Yeah, wagons are cool, and I would love to see them come back. This car is really more like a hatchback than a wagon, being pretty stubby in back. In the rest of the world there were wagons like this, but not in the US. Subaru could have called it a hatchback, but they were unfashionable in the US then, and almost all were very cheap, small cars.
trust me in countries that got these in the 90s the owners were already ruining the rep long before the USA got them. You couldn't move for Colin McRae rally car replicas in the 90s in the UK and I was at uni with a guy who owned one and grenaded 3 engines in a year.
@@CrazyKraut20 cranking up the boost pressure, fitting a lumpy cam and doing nothing to strengthen the internals then going off for a hoon around a bunch of west country B roads. At least that's how he lost the third engine, I know less about the circumstances for engines 1 and 2. Dune was 20 years old and able to afford this, so it's safe to say he had more money than sense.
I mean with the adjustible tiens working the vents un blocked meth injection slightly bigger injectors and a tune with a short throw shifter that would be a badass car
Save an old rusted USDM GC or GF from the junkyard, and swap the engine! Same chassis, same car 💁♂️ People be abandoning these rarities quicker than the na miata, though I'd argue they're much more desirable
Pretty much. I knew Nickelback in 1996. They were an awesome hard hitting band back then. But then 9/11 happened and they became cringy corporate rock but without Dave Grohl’s sense of humour.
Hello, my music people. @Bartonovich52 I still get a bit angry when I recall that the disc in my head unit that got swiped out of my 92 Prelude was "The State".
I had a teacher in middle school who owned one of these (in 95). Had the rally paint job and the gold wheels, the whole shebang. He worked for microsoft or something and made a fortune, and decided he wanted to teach, so he got a job as the computer technology teacher. Dude was a huge inspiration to me, i wasnt a good student so they made me his assistant (we were still wiring the individual classrooms for network and internet at the time) for the majority of my day. I wouldn't be the man i am if i hadnt have met him, so thank you Rand.
Lonely guy: I want a GF that's good looking but not so good looking other people try to steal her, is reliable, easy to keep happy and is always up for a good time Subaru: Say no more
Usually with a fart cannon fitted, damage to all four corners, numerous dents to the sides, oversized alloys on three corners and a space saver on the fourth. 🤷🏻♂️
Yes! I first witnessed the prominence of these things there. Although it was in the Parnell district where I saw a super clean silver one, with a nice clean interior and a single can of redbull in the cup holder being the one interior decoration. Was smitten to JDM cars from then on
You really nailed it with that opening. I woke up yesterday and had that exact train of thought, the fantasy of being able to go back, knowing what you know now. It's scary. One day you wake up and realize just how long it's been since high school, that you're not really going anywhere in life. You don't necessarily mind it, but you do think back to how you would've played things differently if you'd known this was as far as you'd go... Powerful thoughts and a fun review, thanks RCR as always.
-Laughs in single dad.- dude, its high school. Sure you 'could of would of should of ' but if you keep looking to the past and longing for it, you'll Never see whats around you or look to the future.
@@dragonbrownies517 Its an important development period in your life though. I did end up doing all the things I "missed out" on but I never got past the feeling that I was just playing catch up
These looked great on the road here in Australia back in the 90's and still do today. There was a very limited edition coupe version too which was rad!
We had tons of NA coupes in the U.S. but the blueballs for anything with a turbo was absolutely real back in the day. Before we got the 2002 WRX, we hadn't really had any Japanese turbo/AWD sports cars since the Celica All-trac (GT4) went out of production in 1994. Thanks in large part to Gran Turismo, but also the internet, there was this huge grassroots interest in rallying and all things JDM. Subaru would've made a killing if they'd brought the WRX over one generation sooner, but i suspect they still made a killing bringing it over when they did.
@@rasklaat2 I would say Gen 2 Eclipse, and the R34 Skyline GT-R. The first car anyone thinks about when they hear "Fast and the Furious", they think about the green Gen 2 Eclipse, with the neon purple splash graphic and the massive wang.
I own a 95 GC8 and live in japan. Honestly this car is everything I wanted it to be. It's light, decently fast, easy to work on, and like all old subies quirky and unique with it's own personality. Also, great thing about the gc/gf is many parts from the gda and gdb work on them and are a great upgrade. I love these cars and I am so happy to see a great video on them!
I also lived in Japan... for a long time, but unfortunately wasn't into cars while there. Such a bummer as Gunma, Yokohama and even Osaka are easily accessible from Tokyo. I've looked into importing one of these but just feel weird about driving stick in a RHD vehicle. How is it living and driving one of these over there? Can you actually rally them or is it pretty conservative driving for the most part?
Ugh...watching this video makes me really miss my 96 GF8 STI. Such a good car. Tip for the future owner of this car: upgrade the coil packs and do the igniter delete, if it hasn't already been done. The old style EJ20G coil pack tips plastic degrades and cracks off in lots of little chunks.
7:24 An engine's fuel cut is often slightly above the actual redline on the gauge. Being that it's a completely electronically controlled engine, the absence of a rev limiter from the factory is incredibly unlikely.
Hey Mr Regular want to review my 2001 Saab viggen convertible, the point where Saab lost their goddamn minds and steered the Viking ship off the edge of the earth
2:30 that is an aftermarket suspension adjust FOR the Tein coil overs.... its not hooked up because the motors didn't appear to be present on the strut tops to adjust them via that controller.
As a 1998 GC8 owner, I can totally feel your feeling, and you are right, there is no way to tune it lighter. And the way it driving is like you and the car bond together, not the car is driving you.
