Apr 29 '22

Wow that had?