An Old Subaru Is All One Needs For Snow Fun
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 ต.ค. 2024
- The fun one can have for such money is incredible. No need for 300 hp, no need for fancy differentials. A symmetrical AWD is a great tool for snow fun
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[x] Subaru
[x] eager to do it
[x] brand new tires
[ ] real winter with snow 2018
[ ] real winter with snow 2019
[ ] real winter with snow 2020
[ ] real winter with snow 2021
[ ] real winter with snow 2022
That’s a big oof right there, hope you get snow this year
@@hyperactivespeed indeed ... 1 week ago I experienced some snowy tracks. Maybe 2km, summing up.
I've been living in the same place all my life and this is the first time we've had a winter with barely any snow. My grandparents haven't even seen a winter with this little snow either.
Doesn't one also need snow in addition to the Subaru?
@@satunnainenkatselija4478[ ] you got my checklist
The car only keeps traction because of your heavy balls man
Some say he hast to tuck his balls under the seat so they don’t get in the way of his driving
Podobno nie prędkość i warunki go zabiły tylko rozmiar jego jaj...
Talent not testicles!😃
Is that AWB or ABD?
Kids, don't do this at home, because you never know when you might wipe out a babushka on some random corner you would never expect to meet a babushka with her groceries.
bebeshkies go bye bye
That's why you should be only fun-driving on roads you know and you checked before at the time.
Some good speed through there. Nice POV Visio
Lens.
60-80km/h thru corners and 100 on straights with this kind of weather is still fast tho@@whisperisko
@@MesarioProduction idk, maybe it's hard to judge from the video seeing as it's a wide lens and all, but I drive some fun backroads in Sweden with my FWD and can hold 100-120 kmh/h almost the whole way. It's really underrated for snow driving. You can really carry a lot of speed through corners with some gentle left foot braking and doing brake stabs as you turn into a slightly sharper corner. But yes, technically, if you're good at driving, an AWD car will ofc always be faster. This guy doesn't really seem too advanced. But he has fun, which is the most important bit. (I'm also not an advanced driver haha)
@@MesarioProduction It is fast, but with new proper tires and a knowledge of the track, the risk is much lower. Besides, this road is not very heavy on traffic
@@visioracervlogs2741 Já sám jsem si nedávno koupil starýho Subíka (Lego 07 - SpecB 3.0), tak jsem sám zvědavý na zimu :) snad to nepošlu někam do škarpy. 😃
I had two Impreza, 06 and 07, N/A. No driving assists, aside from ABS. The things was such a charm in those Quebec winters. Man I miss these little machines. Yes, the heads gaskets (which I never had trouble with) and yes, the rusting strut towers, but no car has provided me such fun for so less. They don,t make them like this anymore.
Yeah, I have a stock 2004 WRX and a 2023 Subaru Ascent (with a lot of offroad mods) and I still prefer the 04 WRX when driving in the snow. Just feels like I have way more control.
@@slandsharkWell yeah, the WRX is a small sports car and the Ascent is the size of a house lol
Don' t miss my WRX hatch at all. It was good looking for a Scooby but like all Scoobies they are knockingly bad. My Corolla GR is way superior and fun.
@@JonathanStrome Knocking badly? My 04 WRX has 243k trouble free miles on it. Still runs like new.
@@slandshark 😁 you don't know? Knock Knock! Who's there? Ringland! Ringland who?
I'd recognise that dash any day anywhere. The 03-09 legacy is just 🔥
To me looks like an 08 or newer 3rd gen outback
@@alifuatyuvali9912 yes. It's the same interior
@@alifuatyuvali9912 I don't know everywhere else, but here in Chile the facelift had a round insert on the gear knob (I like the facelift, but prefer the squarish insert of the pre facelift Legacy)
It's a 2004 Legacy BP
I love that I can feel the tiny little spurts and flicks of understeer/oversteer through the video on my phone. Took me back to my 15 years of owning a 2000 2.5RS. Doesn't get much better than this! Well done!
masterful! Absolutely excellent! Thanks for taking me along for the drive!
Dang I remember when my mother owned an old Subaru Outback turbo and how fun that was in the snow. She’d let me drive it when my old FWD Volvo was not enough to conquer the snowy NY winter streets.
My friend and I were doing this in his 05 Outback 5spd with snow tires. We ended up going into a ditch. Definitely a warning to be cautious when having fun.