You should find a 1991 USDM Turbo Legacy to review, they're not the fastest, but the ej22t in them is bulletproof and cold nearly as much boost as you want, and they're just a great car anyway.
you described my love affair with these cars top to bottom from gran turismo to importable, i couldn't have said it better. I still drive my ej18 powered 93 impreza 790k miles and 6 inches of lift later but my heart belongs to the wrx wagon of yore.
@@drwatson32bit His company buys these vehicles, fixes them up, and then gives them away in these contests. All the work regular talked about in this video was done by him
I worked at a chemical plant once upon a time and would occasionally whistle (or hum) that song. There was a certain surrealism in those moments. Don't believe anyone else at the plant ever recognized the melody.
This week I am dailying a 1996 Impreza wagon, 1.6 liter base model, bone stock. It has power steering, heated seats and tiny, paint matched, factory option Hella highbeams on top of the bumper, and 2 airbags. It has NO central locking, No power windows, No brake booster, No ABS, Drumbrakes in the rear, No cruisecontrol. Its like a corolla to drive, except noisier and all wheel drive, It has blanking plastic sheets where the fog lights would go, no spoilers and narrower wheelarches. Blue metallic and light gray cloth upholstery. Bought new by old lady at church one year after I got my drivers license. Now owned by my dad since many years after the old lady stopped driving. There is No Rust (!!), and passenger and back seats look never used, driver's is a litte cracked on the side. I fell immediately in love with it, it's the bare minimum subaru, pre-hype with only practical options added to the bare base. I like to think this old lady bought her last car, brand new, and asked the dealer for heated seats, extra highbeams for living in the forest, and chose 4 wheel drive since her hubby is too old to shovel the driveway as often.. raw practicality transportation. This car turned my father into a diehard subaru fan, he then bough in succession forester, legacy outback, forester, outback, outback diesel and outback petrol CVT.
Just for frame of reference, this GF WAGON weights about the same as an NC miata AND makes over 200hp! AND you can take friends in it AND you can store things in it!
The opening bit really touches me In my highschool years i have my friend, the girl i love and me often mingle together all days. It's really been my best days so far despite of having some sadness issue and pressure form being an asian highschool student. And because I'm a week man back then, me and my girl didn't have further development in our relationship. Right after my highschool years i go study abroad and got no chance evermore. I cry for that for almost every night for a few months. Just if I can just man up, get more sleep and stop being week, I'm sure I could bring us a far better results for both of us and leave no regret.
Subaru Impreza Turbo 2000 (GC8 MY00) saloon owner here, thank you for this review i thoroughly enjoyed it. I’ve owned 50+ cars and I love my GC8 more than any of them and will never sell it!
Haha, so pleased to see this! I had one of these but I own a GG now. I miss the old GF, it was lighter and a lot rawer in feel but rust kills them eventually.
I have two of these cars. A 95 and 98 2 door both with no sunroof. It amazes me every time I see one for sale, how much they end up sell for. Great cars, super fun to drive.
Been working on finding a solid one of these out in the PNW to buy. Owned a lesser version for a short time and didn't realize how much I would miss the thing. When you talk about "lightness" it really captures what I couldn't define about why I loved that car so much. Great review of this gem.
@@PSPMHaestros old Subaru rev limiter is weird. Bounces a lot. Like 500 rpm. If you reach 7250, it would go down a bit and bounce up to 7500-7700 and then down.
Also was born in 81 and own a 17 wrx completely stock I'm happy with that. If I could go back to 1999 and have one car in high school it would be a 95 mazda rx7!
It chills me to even think about. Sure, there were good bits, but I keep those in my memory and enjoy them that way. The bad parts I never want to think of.
I emphatically didn't enjoy high school either but lol I'm a grown man, basic everyday dude confidence and people skills would be a completely busted superpower in high school.
U a gen X boi The last few gens seem to follow a solid 18-16 rule '46-'64 (18) '65-'81 (16) '82-00' (18) '01-'16 (16 although people for some reason think this gen is STILL being born and started in '97 which would I think make it unreasonably long)
My wife has a 1996 JDM GF WRX, same color, stock engine, STI catback. No boost gauge but you can feel the boost building around 3K, redline is 7K but seldom bother, it more than keeps up with traffic when driven sensibly. The lightness can be felt, it does not coddle you but is decent on highway trips, although it is thirsty. We used to have a 1992 Civic SIR EG hatch, that was light and much better on fuel, but no torque. I do miss the 8K redline of the B16, you feel fast without getting into trouble.
I think I feel the same, born in 1997. Too young to remember the "iconic" shows the kids before me watched, too old to do fortnite dances. I am stuck in a generational purgatory
Just wait till the inevitable nostalgia for Gnarls Barkley, and flash games, and vine and ... Cars(tm). Come to think of it, Ratatouille got a musical that started on TikTok, so the nostalgia cycle may be moving faster than usual. You will be pandered to eventually :)
My kids are too old to do Fortnite dances and they are Gen Z My litmus test for whether you are a millennial is if you were a Harry Potter fan or used Facebook before you graduated... you’re a millennial.
@@Bartonovich52 There's almost this wired sub-generation of us Gen Z kids that were born 1999-2002, are too young to remember or were still unborn during 9/11, were too young to understand the issues of the late 2000s and early 2010s, and too young to fully relate to things such as Mr. Regular's '90s nostalgia. However, we're too old to fully relate much of our own generation. We grew up playing the Wii and earlier versions of Minecraft. We remember TH-cam being new and the cool kid in class had an iPod touch with Angry Birds, not an iPhone X or Apple watch. We're too old to completely understand TikTok but clearly remember Vine. Our early childhood soundtrack was the tail end of alt-rock, and we remember when Ke$ha was played on the radio alongside Paramore. Most of us graduated high school in the past two or three years, and I think either the Class of 2020 or 2021 will be the last of us to graduate. I've heard this subset referred to as "Zillenials" and I'm not sure if we'll see much of a difference between us and the rest of Gen Z in the long run, but I definitely feel as though there is some kind of divide, especially when we're still so young.
