xluben's 2011 WRX: Spec B 6 Speed and Rotated PTE 6266 by xluben

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I cross shopped these two cars very hard before I bought my WRX. I was basically set on the MS3 when the 2008 WRX came out, and I was still leaning towards the MS3 until the 2011 WRX came out. My brother was cross shopping them both when he made this purchase as well.  

We both have the base models of the cars, and the price difference was considerable. I think it was close to $4k. Mazda gave him a way better deal than Subaru would give me. Seems that most of the local Mazda dealers have 1 or 2 MS3's on the lot, while WRX's are really hard to come by. I wanted a black, base, hatch, so I had to get it through a dealer trade, so they were very inflexible on price. My brother wanted the same thing and 2 dealers locally happened to have one on the lot! He drove back and forth a few times and eventually got the price he was looking for.

I'm happy that I spent a little more for the WRX, and I think he'll be really happy with the MS3. Different cars for different people I guess. I can see the good sides of both. I like the MS3 seats and interior a lot. If they were both stock, the "fun factor" seems about the same. WRX is a bit better in a straight line and the MS3 seems like it could be more fun in the turns.

I don't think he's seen that episode. I'll have to tell him to check it out.

Around here everyone has base MS3's and loaded WRX's and STI's. When I was car shopping there was ONE base model, black, 5 door WRX in the entire country. Being that is the exact car I wanted, and I didn't really want to wait 2-3 months to get it, I didn't have much leverage  I think sometimes it just comes down to luck with what you can find on the dealer lots.

I found this, but it doesn't seem to play on my computer:

http://www.powerblocktv.com/video/?e...-14&ep_show=HP

I think this is the same thing on Vimeo, but I'm not sure:

Looks like it's the previous generation of the MS3, but I think the powertrain is very similar, so I'm going to watch it anyways 

5-12-20