This looked like so much fun lol -- I know these are capable, but it's so cool to see one get really used off-road like this, especially in stock form.
Dude doesnt even see the road infront of him where hes going, off course hes going to get stuck Worrying more about talking to the camera and has his seat all low This dude needs to go back to the pavement even if he owned a truck i see him getting stuck
I’ve watched probably over 1k off-roading videos (it’s my hobby I love cars), and this is the best video I’ve ever seen. Amazing, pumped to get my 2022 wrx in December!
I like seeing this with a stock car, I have a 2018 base model wrx and I’ve been thinking about making it off road worthy, seems like tires and a lift kit should do pretty well for what I want!
Deserves more views, those videos are rare to see mostly for the new genereation wrx. Would be interesting to see more how the torque vectoring works on the manual subaru with no x-mode like this car when off roading or in the snow
first time offroading / mudding in my new 22 wrx and it surprised me on how well it actually performed, though I'm definitely going to lift it and put better tires on it.
I had a 2015 WRX which I would abuse out in the country here in Australia. Sliding around every corner I could, narrowly avoiding potholes and so on. I don't know how to describe this properly so forgive me but the one thing that really damaged my car were these occasionals little trenches across the road, only about a foot in diametre but would stretch from one side of the road to the other. If I had to guess how they were formed I'd say that at a low part of a road, water would flow at the bottom across the road, eventually drying up & creating almost rock-hard dirt and a small trench that at times were hard to see until it was too late. One time I hit one so badly that it blew one of my coilovers and the entire wheel was bent on a crooked angle. If anyone is thinking of taking their WRX offroad then do so by first driving very carefully around the track so you know what's around corners, what's on the road and that sort of thing. WATCH OUT FOR THE LITTLE TRENCHES.
More videos like this! That’s some great Sandhill habitat. Same stuff I work in driving my Crosstrek Sport, it eats that sand and mud for breakfast and kicks the back end out at will. Nothing like a subie off road on some loose surfaces
thanks for the vid - I admit I got my 2018 highcentered on a snow bank the first year I had it - walk of shame back to the house to get a shovel to dig it out :)
damn that thing performed BEASTLY for being on those tires. you wouldnt even need to lift it, if you put 215/65 17 A/T's on some base model wrx wheels it would bring the car up about an inch and give you about twice the traction.
The best mod you could do for reliability would putting in an air oil separator if it doesn't already have one. Really helps prevent carbon build up in GDI engines which the FA20 is
Ive been pro tuned since 12k miles and on ethanol since 30k. I daily drive my ‘19 for sales and it already has 110k miles on it. I do pulls regularly and drive my car to enjoy it (smiles per mile, not miles per gallon). I have yet to have a single mechanical issue. Ijs if you do it right the first time and you take care of your car it will last.
WRXs 15'+ are way way way more reliable than you think they are and even more reliable then the STIs I have owned a wrx 2015 for 7 years now and the only issue with them is that they need more care and love than any other car mine has 90K miles and been abusing it lately but never missed a maintenance schedule... the difference with the wrx and sti is the smaller engine and especially the injection system sti got a stronger transmission and axles got stiffer suspension for a 11k$ more than the wrx so I believe that wrx are worth it if you intend to keep it stock
Just go ahead and modify man, the fa20 is A LOT more reliable than the EJ. This engine loves ethanol it really comes down to tune. Install what you want on the car and get it tuned from a reputable tuner and you’ll be fine. If you plan on staying on pump gas you can literally do whatever you want modification wise and never touch the engine block limit without a bigger turbo and even then unless you run something crazy like a 5858 or larger you’ll be well with in the limits
There are plenty of blown fa20 and the limit of the stock rods is well established. While the engine may be more reliable than the ej the transmission is not so be careful even touching 350 whp.
bro....... atleast lift and offroad tires. put some stronger bracing and you can fly thru those corners. lowered are street queens. raised are doin the dirty.