Average Subaru WRX owner: - late teens/mid 20s white male - snap backs - tattoo locations that'll make it harder to find a job - parents financially well enough that they regularly golf - 2 monsters a day - t-shirts 2 sizes to big - has punched a wall in anger atleast 3 times - 2 of those three times have been from COD or Madden rage - has their instagram handle as a sticker on the back window - atleast a quarter of the instagram pictures are of him and "the boyz" flipping off the camera in a alley way or the top of a parking structure or some place that seems "rebellious" to be at but it's really just public space - "bro" in every other sentence - has never had a girlfriend that weighs more than 110 lbs, even though he himself has a growing gut from all the party drinking and weed, and girls who come up to his nose in height intimidate him - unironically likes supreme brand clothing
whenever i hear Americans complain about not getting most JDM cars makes me happy i spent my young driving years in Australia where we pretty much got all the same JDM performance cars that japan had an prices were rarely marked up on them so made then achievable to get when you were young. nice video tho my friend had one of these but it was STI or Club Spec version i forgot but i remember how light if felt and he ran it stock till he sold it and never had an issue but out of all our friends it was always the car that could carry the most amount of things and people in it and that is part of what made it cool.
Random a$$ nerdy AF observation: the melody from roman's jingle at the end sounds suspitiously like a portion of the music from chemical plant zone from sonic the hedgehog 2 (as in if you overlay the vocals onto the bit of music, it would match up pretty much perfectly)...
Sunroofs do not compromise unibody rigidity nearly as much as you probably think they do. The extra structure they require to house the sliding mechanism more than compensates for the hole in the roof.
This gen and the 05-09 legacy’s are. Atleast in my opinion. The best Subarus that were ever made. It’s like they were so good without even trying. Not a Subaru guy. But I genuinely love these.
The redline on these engines has a progressive intermittent shutting off of ignition to the cylinders. This had the advantage of being a softer hit of the red line, and this also helped prolong the engine life! This intermittent cylinder shut-off was sometimes programmed out when the engine ecu was remapped!
The kind of person who says once a cheater always a cheater and then lists their favorite movie as Titanic. I laughed out loud at that one. Excellent writing as usual.
Required by law for any giveaway in the United States. But you only get one entry compared to like 150 for buying a keychain. Still, worth a shot, i guess....
@@Quamsi It's not a national law last I knew, but many states prohibit drawings unless they can be entered for free. It's to prevent numbers games, lotteries, and the like. In the past some states banned them completely.
13:07 That is exactly what I was thinking when I was a child playing GT1, I loved all those cars but I could not see any of them in real life, and I could not understand why. I live in Italy and the only GT1 cars I could see in the early 2000s were the Civic hatchback, the Lantis, some regular Impreza wagon, the Demio or the Legacy wagon police car
I'm about to jump in my 2002 WRX Wagon and rip 40 miles to work. The wife bought it new. I laughed at her when she asked me to go look at it. It now has over 160k on it. Bone stock. Original turbo and Auto trans. Other than eating brakes have only done maintenance and 1 alternator. All Amsoil fluids since first oil change.
Being born in '80, I also fell in love with many of the cars in Gran Turismo not knowing we would never get them. I just foolishly assumed that we would get the Skyline like the WRX, a few years later because of I dunno, regulations? I was so disappointed when I turned 16 and the 1980 Mercury Zephyr station wagon became my first car.
The EDFC absolutely hooked up to the TIEN suspension. It was the adjustment module vs going under hood. It controlled solenoids that sat on top of the coil over.
I drive a Bugeye, 2002 WRX Wagon, 5spd. It's this car with a facelift and interior swap, basically. Functionally it's the same engine, 2.0L Turbo Twin Cam Boxer 4cyl. I fucking love this car. I haven't had to do any engine mods, it's more than fast enough and it sounds wonderful, very similar to this does. I always tell my friends it's like a Honda with a turbo and AWD. Subaru did fix one thing about that turbo for the USDM release, where it spools. Unlike these older WRXs, the '02 Wagons spool just above 3k with the same 7.2k redline. It's perfect, fast and functional without looking stupid or gaudy.
"Just because a statement is true doesn't mean saying it won't be inconsequential" Yes, but simply ignoring it demonstrates a willingness to let misinformation permeate the crowd and possibly lead them astray.
@Mr. Duckhead I mean, I can't tell if you're agreeing with me or disagreeing, so I'll take the middle road and say that no matter what side we're on politically, we as a people should strive for truth. Not what the media tells us is "correct".
I wish wagons would seriously come back... 5 speed manual, 4 cylinder turbo... oh and it has room for friends that arent short... yeah im in
Oh I know. The best I could find is my 08 5spd outback... great car, I love my subie
I have a 2017 VW Golf Sportwagen. It has the 1.8 TSI and I love it. A 4 pot turbo wagon is a wonderful car.
@@ilovemanunited6179 oooh sounds it. I bet that car is a lot of fun.
Yeah, wagons are cool, and I would love to see them come back. This car is really more like a hatchback than a wagon, being pretty stubby in back. In the rest of the world there were wagons like this, but not in the US. Subaru could have called it a hatchback, but they were unfashionable in the US then, and almost all were very cheap, small cars.
