WRX or RSX type S ???

[Dan GSR]

WRX or RSX type S ???
Need a new car...what do you guys think.

[LjasonL]

well if your talking performance wise, wrx no doubt, rsx cant touch it.

as for looks, thats all in your opinion, but i think the rsx is really ugly, like a cartoon characature of an integra.

btw did u know rsx doesnt have a rev limiter? better not miss 4th gear and hit 2nd, or miss 5th and hit 3rd, or something similar... guy i know threw a rod through his block like that and ive heard its a fairly common problem, well as common as any rod-through-block problem.

[MOG_22]

No doubt, go with the WRX. Best value in it's class. fastest in it's class as well as some in classes above it. Comes standard with a lot of equipment that is otherwise optional on other cars. Standard AWD, works really well in snow and in the rain. Good kick for a 4 cylinder and the grand finale of them all...............you can burn a bunch of ricers on the street.

[Polygon]

The WRX is the better performer, but personally I think the RSX is much better looking.

[NB8CT]

ummmmm. its a hard one but........WRX..COME ON NOW!!!

[nittanys1]

I would say WRX would be the one to go with, but don't you think that this poll is a little bias, because its in the subaru thread. you might want to post this poll or another in a different thread and then you'll really have a somewhat balanced opinion.

[crazy_canuck]

RSX !
For the same price you can get a HKS or GReddy turbo Kit and murder the WRX.
It also looks better, more mods and you can mod it so much that it could be Street ILLEGAL!:badass:

The WRX kicks ass but if ya got da moolah you can slay 'em!

[LjasonL]

Originally posted by crazy_canuck
RSX !
For the same price you can get a HKS or GReddy turbo Kit and murder the WRX.
It also looks better, more mods and you can mod it so much that it could be Street ILLEGAL!:badass:

The WRX kicks ass but if ya got da moolah you can slay 'em!

for the same price??? heres a little info for ya

RSX MSRP: 23,650
WRX MSRP: 23,995

i guess youre gonna get a turbo kit for $345?



looks is an opinion, i dont think the wrx looks great, but the rsx is ass ugly to me. that just depends on who u ask.

more mods? the subaru ej20 has been around for a number of years, $1000 will have u at 300+hp easily. the honda k20c is new, and the aftermarket is just developing, $1000 will barely gain u 20 hp. plus with the rsx's high compression, a turbo kit may not be such a good idea unless u fully build the block up, which means $$$. wrx on the other hand, 8.0:1, plenty of room to play.

[MOG_22]

What extra moolah. Both cars are about the same price with maybe a difference of a couple hundred bucks. For the price of your turbo kit, I could get a chip and exhaust and you can say hello to my taillights.

[MOG_22]

I could get myself some new tires too for some extra grip and you can sit there and cry as I wind the twisty road and you're falling behind.

[GTRsi]

Originally posted by ldelaysionl
btw did u know rsx doesnt have a rev limiter? better not miss 4th gear and hit 2nd, or miss 5th and hit 3rd, or something similar... [/b]

yes it does, the rev limiter is a fuel cutoff device, if some tool cant shift and puts it into second there is no stoping the engine RPM. you can do the same thing if you take ur wrx and do about 100 on the highwany and shift into second.

[Super Spec V]

Eventhough my name is spec v it might change if the dealership where i orderd my car does'nt smarten up!

anyways if they dont find me a car in the next week then im going to get a T REX (WRX).

Moving along with my story. on the weekend i went to look at some wrx's and stopped by the dealership where my freind works, so we took out a wrx for a spin and came back shortly. on my way home i passed by the acura dealership to have a look at the rsx type s. the salesman was giving his usual lecture, and then he said it..... did you know that the type s integra is faster than the subaru wrx. DUDE i started laughing my ass off. i told him that if i can take the car for a test drive and meet at a set of lights (where my freind from the SUBI dealership would be waiting for me) and this type s beats a wrx i will buy the car from you right after, i even told him that i would leave a deposit.

his eyes popped out of his head and he started studdering.

There is now way in hell that a rsx type s will even come close to a T REX, so if your wondering about performance the wrx will pretty much smoke anything in its class.

[GTRsi]

even a WRX wagon is nearly a second faster in the 1/4

[MOG_22]

I agree. The rsx-s is a nice car, but no way can it beat the wrx in speed or handling. Sure it has a good amount of HP (200?) but there's no torque. The WRX has 227HP and about 220lbs of torque. It's typical honda/acura talk to talk shit about other cars to sell theirs. I mean when my friend was looking at cars and went to the honda dealer, they walked out saying they were going to the toyota dealership to get a corolla, because the honda salesman was being a bitch, the dealer was talking all kinds of shit. True the corolla is an econobox, but even the new corolla has more power than the new civics.

[Impreza555]

Whats scary is that the WRX isn't even the top of the line model (STi anyone?). Talking about putting a turbo kit on a RSX to beat a WRX??? umm. What do you think would happen if you spent the same amount of money in mods on both cars?? The WRX would come out on top. Hell just new piping on the things adds close to 25HP. Bout time the US actually got the WRX, just wish we got it in the old bodystyle.