Did similar trick with my old Forester 2.0X. Nice snow sliding, but went too far and hit the wooden fence, with an audience of a bus full of kids, that i just have overtaken. Lost the front bumper. But it was fun :)
Unbelievable driving. Really makes me miss my 07 Legacy. Really awesome design inside and out
That's insanely good driving, holy smokes
Thanks
That’s some serious Winter Rallycross! Very nice to watch ❤👍🔥💥💯
Good to be reminded of how much fun a Subie can be.
That is some amazing control. I could only wish to be half as good as you.
Thanks
My first car for the past 5yrs has been an 08 Outback and I can confirm that these cars are an absolute blast in the snow… it would’ve been nice to have the manual like in the video, but even the 4spd in manual mode kicked out pretty good. The steering angle you get on the stock Outback is also insane… I never spun the car. Ever. That symmetrical AWD along with that rack would pull that car out of any slide I threw at it. I even remember doing some near reverse entries in the car and it pulled right out… amazing cars… Overall, awesome video man. It brought back some fun memories.
Yes, you would need to be doing crazy speed to spin it... or unexpectedly hit ice underneath, which can happen. Otherwise, they are very friendly, but need some weight transfer to get the slide going, especially these NA engines.
Great video mate and great school you are presenting here! Winter is a great time to practise sliding and drifting. I'm planning to play with my Forester SH and Outback BS this year, thanks to the beautiful winter in Poland so far. But for now... I have to overcome the rust;) that began to appear. The Forester has the ESP disconnected so it's very cool.
I always say that snow is the best teacher - low speed is the key. You have time for everything and when you start on a wide place, such as a car park, that's the best place you can start training skids and car behavior.
Awesome driving skills right there!
I could squeeze coal into a diamond watching this..
Love mine so much, now we just need some damn snow. 06 impreza obs wagon, Forester XT shocks w/ rallitek springs, rallitek adjustable lateral arm brackets, 15x8 wheels, 215/75/15 grabbers, 2.5RS uel, catless midpipe w/ full custom exhaust, kartboy short shift kit with solid 3d printed bushings and WRX linkage, more.... It's about a 2.5" lift and I'm still able to run the rear strut bar
Mine has new winter tires and Bilstein B6 to replace old leaked out dampers. Otherwise stock
That driving POV is crazy , nice tracking at those speeds with snow on the road
I have to do the same thing this winter with my Outback!
I used to have an outback xt and it was unstoppable, I did spin out one time but any other time in the snow I never had any hiccups
Great video. Good speed, good car control.
I was awestruck by the driving skills.
So true! My old 2007, 150 HP Impreza Wagon was a much fun in the snow as my friends WRX!
I would be scared of incoming traffic.
Yeah, I was surprised how fast he was going when he passed the other car going in the opposite direction. I drive a 2 lane road ( 1 southbound and 1 northbound ) in the Sierra mountains in California and it's an unwritten rule that people should slow down when facing oncoming cars. This guy is an excellent driver and I'd Love to have from training from him.
It's not heavy traffic here and people are usually very careful, going some low speeds. If you are not completely nuts and know your car, it is pretty easy to stop the car in a matter of few seconds. That snow mixed with gravel is very grippy, believe or not.
My blobeye WRX loves the snow. Even going on 20 years old, it's been the best winter daily I've ever had. Heated seats, AWD, 5 speed manual, and the Subie rumble. What more could you want?
left 6 over crest, into right 4
I think it's insane. Do this on a closed circuit and not on a road where there are unexpecting other users!
Lol
boo hoo
Where's the traffic you big baby?
@@dub537h5 It's pretty easy to call someone names from behind your keyboard. But if watch the video closely there are a few times you can see oncoming traffic. There is even a car blinking with his headlights. But every time there is traffic the video is editted.
I'd do this, but for a rally competition.
didn't expect to see a 4th gen legacy/3rd gen outback driving around lol, mostly because that's my car! :3
Impressive, although I’m not sure that driver thought the same when they saw you speeding towards them in the snow on their side of the road
Yeah on one hand, very impressive driving. But on the other, this was reckless as fuck and he could have killed someone without even seeing it. He was driving like it was a closed circuit or one way road; and I thought it was until I saw the other car.
timestamp?
@@user-mi8ie2kq4earound 6:40. Then the oncoming car flashes him
Stop being selfless
@@TDPEquinox😢
Missing my 2005 Subaru Legacy GT Limited with 5 speed manual transmission. It was a blast to drive!