@@ilovemanunited6179 Love that car! Great choice.
trust me in countries that got these in the 90s the owners were already ruining the rep long before the USA got them. You couldn't move for Colin McRae rally car replicas in the 90s in the UK and I was at uni with a guy who owned one and grenaded 3 engines in a year.
by 'grenaded' i'm assumign you mean 'sent shrapnel flying through the hood'?
@@oldfrend From the way he told it it was a lot more than just a head gasket, think Uncle Rodney came knocking.
but how ?!?
McRae and Burns, sadly now both having crossed lifes finish line and ascended to that great rally stage in the sky. 🙂
@@CrazyKraut20 cranking up the boost pressure, fitting a lumpy cam and doing nothing to strengthen the internals then going off for a hoon around a bunch of west country B roads. At least that's how he lost the third engine, I know less about the circumstances for engines 1 and 2. Dune was 20 years old and able to afford this, so it's safe to say he had more money than sense.
Hey look another gf i want but will never have
Not with that attitude
Head up g, they are still cheap cars if you save up you have a solid chance at getting one!
I mean with the adjustible tiens working the vents un blocked meth injection slightly bigger injectors and a tune with a short throw shifter that would be a badass car
Speaking of, does all merch on Prime Driven qualify for the raffle? Or is it just the featured items?
@@12ealDealOfficial everything does
2021 quote of the year:
"Pompadour Johnny bout to straighten out some scabs."
RCR
Pompadour Johny peeps some mommy side-boob
Pompadour Johnny does a praxis
"Where were you when Pompadour Johnny fought seven Pinkertons with his bare hands at the Battle of Blair Mountain?"
Pompadour Johnny probably knows more about how cars work than Mr Regular. OOIIIILLLLLL
Pompadour Johnny can kill with his bare hands. OK, they're only slugs in his vegetable slugs, not scabs, but he's got skills.
"Sorry for jacking the prices."
*Cries in student loans*
*Student loans crying because they dont exist*
Kind of hoping that didn't drive a political favor home.
Lol fucking idiot
and that's why it's nice to own a crappy N/A Impreza and just be happy.
Save an old rusted USDM GC or GF from the junkyard, and swap the engine! Same chassis, same car 💁♂️ People be abandoning these rarities quicker than the na miata, though I'd argue they're much more desirable
"Elevating something in popularity while disdaining it at the same time..."
So, Nickelback?
Guy Fieri
Pretty much.
I knew Nickelback in 1996. They were an awesome hard hitting band back then. But then 9/11 happened and they became cringy corporate rock but without Dave Grohl’s sense of humour.
Hello, my music people. @Bartonovich52 I still get a bit angry when I recall that the disc in my head unit that got swiped out of my 92 Prelude was "The State".
The last good Nickelback album. I still usually have Worthy to Say in a playlist I’m listening to.
# When Nickel back is better than Rcr
Car looks just like happness.... Something I will never have.
Oh, relatable. I'll probably never have my Chevy Blazer too, at least not one in mint condition. Yeah a 4.3 Chevy Blazer would make me very happy.
You should come to Africa we have a lot of these and GC8
I feel very luck that I have a GC sedan here in Australia. Hands down the best car I've owned and driven on twisty roads.
Sad boys for life.
VINTAGE NIN
"You can't tune in lightness"
Oh me and my sawzall would care to disagree
Lol
🏅 Excellent Comment 🏅
Snip snip and saw zall
What would you remove tho
TIME TO WIPE
"You cant tune in lightness"
(Meanwhile Noriyaro)
"Rust is lighter than carbon fiber"
i was thinking the same thing hahaha
# I was thinking Rcr is a Freemason Zionist
I had a teacher in middle school who owned one of these (in 95). Had the rally paint job and the gold wheels, the whole shebang. He worked for microsoft or something and made a fortune, and decided he wanted to teach, so he got a job as the computer technology teacher. Dude was a huge inspiration to me, i wasnt a good student so they made me his assistant (we were still wiring the individual classrooms for network and internet at the time) for the majority of my day. I wouldn't be the man i am if i hadnt have met him, so thank you Rand.
Lonely guy: I want a GF that's good looking but not so good looking other people try to steal her, is reliable, easy to keep happy and is always up for a good time
Subaru: Say no more
Mazda Miata has entered the chat.
*×screams in VTEC×*
Ah....so that’s why I’ve been driving a ‘99 Legacy wagon for the past 12 years.... it’s a substitute....🥺
Just LOL if you dont think a GF WRX is a thief magnet
I love how he racist. Talking shit about Japan
# Pro Zionism
# Soy Boy
# Rcr drives kia, China big dog now, Wuhan 400
i really do like that Dr Phil passage.
"self righteous carny" is too charitable
Somewhat reminds me of the PT Cruiser episode
Preach
He got fuckin roasted lol
Most excellent. Methinks he's fed heartworm pills to dogs.
The official car of South Auckland.
Usually with a fart cannon fitted, damage to all four corners, numerous dents to the sides, oversized alloys on three corners and a space saver on the fourth. 🤷🏻♂️
Needs to be on 19" medusa's for that :'D
For rallying in the Rainbow's End carpark.
Yes! I first witnessed the prominence of these things there. Although it was in the Parnell district where I saw a super clean silver one, with a nice clean interior and a single can of redbull in the cup holder being the one interior decoration. Was smitten to JDM cars from then on
Yeah nah
You really nailed it with that opening. I woke up yesterday and had that exact train of thought, the fantasy of being able to go back, knowing what you know now. It's scary. One day you wake up and realize just how long it's been since high school, that you're not really going anywhere in life. You don't necessarily mind it, but you do think back to how you would've played things differently if you'd known this was as far as you'd go... Powerful thoughts and a fun review, thanks RCR as always.
