Things I've notice owning a wagon..

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Feel free to add to it...


1.) You are more likely to have someone cut you off because you drive a wagon

2.) people tend to want to race you for some unknown reason (happened many of times)

3.) refer to number one


Just some stuff I noticed being a first time wagon owner I know when I had the forester it was not that bad.. I feel like doing a EJ22 build running 5 psi :smt004

[impreza_GC8]

4.) People get more upset after you beat them than if you were driving anything other than a wagon.

5.) If you happen to lose you have the eternal excuse of "well thats not saying much, its just a wagon"

[Plays_with_Toys]

6.) Power slides are always more epic. Always.

[slaytalera]

6.) Power slides are always more epic. Always.

+1 million

7.) wagon owners are more creative with the extra space :smt002

[hallowpoint]

8. you get laid more

[Navi271]

+1 for the power slides. the rear sway bar is so thin and the 14inch steel wheels have absolutely no grip when sliding around a corner. add the e-brake and then things get really crazy

i get cut off too.. pissed.. makes me wanna get a new car, but i stick with the wagon! i was able to keep up with a V8 dodge durango in a stoplight race the other night, still lost tho, which meant #5 came in handy! :smt023 wagons FTW

[Benfolio]

+1 some more for powerslides. I get mine way sideways doing a u-turn in front of traffic (I have plenty of room, don't worry) after I leave my bank every other week. And while I've done this plenty of times in my sedan, I never got AS sideways as I did in the wagon, and no one ever looked at me funny at the next stoplight like they do when I'm doing it with a wagon. :shock:

And getting cut off. That's starting to piss me off. I miss the old days when I was rolling a Police White '98 Crown Vic. That car got RESPECT on the highway. :twisted:

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haha I remember the first time I got the wagon sideways it had just started raining.. I said to myself "lets see if the center diff still has some life"

lol turned out pretty good I still miss having a rear LSD as weak as the stock Subaru one was...

[Okin DaVanh]

6.) Power slides are always more epic. Always.

+1 million

7.) wagon owners are more creative with the extra space :smt002



8.)People who normally wouldn't own a Wagon, Start hunting them down after seeing there endless potential to drop jaws in every category. From the JDMarket Wagons, to the Franken Wagons, to Teh Don and then some. :smt023


9.) Your kids are actually happy to tell their friends, "My Dad drives a Wagon!" :lol:

10.) You can actually have your cake and eat it to... All the space, performance and grip :smt023

[d1giPhux]

11. you never stop talking about how cool it is to be a wagon owner. :roll: :lol:

[Huffer]

12. Because sedans are boooooring. And so inconvenient when going to the beach.

[anothernord]

Can you fit 5 people PLUS all their backpacking gear in a sedan?




Didn't think so.

[d1giPhux]

Wouldn't want to.

I'lll be the first to say it

Sedan > Wagon any day. I'll bring the hate.

[DLC]

13. Three wipers are better than two. More buttons!

14. I can see my strut tower brace, can you?

15. The rear windows are much better for stickers...

[RedEvilWgn]

17. some people just don't get the whole wagon thing

18.you feel part of an uber cool brotherhood.

19.you can haul the parts in the back that are actually going on that car later in the day

20.you grin when taking turns at speed because you know your car handles better than the sedans do

and alex, dont make me drive up there with my lego GT and hand down a handling beatdown!

[anothernord]

21. Four 16" WRX wheels/tires fit perfectly in the back.

[Huffer]

22. 8 16" wheels fit perfectly in the back. :grin:

[Plays_with_Toys]

I'll chime in for sybir: 23. When I can't fit all my wheels inside, I strap them to my roof rack.

24. You can race....... with an armoire in the trunk.

25. Seatbelts for five, seating for 9.

[Plays_with_Toys]

26. When people say "But it's a wagon", you say "Exactly."

[jey]

Can you fit 5 people PLUS all their backpacking gear in a sedan?




Didn't think so.

Depends on which sedan. I've always had wagons but my Fleetwood, being the longest regular production vehicle ever built, does haul more people and cargo than the Legacy wagon. I do kinda wish I had the related Roadmaster wagon instead though...

[DLC]

I know a guy here selling a Roadmaster:

http://forums.utahscca.com/showthread.php?t=6832

[Okin DaVanh]

Depends on which sedan. I've always had wagons but my Fleetwood, being the longest regular production vehicle ever built, does haul more people and cargo than the Legacy wagon. I do kinda wish I had the related Roadmaster wagon instead though...


Hope you got a bottomless gas card too. :lol: My mom used to have a Roadmaster and a caprice wagon. It was like having a room with wheels!

[anothernord]

I forgot to mention that the last time I went UP to the mountains to 10,000 feet with 3 people plus all their gear (including mine) I got a nice 28 mpg, then 33 going down.

[ShadowGT]

* You know for a fact you have the coolest looking wagon ever. I mean come on.. it's got a hood scoop. I mean for a 1998 it just looks mean and classy at the same time.