My favorite thing to do when the snow comes down. My cousin and I nearly flew off a 400 foot drop once tho, I floored it to gain traction after 0.02 seconds of braking and it not doing anything lol. stay safe my dude!
It's better to start training on an open place first. Get to know the car, the tires and overall the snow behavior and then gradually move on.
I can't wait for the next big snow storm, drifting around in my 6 speeds legacy.
Doing this in my 2005 Subaru Outback XT with JDM EJ20Y swap. I can't wait for the snow again.
Driving in winter wonderland!
Yes, it is. Never salted and keeps low temps. But it's not as cold as decades before.
Rally style - love it. Not worried about crashing then...
Your calling a car they made in 2009 old. Damn thats making me feel old. I still feel like they are still new cars 😭
It's 2004, pretty old
I have an 03 Dual Range Australian outback, I upgraded the centre and rear diffs and added a 2" lift. It has me and my passengers laughing our asses off as it does things that a wagon shouldn't be able to do. So sad that they don't build them this way anymore.
I want to dual range my USDM OBS so bad
@OGbrundle either get/import a forester box, or do what I did and convert the old L series low gears to fit in the newer ej (imported) gearbox. Chuck in a lift, good diffs and tyres and it will go anywhere 😉
Ripping that boxer! God I love the control on snow in my subie.
bought a Legacy BE 2 winters ago. EJ201 isn't that powerful but man it's fun to trash around. Most "bang for buck" upgrade would be a stiffer rear antirollbar.
And disconnect the front one.
Thanks for sharing, was very pleasant!
- Godspeed
And to add to how fun it is, it’s also incredibly safe if something was to happen lol
For many, it is easy to say this is endangering everybody else's lives, but this is much safer than doing the same grip/drift driving during summer when speed can be muuch higher. Besides, my daytime and nighttime driving is a bit different, I don't feel as safe during daytime, hence I don't usually initiate drifts before turns, otherwise I could be doing Scandinavian flicks all the time like during the nights.
Makes me miss my 05 LGT Wagon 5spd. Factory LSD, Stage 2, winter tire weapon.
had this model outback, had the legacy gt turbo stinger and other more powerful cars, driving this car in the snow is more fun than anything else
This car is anything but powerful, but pretty fun on snow, for sure.
excellent driving skills
"old subaru" yours is about 10 years newer than mine XD great video tho, these wagons are really something else in the snow with good tires
2004 is pretty old, haha. They are very good on fresh tires.
Great controll. Rock that body.
6:42 That's me in the 2010 Forester manual an d the other drivers reacting to my car/driving behavior. Good driving, seemed like tny bit more understeer than you could have, but maybe it looks like that on video. I know when I drive my in the same fashion I work the wheel a lot and the 50/50 FWD-RDW manual does push the fronts to understeer some, still the cars are light and somehow even with their soft suspension very predictable and manageable under slide (soft is good for snowy/icy though, you don't need very stiff suspension on it))
I used to have an 08 Outback... man that was fun. Like you said in the description: you don't need a lot of power to have fun in the snow. Just a real AWD drivetrain and a stability control system that will stay out of your hair
this looks so fun !
Remember kids, with great power comes great responsibility. No respawns in RL.
Jeez, that was dangerous, but oh my goodness do I wanna be passenger princess
Is he driving with All Wheel Balls (AWB) or All Balls Drive (ABD)?
My favorite car I owned was a manual late 90’s legacy touring. It was such a blast to drive and was incredibly reliable unlike what people say about Subarus. They’ve gotten so expensive, but since I’m living in Japan now I am really tempted to buy another one, maybe a GT-B as a project.
now THAT is one video series id watch right there(if u wrre to document it)
My first car was a 2002 VW beetle and I had a ton of winter fun in it even though it was only fwd. I really want to get an older subaru at some point just for the stuff an awd car can do in the snow.
Great fun as always!
This is the basic commute in the Nordic Countries :P
Beautifully done
Enjoy your car alone within your limits. 👍 Road racing others in traffic is how you get yourself or someone else killed but runs like this heal the soul.
There is no road racing here
Quite a bit faster then i would drive on public roads... but quite good as well.
That snow is very grippy
I do not know why do you call it old, but the interior is good looking and so quiete inside! And such an amazing driving skills! Btw, what tires were used?