- Honey wake up, its time for your daily memories of missing out in high school
- yes dear 😔
*laughs in freshman*
*laughs in freshman*
-Laughs in single dad.- dude, its high school. Sure you 'could of would of should of ' but if you keep looking to the past and longing for it, you'll Never see whats around you or look to the future.
@@dragonbrownies517 Clicked for the meme but stayed for the good insight
@@dragonbrownies517 Its an important development period in your life though. I did end up doing all the things I "missed out" on but I never got past the feeling that I was just playing catch up
These looked great on the road here in Australia back in the 90's and still do today. There was a very limited edition coupe version too which was rad!
We had tons of NA coupes in the U.S. but the blueballs for anything with a turbo was absolutely real back in the day. Before we got the 2002 WRX, we hadn't really had any Japanese turbo/AWD sports cars since the Celica All-trac (GT4) went out of production in 1994. Thanks in large part to Gran Turismo, but also the internet, there was this huge grassroots interest in rallying and all things JDM. Subaru would've made a killing if they'd brought the WRX over one generation sooner, but i suspect they still made a killing bringing it over when they did.
I'm watching this sitting in an Impreza coupe lol 😂
Wrx sti coupe v5 $70000 / wrx sti v6 sedan $60000 / wrx $20000 you can find cheaper wrx but the fk
In "Australia" you'll be getting the New 2024 WRX hatchback/wagon with an CVT, .....not available in the U.S.A......😭
Americans: The Fast and the Furious.
Europeans: The McRae era of rally. 😍
@@rasklaat2 I would say Gen 2 Eclipse, and the R34 Skyline GT-R. The first car anyone thinks about when they hear "Fast and the Furious", they think about the green Gen 2 Eclipse, with the neon purple splash graphic and the massive wang.
That car was so sexy
RX-7 and the Supra stole the show for me.
Japanese: Gran Turismo
The official car of Pompadour Johnny
"from his crouched position next to dead wildlife " had to pause the video to laugh for 5 minutes
Ditto. so many loz
# HAHA WUHAN 400
# Covid 19 VACCINE MARK OF THE BEAST
# RCR IS PRO ZIONISNT FREEMASON
10:05 a nice access point for pouring blinker fluid...
I also have a 95 wrx sedan. It's the reservoir for the rear wiper.
@@roy33awesome37 Rear wiper has small internal combustion engine and it requires gas to propel it, got it. But where does blinker fluid go?
@@roy33awesome37 he's joking
Had the `97 version of this wagon. Got 15 years of absolute driving bliss out it.
I own a 95 GC8 and live in japan. Honestly this car is everything I wanted it to be. It's light, decently fast, easy to work on, and like all old subies quirky and unique with it's own personality. Also, great thing about the gc/gf is many parts from the gda and gdb work on them and are a great upgrade. I love these cars and I am so happy to see a great video on them!
I also lived in Japan... for a long time, but unfortunately wasn't into cars while there. Such a bummer as Gunma, Yokohama and even Osaka are easily accessible from Tokyo. I've looked into importing one of these but just feel weird about driving stick in a RHD vehicle.
How is it living and driving one of these over there? Can you actually rally them or is it pretty conservative driving for the most part?
Ugh...watching this video makes me really miss my 96 GF8 STI. Such a good car.
Tip for the future owner of this car: upgrade the coil packs and do the igniter delete, if it hasn't already been done. The old style EJ20G coil pack tips plastic degrades and cracks off in lots of little chunks.
RCR nuts on 90s JDM wagon for 14 minutes.
And that's okay. I would too.
7:24 An engine's fuel cut is often slightly above the actual redline on the gauge. Being that it's a completely electronically controlled engine, the absence of a rev limiter from the factory is incredibly unlikely.
*_laughs in 10k rpm clutch blowing rx-7_*
"Playing Carmageddon on PC" - Ah, a man of culture, I see...
Such an underrated gem of a game. There’s actually an official mobile port out now so give it a spin again!
What a great game, the sequel was good too.
god that banging soundtrack in game is great, gotta love Fear Factory doing modern metal before modern metal was a thing
This pandemy brought me back to the 1990's, play ps1 listen to 90's dance music...fun times!
@@admiralrng6506 Demanufacture... classic.
Hey Mr Regular want to review my 2001 Saab viggen convertible, the point where Saab lost their goddamn minds and steered the Viking ship off the edge of the earth
send them an email
There is a video describing how to get your cars to him.
In a Good way or in a bad way?
i used to own one of those. it was the car that made me love cars.
Saab certainly are special.
2:30 that is an aftermarket suspension adjust FOR the Tein coil overs.... its not hooked up because the motors didn't appear to be present on the strut tops to adjust them via that controller.
oh god all i can hear now is "which tsubaloo is bess subaloo"
Manual swapped as well. It’s got the gauge in the center for the shift lights in the auto trans
I have have yellow amber fog lights like some guys do it makes it 10 times more nostalgic on Jdm vehicles
Just park it outside for a few years. They'll turn yellow
As a 1998 GC8 owner, I can totally feel your feeling, and you are right, there is no way to tune it lighter. And the way it driving is like you and the car bond together, not the car is driving you.
Born in '82, and I have a passing interest in picking up a JDM car, but my god the prices they fetch now. Nostalgia has value, but it's not that high.
Shifting with the left hand is also not cool...
@@aygwm Toward you, no less.
