I finally picked up my new Legacy GT this afternoon after a couple of scheduling hiccups. The Subaru dealership kindly sent a young salesman over to pick me up; unfortunately he managed to get lost in West Roxbury. I still need to get an inspection sticker on it; I’ll do that first thing tomorrow.
The car is a dream. (N.b.: this is a stock photo, but it’s the right colour.) Handling and acceleration are just awesome: it corners as though it’s on rails. It’s a 2.5L turbo powerplant giving 250 HP; I didn’t notice much turbo lag under acceleration, but it did catch me out a couple of times when the turbo came on strong before I expected it. This should be easy to adjust to, though. The transmission is a 5 speed automatic, with Tiptronic-style manual override using switches on the steering wheel (or the regular shifter, if you prefer). The sound system is pretty neat, too, with an in-dash 6 CD changer. I “baptised” it with a mix CD that started with Faithless doing God is a DJ and included Sunscreem, Groove Armada, and a couple of tracks from Free by Libera.
We celebrated by driving over to Lucy’s for dinner, taking a longer, twistier route than usual….