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The 9-2X is a regular WRX Wagon with a different upscale interior and front end. I am almost positive that it does not share any of the underpinnings with the STI.
I have roughly 24,000 miles on my WRX Sedan, its an 04 that I have had for 15 months. I haven't had a single problem with it. The glove box did rattle a little bit when I bought it, but that was solved very easily. I also added the armrest extension, and a Cobb Tuning Shot throw shifter and shifter bushing.
I drive it about 52 miles each way to work and get on an average 27 mpg. If I drive carefully (stay out of the boost too much) I can and have gotten over 30 miles to the gallon. Now it does take the Premium unleaded.
I bought the sedan, since we have the Tahoe already, and we are thinking about getting a Volvo V70R when the lease is up on my wifes S60, so I didn't want to own a entire garage full of wagons.
As the WRX took my 911's space in the garage, I was looking for something that had some sort of fun factor, that I could wrench on if I felt the need (thankfully the 66 Mustang has required lots of attention lately, so the WRX has remained basically stock).
Now if they made the STI in a wagon, I think I would have gotten it in a heartbeat (therefore avoiding that huge a$$ dorky looking wing).
All and all, I have been very pleased with the Subaru. I have a couple friends that own them, both 2002's and both have over 60,000 miles on them without any problems.
Like all turbo motors, if you start adding manual boosts controllers, the motors do not remain happy for long.
There are also a lot of WRX forums out there, and where as the Pelican is overall a more mature group, some of the OT Discussions on the WRX Forums are just down right humorous.
Bill
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