You should find a 1991 USDM Turbo Legacy to review, they're not the fastest, but the ej22t in them is bulletproof and cold nearly as much boost as you want, and they're just a great car anyway.
Ive always preferred the underdog for some reason, still rocking a 1990 vr4 today.
you described my love affair with these cars top to bottom from gran turismo to importable, i couldn't have said it better. I still drive my ej18 powered 93 impreza 790k miles and 6 inches of lift later but my heart belongs to the wrx wagon of yore.
I remember when you had 7,500 subscribers and then 75,00. Congrats on over 750,000 subs my friend. Still just as great when it all started. Thanks bro
Mr R. "Half hour monologue about VVT and what RPM for what gear"
Dude who built the car, "...yeah"
too busy thinking about all the money he's making from this "giveaway"
And he still leaves it in too low a gear so when he leaves off the gas it bucked him around to no mercy. Amateur shit.
@ Tombstone Jones
Calm down.
he built it?
@@drwatson32bit His company buys these vehicles, fixes them up, and then gives them away in these contests. All the work regular talked about in this video was done by him
I worked at a chemical plant once upon a time and would occasionally whistle (or hum) that song. There was a certain surrealism in those moments. Don't believe anyone else at the plant ever recognized the melody.
I now have an inexplicable desire to break out the Sega Genesis and play Sonic 2.
joe Montana '94 for me
Ok, so it was Chemical Plant and I'm not just stoned?
This week I am dailying a 1996 Impreza wagon, 1.6 liter base model, bone stock. It has power steering, heated seats and tiny, paint matched, factory option Hella highbeams on top of the bumper, and 2 airbags. It has NO central locking, No power windows, No brake booster, No ABS, Drumbrakes in the rear, No cruisecontrol. Its like a corolla to drive, except noisier and all wheel drive, It has blanking plastic sheets where the fog lights would go, no spoilers and narrower wheelarches. Blue metallic and light gray cloth upholstery. Bought new by old lady at church one year after I got my drivers license. Now owned by my dad since many years after the old lady stopped driving. There is No Rust (!!), and passenger and back seats look never used, driver's is a litte cracked on the side. I fell immediately in love with it, it's the bare minimum subaru, pre-hype with only practical options added to the bare base. I like to think this old lady bought her last car, brand new, and asked the dealer for heated seats, extra highbeams for living in the forest, and chose 4 wheel drive since her hubby is too old to shovel the driveway as often.. raw practicality transportation.
This car turned my father into a diehard subaru fan, he then bough in succession forester, legacy outback, forester, outback, outback diesel and outback petrol CVT.
The official car of is that a blown head gasket or vape smoke
if you put in vape flavor in your coolant with a bad headgasket, would that make the clouds smell like cotton candy?
WRONG EJ22 BEST EJ
Congrats you made the joke
@@ayashi3288 moms EJ blew head gasket
Not turbo engines bud get a new joke
Just for frame of reference, this GF WAGON weights about the same as an NC miata AND makes over 200hp! AND you can take friends in it AND you can store things in it!
The opening bit really touches me
In my highschool years i have my friend, the girl i love and me often mingle together all days. It's really been my best days so far despite of having some sadness issue and pressure form being an asian highschool student. And because I'm a week man back then, me and my girl didn't have further development in our relationship. Right after my highschool years i go study abroad and got no chance evermore. I cry for that for almost every night for a few months.
Just if I can just man up, get more sleep and stop being week, I'm sure I could bring us a far better results for both of us and leave no regret.
Subaru Impreza Turbo 2000 (GC8 MY00) saloon owner here, thank you for this review i thoroughly enjoyed it. I’ve owned 50+ cars and I love my GC8 more than any of them and will never sell it!
Haha, so pleased to see this! I had one of these but I own a GG now. I miss the old GF, it was lighter and a lot rawer in feel but rust kills them eventually.
I have two of these cars. A 95 and 98 2 door both with no sunroof. It amazes me every time I see one for sale, how much they end up sell for. Great cars, super fun to drive.
5W30 - Never Forget
*laughs in 20W50*
Been working on finding a solid one of these out in the PNW to buy. Owned a lesser version for a short time and didn't realize how much I would miss the thing. When you talk about "lightness" it really captures what I couldn't define about why I loved that car so much. Great review of this gem.
Right hand drive, love it. confuses the cops too
Not in 2021. Bosuzoku is the new RHD.
I had a 98 GC with some go fast goodies and gutting.
It was incredibly light and great maneuverability.
Comparing to a new WRX. It’s a total change
A part of me simply appreciates this car without wanting to buy it...but then my imaginary waifu softly whispers "you need this tehehehe"
uwu
Had the exact same thought then snapped back into reality upon remembering that California's "emission laws" would go apeshit over a JDM import
@@chazzcoolidge2654 do what others do...register it in Montana 😂
Anyone else get a strange warmth of excitement whenever rcr drops another video?
Ahhh yes, a regular car review to go with my breakfast, such delightful treat, for a cold and gloomy morning.
my mum still owns her GF8, which she bought in 2007. I've now got a 2013 GRB Hatch, and I love that we have the first and last proper WRX wagon/hatch
"Do you want to be right, or do you want friends. Can't have both."
Win this car -- it was only accidentally taken over the redline a few times in the making of this video!
Yeah, I cringed really hard when I heard that hahahahahaa
Redline is 7250 and fuel cut is 7700 ish. He was nowhere near that. Also the (almost) same engine in the sti revs to 8200 so no harm done there
@@Hunting_Party Why would be the redline so much lower than fuel cut? What's the point of the redline then?