* Every Honda with a 4 inch can muffler wants to race you for some damn reason.

* People do double takes or just stare at your car because every one has seen a Subaru at some point in time but you never see a lot of Legacy GT wagons.

[Airgne]

see i dont get cut off in the 1st gen wagon i cut them off. i guess somethign about a 3 colored half exhaust wagon with 4 blown struts coming at you at 70mph+. maybe its just me.

i will admit its fun to have a wagon.

[chuckthefuk]

27. You have now become the #1 person to help your friends move.
28. Blind spot? What blind spot?
29. Road-side lodging

[Bhatman]

30. You wonder sometimes what cant fit in the rear of your wagon...and then realizes it fits...

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27. You have now become the #1 person to help your friends move.
28. Blind spot? What blind spot?
29. Road-side lodging


speaking of blind spots.. the worst car is the Dodge Caliber or whatever.. that small wagon/hatch.. I went to try to back out and I could not see shit with that 1 inch window and that huge ass pillar..

I almost got out just to check if anyone was coming.

[chuckthefuk]

31. You can fit a BD/BK/BG hood in the back! Thats huge!

[1996Battlewagon]

32. You can buy an engine for the car and then carry it back in the same damn car!

[Reason]

11. you never stop talking about how cool it is to be a wagon owner. :roll: :lol:

If this isn't the truth I don't know what is. It seems like wagon owners feel the need to inform everyone that they drive a wagon. :roll: We get it, you guys are rebels for driving grandmas car can we move on? :lol:

[Reason]

17. some people just don't get the whole wagon thing

18.you feel part of an uber cool brotherhood.

19.you can haul the parts in the back that are actually going on that car later in the day

20.you grin when taking turns at speed because you know your car handles better than the sedans do

and alex, dont make me drive up there with my lego GT and hand down a handling beatdown!


I challenge number 20 :roll:

[Reason]

see i dont get cut off in the 1st gen wagon i cut them off. i guess somethign about a 3 colored half exhaust wagon with 4 blown struts coming at you at 70mph+. maybe its just me.

i will admit its fun to have a wagon.


You got a wagon now? Where the hell have I been?

[anothernord]

33. Face it. Wagons can be waaaay better sleepers than sedans.

[Reason]

34. You can talk to your wagon buddies about how you can get laid in the back!...... Now if you can only find a girl willing to get back there with ya lol!!

[SilentRacer]

33. This thread is full of people who really want a sedan.

[anothernord]

35. jg09.

[1-3-2-4]

11. you never stop talking about how cool it is to be a wagon owner. :roll: :lol:

If this isn't the truth I don't know what is. It seems like wagon owners feel the need to inform everyone that they drive a wagon. :roll: We get it, you guys are rebels for driving grandmas car can we move on? :lol:


haha when i posted I was going to the Sli meet on facebook a guy who works at my job he's like so did you meet a lot of old grandma's and soccer mom's?

[Reason]

https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2009/07/Wagon2-1.jpg

[anothernord]

Oh, its on.

[1-3-2-4]

From Branden's Sig...

"This thing looks great in person, makes me think getting a wagon isn't so bad lol"
-Reason


:eek:

[jey]

Depends on which sedan. I've always had wagons but my Fleetwood, being the longest regular production vehicle ever built, does haul more people and cargo than the Legacy wagon. I do kinda wish I had the related Roadmaster wagon instead though...

Hope you got a bottomless gas card too. :lol: My mom used to have a Roadmaster and a caprice wagon. It was like having a room with wheels!

Now that the Legacy is turbocharged the Fleetwood actually gets better gas mileage on the highway - over 25 mpg.




see i dont get cut off in the 1st gen wagon i cut them off. i guess somethign about a 3 colored half exhaust wagon with 4 blown struts coming at you at 70mph+. maybe its just me.

i will admit its fun to have a wagon.

I have noticed the same phenomena. People around me seemed to not even notice I existed on the road until I got a turbo motor, 3" exhaust, and a wrong-colored hood. Or maybe I drive by everyone so fast nobody has time to do anything stupid?

[RedEvilWgn]

-this car wouldnt be as fucking awesome if it was a sedan...

http://speedhunters.com/archive/2009/07 ... egacy.aspx (http://speedhunters.com/archive/2009/07/01/random-snap-gt-gt-racing-spirits-mori-legacy.aspx)

[Brockley]

36. Last auto-x, I took my GT Snowflakes/race tires, a 20Gal cooler, an Easy-Up tent, my FLOOR JACK, two helmets, girlfriends luggage, my "Luggage" (aka one extra set of clothes and a razor), and still had my 2 10" subs back there....

Wagon FTW!

[Okin DaVanh]

33. This thread is full of people who really want a sedan.



Nah... Just Sedan people posting in a Wagon thread... :roll: But you wouldn't know anything about that... Right?



