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• mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  is there a proper wagon in that year? I thought it was just the sloped hatchback style still

  tbh haven’t paid much attention to them because every one I see looks just ever so slightly too small

  I’ll have to find one to look at, tbh I kind of hate Subaru seats, at least all the ones I’ve sat in

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  • Blaster_M@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Mine’s 5th gen, so it’s bigger than the one he’s got.

    Mine’s also stick. 5th gen (2017-2023) is the last gen with the manual. Other than the WRX and the BRZ, all the new ones are auto only.

    Also, 155k, still on the OG 5 speed. Had to put new center diff (limited slip component was not limiting slip properly), but otherwise still good. Yes it has gearwhine, it’s had it for 100k miles now.

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  • Weirdfish@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    No, not in the sense you mean, it’s a 5 door hatch back. The gold standard was always “Can it fit a sheet of plywood?”, and no not a chance.

    With the roof rack it can carry whatever ,including the giant tree that fell on it five years ago that makes me not care if I carry anything on it.

    If you have the money, buy the all wheel drive Volvo wagon, it’s what I’m looking at next.

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    • mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I don’t expect anything but a van to be able to carry a full sheet of plywood, but I can do 3x7 inside my car now, and bought a trailer for full sheets

      it’s the 8 footers and general length and height of rear hatch that concerns me. even my outback is pretty low, a regular hatchback loses another few inches and that’s too restrictive on the hatch dimensions

      I have accepted that I may need to just up my budget and buy a Volvo instead of a beater-adjacent vehicle

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