Glad to see more RUclips car videos. Sorry to let you know but I have been using this channel name for 6 years and use it across many social platforms and my old logo was very similar to yours as well. I think this might cause confusion for both of us. I would appreciate it if you could name yourself with a name that you search for to make sure no one is using. I renamed my channel 6 years ago because of a similar issue and have now built my brand on it. Work and health have stopped me uploading for a bit but I am back with a new charity fund raiser video coming on the 1st.
@@Markasus when did I use the word livelihood? A brand can be more than the financial side of things. It is also across many platforms. I am an automotive engineer for my livelihood but it doesn't take away that I have spent time on other things. Given that you can just type in a name and search channels it is not hard at all to check if someone uses a name.
@@Markasus also 154,000 views! And the top video is over 28000 views so I have no idea where 2000 comes from. I guess you also don't like to research things 🤣.
I don’t get the saying these thing aren’t that reliable.. imo it can be as reliable as you want. Choice of parts, tune ,maintenance, driving style.. Giving the fa a bad rep. Looks like you are having fun, Thanks for the vid 😊ps you are not in a jeep for these conditions, probably another reason why these wrx’s get a bad rep. These cars stock are road worthy,’ not what you are trying to put it through, nice video though 👍🏼and yet the little fa pulled through this abusive video 😊
Symmetrical AWS means that all components of the drive are symmetrically placed in the car, for example differential box. Thank you for convincing me Forester is a superior car to Impreza.
Why do people hate automatics so much 😂 I really don’t see the problem I’m getting my 2022 wrx with a cvt and from what I’ve heard so far is that it’s super good
There's nothing wrong with an automatic WRX, but you WILL regret it. If you don't know how to drive a manual just ask the sales guy/gal to teach you. When I got my first manual car I had only practiced like 15 minutes after 1-2 weeks you'll be golden
Is this the first time you have taken this on an UNPAVED road? this is not extreme off roading at all this is driving on an unpaved road. You also should learn how to navigate an unpaved road with the tires you have and the height clearance the car has. This car can do a lot with a good driver and the proper tires...even with actual off roading, which this is not.
1:16 u should not say the word as “not reliable” to explain the ground clearance.. u should say “ground clearance is not enough” If u say as no reliable- this means engine is not good and easy to breakdown..
Subaru should just completely take out the all-wheel-drive system when it comes to WRX, because nobody uses them for off-road, only further races, such pointless to have all wheel drive and a car that nobody uses off-road!
"Extreme offroading" click bait. And your expectations of a 4wd car is way to low, literally any 4wd could drive on that smooth flat tractor trail, probably even better since most 4wd cars are taller.
So you're not a dirt road driver are you. Those roads you're driving on are normal roads here in Australia. This was comical. Not because of what was going on but the silly driving.
WRX for sale. Treated like a queen, like new, barely used, never abused.
This looked like so much fun lol -- I know these are capable, but it's so cool to see one get really used off-road like this, especially in stock form.
This guy didn’t realize rally tracks are manicured gravel and dirt, not washed out forest service trails lol
I really don't want to be the 2nd owner after this guy 😕
Me also!
Me either, but at least he’s using the car for what it’s worth. It has rally/off-road DNA.
Theyre meant for loose surface, what this guy is doing is savagery
Richard Hammond offroaded one throughout Africa in Top Gear and apparently some Ugandan dude still daily drives the WRX!!! So these things are tanks.
Dude doesnt even see the road infront of him where hes going, off course hes going to get stuck
Worrying more about talking to the camera and has his seat all low
This dude needs to go back to the pavement even if he owned a truck i see him getting stuck
I’ve watched probably over 1k off-roading videos (it’s my hobby I love cars), and this is the best video I’ve ever seen. Amazing, pumped to get my 2022 wrx in December!
I took my vb off roading, it definitely needs a lift kit but it's soooo fun
Great video! Enjoyed it from beginning to end
This is awesome!! Fun video man. Glad to see a subie in its natural habitat
Lift it, get smaller wheels, get some proper tires, profit.
