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  9. Opinions of best midsized sedan

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    I drove a Subaru Legacy for a few years and while it's not a BMW, it is a good, safe and very reliable car.  Especially for the price paid.  If I were to purchase another car, not just another platform for modding, I'd seriously consider another Subaru.  It's not the best in class as far as MPG goes, but there are always trade offs.

     

    $0.02 worth.

  10. Finally it's melting and some updates on the car

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    This winter has sucked.  Our garage faces north northeast and the driveway doesn't see much sun at all during the winter.  Even with my snow removal efforts we had a bunch of ice & compacted snow built up on the driveway - 3 cars wide...  The amount of snow we got this year was nice, hopefully it'll help the farmers out this growing season.

     

    I was out of town last week and was pleasantly surprised when I got back on Friday - the driveway is about 95% clear, as are the streets.  I washed my car yesterday and it actually STAYED CLEAN! :)

     

    Time to reinstall the JB4, get the summer wheels down from above the garage doors, and break open the piggy bank for some KW Variant 1 coilovers.  I've got an aftermarket FMIC, a BMS oil catch can, some used catless downpipes, and a charge pipe w/TiAL BOV to replace the plastic charge pipe & diverter valves.  The OEM exhaust from the downpipes back is going to stay in place, as aftermarket exhaust is stupid expensive and the stock system flows more than enough for the mods I'll have in place.  There's also a 6pack of 1 step colder NGK plugs sitting on the workbench waiting to go in.

     

    There's a guy on e90post who is putting together an inline LPFP upgrade kit with a Walbro 455, that's going to be next when the piggy bank is full again.  Once it's installed I'm going to up the percentage of e85 I'm mixing from 30 to 50 and see what happens. :)

     

    With the JB4 and 30% e85, using the self learning map, the car really wakes up nicely once the DME figures out boost & timing.  My car love the corn juice, and I think it'd be interesting to run 100% e85 as in my previous car.

     

    I had some issues with the car over the winter and had it into BMW 3 times for service, all fueling related.  They ended up replacing all 6 injectors and replaced 2 of the 6 new units 3 weeks later due to leaking parts.

  17. Time for some suspension

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    First a caveat - I've never put aftermarket suspension on any of the cars I've owned, as all of my attention has gone into putting power under the hood.  This 2010 E92 is the first that feels worthy of the $$ spent. 

     

    With that said, I want to drop the car about an inch on both front and back, but I want to retain as close to OEM ride as possible.  I was on the freeway a week ago and was next to a slammed BMW and the poor car was bouncing every time it hit a seam in the pavement.  I never understood that...

     

    One of the big reasons I purchased the E92 is the ride quality.  So my question is which aftermarket suspension vendor will let me lower the car and retain as much of the OEM ride quality as possible?    OEM ride quality to me means comfort.  Sharper handling will be a bonus, but comfort is first in my book.

     

    TIA.

     

    Here's the car as it sits today.

     

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  23. Opinions of best midsized sedan

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    The car I owned prior to the BMW was a 2005 Subaru Legacy GT.  I found it to be the perfect sleeper, an approximately 550 crank HP 4 door family sedan.  I modded it at 38k miles and put 50k miles on it before selling ito a fellow enthusiast.  GREAT car for the money, and so damn mod-friendly.  The car was making that power with a conservative tune on a 100% stock longblock.  Some details on the car can be seen at http://jsalmi.com/car and http://jsalmi.com/car/mods.html ...

     

    I chose the LGT because I wanted to avoid the 'boy racer' stereotype which comes along with the WRX/STI, and I'm a big fan of the sleeper.  The look on the v8 guys faces after being slapped down by a 4 door 4 banger was priceless. :)

     

    The car was as reliable as I wanted / needed it to be.  Zero issues with the vehicle, but I drove it in a manner consistent with keeping the drive train intact.

     

    IMNSHO, you really can't go wrong with a Subaru.

     

    $0.02 worth.  

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