Because this chump doesn't know how to drive. Peaking the revs in the wrong gear so when he leaves off they get bucked around to no mercy.
@@PSPMHaestros old Subaru rev limiter is weird. Bounces a lot. Like 500 rpm. If you reach 7250, it would go down a bit and bounce up to 7500-7700 and then down.
2:00 WAIT A MINUTE....he respect this car ...longtime no see that movement
That's because it's from his youth, the only vehicles he doesnt shit on.
Like the 1990 Suburban...
The man is a blatant Subaru fanboy
# Like Zionism in 1997
# Rcr is a Freemason
Also was born in 81 and own a 17 wrx completely stock I'm happy with that. If I could go back to 1999 and have one car in high school it would be a 95 mazda rx7!
I would never, ever go back to high school. For any reason. No matter what the benefits, they couldn't outweigh the negatives
Same here. Never looking back.
It chills me to even think about. Sure, there were good bits, but I keep those in my memory and enjoy them that way. The bad parts I never want to think of.
I emphatically didn't enjoy high school either but lol I'm a grown man, basic everyday dude confidence and people skills would be a completely busted superpower in high school.
U a gen X boi
The last few gens seem to follow a solid 18-16 rule
'46-'64 (18)
'65-'81 (16)
'82-00' (18)
'01-'16 (16 although people for some reason think this gen is STILL being born and started in '97 which would I think make it unreasonably long)
10:05
Hey look, it’s a blinker fluid fill cap! It was real all along...
My wife has a 1996 JDM GF WRX, same color, stock engine, STI catback. No boost gauge but you can feel the boost building around 3K, redline is 7K but seldom bother, it more than keeps up with traffic when driven sensibly. The lightness can be felt, it does not coddle you but is decent on highway trips, although it is thirsty. We used to have a 1992 Civic SIR EG hatch, that was light and much better on fuel, but no torque. I do miss the 8K redline of the B16, you feel fast without getting into trouble.
Oh sweet daily bread, another RCR video, bless these kings that brought to me, such a nice video on my TH-cam timeline to see.
I’m with you. Born in ‘83 I’m stuck between gen x and millennial. Sweet car! I remember that car in gt!
I think I feel the same, born in 1997. Too young to remember the "iconic" shows the kids before me watched, too old to do fortnite dances. I am stuck in a generational purgatory
Just wait till the inevitable nostalgia for Gnarls Barkley, and flash games, and vine and ... Cars(tm). Come to think of it, Ratatouille got a musical that started on TikTok, so the nostalgia cycle may be moving faster than usual. You will be pandered to eventually :)
My kids are too old to do Fortnite dances and they are Gen Z
My litmus test for whether you are a millennial is if you were a Harry Potter fan or used Facebook before you graduated... you’re a millennial.
@@Bartonovich52 There's almost this wired sub-generation of us Gen Z kids that were born 1999-2002, are too young to remember or were still unborn during 9/11, were too young to understand the issues of the late 2000s and early 2010s, and too young to fully relate to things such as Mr. Regular's '90s nostalgia. However, we're too old to fully relate much of our own generation. We grew up playing the Wii and earlier versions of Minecraft. We remember TH-cam being new and the cool kid in class had an iPod touch with Angry Birds, not an iPhone X or Apple watch. We're too old to completely understand TikTok but clearly remember Vine. Our early childhood soundtrack was the tail end of alt-rock, and we remember when Ke$ha was played on the radio alongside Paramore. Most of us graduated high school in the past two or three years, and I think either the Class of 2020 or 2021 will be the last of us to graduate.
I've heard this subset referred to as "Zillenials" and I'm not sure if we'll see much of a difference between us and the rest of Gen Z in the long run, but I definitely feel as though there is some kind of divide, especially when we're still so young.
Gen x sucks
# Baby Boomers know better
# Don't Trust Gen X
# Rcr is Gen x
# Rcr is pro Zionism
@@loficampingguy9664 Even I know that kids born 1999 and 2000 are two vastly different types
Average Subaru WRX owner:
- late teens/mid 20s white male
- snap backs
- tattoo locations that'll make it harder to find a job
- parents financially well enough that they regularly golf
- 2 monsters a day
- t-shirts 2 sizes to big
- has punched a wall in anger atleast 3 times
- 2 of those three times have been from COD or Madden rage
- has their instagram handle as a sticker on the back window
- atleast a quarter of the instagram pictures are of him and "the boyz" flipping off the camera in a alley way or the top of a parking structure or some place that seems "rebellious" to be at but it's really just public space
- "bro" in every other sentence
- has never had a girlfriend that weighs more than 110 lbs, even though he himself has a growing gut from all the party drinking and weed, and girls who come up to his nose in height intimidate him
- unironically likes supreme brand clothing
1,4,5,7,8 all describe me perfectly. I own a wrx. You're not wrong 🤣
200 hp, 2700 lbs, turbo, hatch... I believe my Ford Fiesta ST is following this WRX formula. Minus the AWD of course.
Doesn't have the growl of a boxer tho
So what? Sounds like diarrhea.
whenever i hear Americans complain about not getting most JDM cars makes me happy i spent my young driving years in Australia where we pretty much got all the same JDM performance cars that japan had an prices were rarely marked up on them so made then achievable to get when you were young. nice video tho my friend had one of these but it was STI or Club Spec version i forgot but i remember how light if felt and he ran it stock till he sold it and never had an issue but out of all our friends it was always the car that could carry the most amount of things and people in it and that is part of what made it cool.