I know.... I know.... :wink:



BTW

Here's the true-er... version of Shane's real conversation with Digi. :smt023



"Reason" This thing looks great in person, makes me think getting a wagon isn't so bad.


"d1giPhux" you never stop talking about how cool it is to be a wagon owner.


"Reason" If this isn't the truth I don't know what is.


:smt023


















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T3H Coalition Of T3h Wagon Mafia.



Oh and...




Have Coke and a :smile:

[Plays_with_Toys]

34. You can talk to your wagon buddies about how you can get laid in the back!...... Now if you can only find a girl willing to get back there with ya lol!!

Ain't this the truth.

36. We have our own mafia.

37. We get less speeding tickets than our sedan counterparts

38. Once you go hatch, you never go back-ch

[ndto]

All of the above and

39. you'll get double takes even if your car is a dirty mess

https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2009/07/3628073420_d34b1611fa_b-1.jpg

[Okin DaVanh]

SHhhhhhh....
























SHhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!














Hear that?



















They're coming....















The Wagons Are Coming!!!



:smt026 :smt026 :smt026 :smt026 :smt026 :smt026 :smt026 :smt026 :smt026

[Reason]

From Branden's Sig...

"This thing looks great in person, makes me think getting a wagon isn't so bad lol"
-Reason


:eek:

That's an OLD quote, and trust me I had a few chances to buy a wagon and passed it up. You seen what I did to the last one I had right? :twisted:

[Airgne]

35. jg09.

+1

i mean come on look at this can anyone paint camo thread.

[anothernord]

All fixed Shane.

https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2009/07/ea7ea5d21-1.jpg

[slaytalera]

All fixed Shane.

https://sl-i.net/FORUM/images/imported/2009/07/ea7ea5d21-1.jpg


:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

[Plays_with_Toys]

10x pi) With a wagon you have enough room to store all the posts trying to derail your wagon thread.

[chuckthefuk]

20.you grin when taking turns at speed because you know your car handles better than the sedans do
I challenge number 20 :roll:

These wagon owners must of never driven a sedan before :lol: Body-roll and weight distribution are the wagons flaws.

I'v had the chance to drive these so called "amazing" wagons, a BK Brighton GT @ 3.9FD, BK GT @ 4.11FD w/ suspension mods and roll bars and a BG @ 4.44 stock. Most of the mafia will argue but both the bk's and the bg handled like sloppy seconds compared to a stock BD.

But hey I am a sedan guy ... but don't get me wrong I'll own a bk/bg later this year to replace my bd as a DD.
-Chuck

[Huffer]

I rocked both. Give me the hatchi all day. And Shane - you KNOW what I did to the last sedan I owned, right? :P

[RedEvilWgn]

seeing as I WORK AT SUBARU yes ive driven both, and I found myself being able to push the wagon harder into corners, especially on the 05+ legacy wagons.

hell even the impreza TS wagons handle great compared to their sedan counter parts.

[Benfolio]

I've had both and with the same sway bar setup and tires (different struts but they don't matter that much in what I'm about to compare) and the wagon will step out under power much easier than the sedan would.

40. (is that the right number??) You can fit most of a sedan's parts in the back of a wagon. :smt019

[gryffinwings]

32. You can buy an engine for the car and then carry it back in the same damn car!

Edit that: 32. You can buy an engine and transmission for the car and then carry it back in the same damn car, I have proof, and here it is:
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/

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dayum that gives me idea ^ better then me trying to haul a EJ22 in the back of a 1.8L impreza sedan..

that thing was so gutless with a 250 lb passenger and about 280 lb of video equipment..

[Wiscon_Mark]

36. We have our own mafia.

/thread

[Benfolio]

[quote="Plays_with_Toys":lu9v78ir]36. We have our own mafia.

/thread[/quote:lu9v78ir]


Oh yeah, I need a sticker. :smt013

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I need one too lol

[Grafton]

i need one for the wife :D

[Airgne]

i need one for the wife :D


calm down kid.

it was nice to have a engine hoist and a engine stand in the back today. so much easier than a truck.

[1-3-2-4]

damn they both fit in the back at the same time? I was wondering about that If I brought this long block.. did the ass sag a lot?

[Airgne]

yeah they fit in the car at the saem time. i dont care about sag with 4 blown struts.

[Plays_with_Toys]

Wagons........................
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http://img376.imageshack.us/img376/3539/dscf0166.jpg
http://img248.imageshack.us/img248/5778/dscf0167s.jpg



Enough said.

[ouch1011]

The utility of a wagon just cannot be beat. I miss that about my Mazdaspeed3...that and the 300hp. Something about a car that can haul 8 wheels/tires in the back and do 0-60 in about 5.5 seconds.... Oh well, can't afford to own one and modifiy it.

The MS3 wasn't as much of a sleeper as a modded Legacy wagon can be, but it still got some stares as I did accidental burnouts or ripped around 90* street corners at 30mph without chirping the tires.

[1-3-2-4]

I got 7 500W speakers in the back of my wagon each one was 45Lb.