2004 and 300,000 km, it has some scars, but drives effortlessly. Here I think I had some a few years old Yokohama V905, the next winter I went with Matador Nordicca and both are very good, good turn in, front end grip and grippy in snow too. Quiet as well.
Love my 98 legacy wagon. Got two of them. I’m addicted, I can’t stop. I could totally get a new car but I just don’t want one…although it would be nice to have a little bit of safety lol
Subies also do great in mud! Haha
Subies do great in basically anything snow, mud, ice, rain, gravel a subuwu with some good tires handles everything with easy. My 19' Impreza conquered every winter storm that hit southern Ontario this year including a dumping of 30cm of snow in a blizzard plowed through know problem my first subie and not my last I don't think I can go back to anything else after owning a subaru
man ive been doing some shit but you have balls of steel, and you are very good driver! Iam considering audi vs subaru, now Iam sold for subaru!
Old quattros are good, had a B5 A4 1.8T and behaved similarly. Great fun too
Bro I do a ton of track days and I've done ice rallycross plenty and my skill is nowhere near yours, amazing, wow!
This is the guy who does all the golden chalice laps on gran turismo.
So smooth... Simply beautiful!
I've never driven one, yet, thanks to Jeremy Clarkson, I know that the front diff is a pain in the ass. And I can see that in the video. Great video.
I could use a rear LSD, but then this is more challenging. Some GR Yaris or WRX STI would be a bit more predictable, I assume. Never had the chance to try out on snow
Driving this is as Happy as a Men can get.
Mental hygiene, yes
BALLS NO BALLS NICE DRIVING STILL💯👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Just casually driving lol
Wow, I assume your confidence in not meeting any oncoming traffic going down some of these hills is due to the fact that not many vehicles would be attempting them on the way up? Haha, great driving!
Me to my 2011 fwd accord: *I may not have a brain, but I have an idea!"*
A thing of beauty!
Me: in a 92 outback
TH-cam: look at this "old" subaru!
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makes me miss my wagon was so so fun even stock could just zip through everything got rod knock tho 😢
great video man, real soothing like an asmr lmfao
Are these studded tyres you have or just winter tyres? Love the video
Most of the continental Europeans countries don't allow studded tires, so basic winter tires only.
Yeah man you can have fun in the snow in a Subaru. But damn dude this isn't fun this is teetering on wanting to die today.
Not saying it isn't risky (what is not irl tbh), but far from what you describe. Snow is not all slippery, it is grippy, only the speeds are different.
Solid driving! Damn, I really miss my tuned '09 WRX whenever the snow hits! Stability control OFF -- time for fun!
wanted to own an STI for exactly doing that... now that I do Im just too scared to wreck it :')
you can do this in a normal legacy :) $500 car activities
@@badatcad Im sure I'll think about this a lot for the next 2 1/2 months =)
but again, awesome car control and very confident driving there !
Just find an old Impreza and throw Forester suspension on with some meatier tires
@@proletheus8639 Buy some old beaten-up piece. You won't be scared as much.
Finland people are best snow/rally drivers
Didnt know that you've got Legacy wagon :)
Its 2.0R? How is low range vox like? Its one thing i am curious about as it seems like fun low gears in demand.
It's an EJ257 SOHC. Low-range is only very slightly shorter, about 500 rpm at 2,500 rpm. Very little difference in speed
I keep mine in low gear for shenanigans too :)
Kinda crazy but my 2022 wrx drives worse than my 2012 impreza did through snow. And im on winter tires with the WRX vs All-Terrains in the impreza.
Now I've got a dream
What a beautifull place, and good skill, subarus are great!!
Where has this been filmed?
Gotta give my forester some practice into the fresh fallen Swiss snow 😮💨😆
Going pretty fast there man. Great driving.
"Old"? I've got a 1976 1600 DL wagon. Only something like 60 hp, but it has this mechanically engaged 4wd lever and seems more connected than my newer Forester. It's a "beater wagon, but with all 4 wheels chained up, it's almost unstoppable, just not very fast.
Props to the driver but again just because you have a Subaru doesn't mean you are immune to falling off a mountain
Of course not. But hey, you won't do no wrong while sitting home doing nothing neither.
and good winter tires.
Is this legacy?
Yes, a BP
Old?!? Looks like my ‘08 daily driver/work wagon 🤗
me, 30 sec in: "yup, that's a like."
i hope video games can look like this very soon
This gave me anxiety in such a good way.
that was a pretty fun