Random a$$ nerdy AF observation: the melody from roman's jingle at the end sounds suspitiously like a portion of the music from chemical plant zone from sonic the hedgehog 2 (as in if you overlay the vocals onto the bit of music, it would match up pretty much perfectly)...
Sunroofs do not compromise unibody rigidity nearly as much as you probably think they do. The extra structure they require to house the sliding mechanism more than compensates for the hole in the roof.
Buying GF Press 222. Selling Rune Helm 10K Press 223
Thanks Mr. Reg, I’ve enjoyed so many of your videos. I appreciate what you do and still do.
Chemical plant intro/outro is a work of genius.
That's so funny because i got my drivers license in 96 and while playing GT my favorite was the 96 Legacy RS. watching this brought back memories
God I love huge foglights.
Big fog big mood
This gen and the 05-09 legacy’s are. Atleast in my opinion. The best Subarus that were ever made. It’s like they were so good without even trying. Not a Subaru guy. But I genuinely love these.
Mr. Regular needs a cheap second mic to throw in the engine bay for the drive along shots.
So we can hear him fail at rev matching and take straightaways in too low of a gear?
This car didn't even need it though. For some of those big soggy malaise-era boats, surely.
@ Tombstone Jones
Calm down.
@@Bartonovich52 I so agree. Tombstone seems a bit overconcerned about some clumsy driving in a car Mr. Regular clearly knew little about.
I bought a 94 accord because of your review on the wagon, I am NOT going to go looking for another car because of this no matter how cool it is
>uses the word "slicktop"
tommyfyeah enters the chat
The redline on these engines has a progressive intermittent shutting off of ignition to the cylinders. This had the advantage of being a softer hit of the red line, and this also helped prolong the engine life!
This intermittent cylinder shut-off was sometimes programmed out when the engine ecu was remapped!
Going past redline in one of these doesn't seem wise - say hi to Marty and Moog.
he doesn't care. it's not his.
marty and moog seem on a tear to race increasingly fragile cars
I really enjoy the RR reviews like this that don't run off the rails into the hipster bizarre narration of the July 2021 style RR stuff.
Nobody: Yes
Mr Regular: Have a good week
The kind of person who says once a cheater always a cheater and then lists their favorite movie as Titanic. I laughed out loud at that one. Excellent writing as usual.
according to the website Rules and Regulations, you don't have to buy anything. just put your contact info. on a card and send it to them.
Required by law for any giveaway in the United States. But you only get one entry compared to like 150 for buying a keychain. Still, worth a shot, i guess....
@@Quamsi It's not a national law last I knew, but many states prohibit drawings unless they can be entered for free. It's to prevent numbers games, lotteries, and the like. In the past some states banned them completely.
Little fun fact, this is actually the highest cargo capacity impreza wagon you can buy.
13:07 That is exactly what I was thinking when I was a child playing GT1, I loved all those cars but I could not see any of them in real life, and I could not understand why. I live in Italy and the only GT1 cars I could see in the early 2000s were the Civic hatchback, the Lantis, some regular Impreza wagon, the Demio or the Legacy wagon police car
I'm about to jump in my 2002 WRX Wagon and rip 40 miles to work. The wife bought it new. I laughed at her when she asked me to go look at it. It now has over 160k on it. Bone stock. Original turbo and Auto trans. Other than eating brakes have only done maintenance and 1 alternator. All Amsoil fluids since first oil change.
Is that Matt Farah's Million Mile Lexus behind the Subie in the first shot?
Being born in '80, I also fell in love with many of the cars in Gran Turismo not knowing we would never get them. I just foolishly assumed that we would get the Skyline like the WRX, a few years later because of I dunno, regulations? I was so disappointed when I turned 16 and the 1980 Mercury Zephyr station wagon became my first car.
*Points to a stop sign 50 ft ahead"
"That's not ours, is it?"
Lol its a little late to stop now anyway Mr Regular
The EDFC absolutely hooked up to the TIEN suspension. It was the adjustment module vs going under hood. It controlled solenoids that sat on top of the coil over.
Mr regular cars is good with words, but not very knowledgeable about cars, particularly modified ones. An entertaining watch nonetheless
5W-30 😉
My wife had one of these as a daily/work hack for years, I gave it hell every time I drove it and she never missed a beat, leaves cops for dead lol
9:30 - Is that Matt Farah's Million Mile Lexus?
The GF8 wagon is a gem to be treasured. In my Top 3 list of dream builds. Sleeper, cargo space, manual transmission.
GF5
3:45 "Pompadour Johnny bout to straighten out some scabs."
Ah, so he's a union man.
*_BASED_*
I drive a Bugeye, 2002 WRX Wagon, 5spd. It's this car with a facelift and interior swap, basically. Functionally it's the same engine, 2.0L Turbo Twin Cam Boxer 4cyl. I fucking love this car. I haven't had to do any engine mods, it's more than fast enough and it sounds wonderful, very similar to this does. I always tell my friends it's like a Honda with a turbo and AWD. Subaru did fix one thing about that turbo for the USDM release, where it spools. Unlike these older WRXs, the '02 Wagons spool just above 3k with the same 7.2k redline. It's perfect, fast and functional without looking stupid or gaudy.
"Just because a statement is true doesn't mean saying it won't be inconsequential"
Yes, but simply ignoring it demonstrates a willingness to let misinformation permeate the crowd and possibly lead them astray.
@Mr. Duckhead I mean, I can't tell if you're agreeing with me or disagreeing, so I'll take the middle road and say that no matter what side we're on politically, we as a people should strive for truth. Not what the media tells us is "correct".
@@thegirthquake8574 Agreed.
This made me realize that we may never have light Subarus like this ever again...