And skid plates definitely need's skid plates
I like seeing this with a stock car, I have a 2018 base model wrx and I’ve been thinking about making it off road worthy, seems like tires and a lift kit should do pretty well for what I want!
I felt the same way after taking my STI hatch off-road. Those cars are really shine on dirt/gravel.
This is the content the world needs
I've got a '16 wrx, and loved watching this. Can't believe it took that much abuse!
Loved this PLEASE do more
Good job! You did the subie justice!
Extremely entertaining!
Just FYI. WRX literally means, World Rally experimental
Nice car and nice video. These cars are in fact very reliable and hold there value. You may even end up pulling your buddy out of the mud!
Deserves more views, those videos are rare to see mostly for the new genereation wrx. Would be interesting to see more how the torque vectoring works on the manual subaru with no x-mode like this car when off roading or in the snow
first time offroading / mudding in my new 22 wrx and it surprised me on how well it actually performed, though I'm definitely going to lift it and put better tires on it.
WRX’s are actually really good on lifted suspension. I know most people slam them. But building a more traditional rally spec would be ideal for sure
Very good quality video man. Love it! Wish you the best. If you're around Connecticut and you need another WRX to destroy, you can have mine
I had a 2015 WRX which I would abuse out in the country here in Australia. Sliding around every corner I could, narrowly avoiding potholes and so on. I don't know how to describe this properly so forgive me but the one thing that really damaged my car were these occasionals little trenches across the road, only about a foot in diametre but would stretch from one side of the road to the other. If I had to guess how they were formed I'd say that at a low part of a road, water would flow at the bottom across the road, eventually drying up & creating almost rock-hard dirt and a small trench that at times were hard to see until it was too late. One time I hit one so badly that it blew one of my coilovers and the entire wheel was bent on a crooked angle. If anyone is thinking of taking their WRX offroad then do so by first driving very carefully around the track so you know what's around corners, what's on the road and that sort of thing. WATCH OUT FOR THE LITTLE TRENCHES.
The exhaust has a flexible part next to the resonator, its meant to flex when it bottoms out, and when it flexes it leaks a little
More videos like this! That’s some great Sandhill habitat. Same stuff I work in driving my Crosstrek Sport, it eats that sand and mud for breakfast and kicks the back end out at will. Nothing like a subie off road on some loose surfaces
thanks for the vid - I admit I got my 2018 highcentered on a snow bank the first year I had it - walk of shame back to the house to get a shovel to dig it out :)
This was awesome and freaking hilarious! 😂
It performed pretty good overall just the a little lift would make the difference
Love the video, man! Glad to see you out there enjoying it.
You can tell the A/C is on, engine is considerable louder in the engine bay area lol
i really want you to come back with a forester xt or something and than really see what it can do or maybe an outback or soemthing
I have the same car but the s4 jdm spec 2015 . My only issue with it is the ground clearance it’s a bit too low especially for African roads.
This reallybwould be a monster with a 2 inch lift and some at tires
2in lift kit
A/T tires
maybe a rally/off road skid plate
return to these same roads and retry :D
damn that thing performed BEASTLY for being on those tires. you wouldnt even need to lift it, if you put 215/65 17 A/T's on some base model wrx wheels it would bring the car up about an inch and give you about twice the traction.
Can you do this with the new 2022 wrx too please? 😄
Skid plates and you'll be golden off roading! Get both... the front and midship to protect the trans!
How do you not know to straddle the deepest ruts?
Like others have said a little lift and tires would make this thing awesome.
Loved it
The best mod you could do for reliability would putting in an air oil separator if it doesn't already have one. Really helps prevent carbon build up in GDI engines which the FA20 is
Ive been pro tuned since 12k miles and on ethanol since 30k. I daily drive my ‘19 for sales and it already has 110k miles on it. I do pulls regularly and drive my car to enjoy it (smiles per mile, not miles per gallon). I have yet to have a single mechanical issue. Ijs if you do it right the first time and you take care of your car it will last.
WRXs 15'+ are way way way more reliable than you think they are and even more reliable then the STIs
I have owned a wrx 2015 for 7 years now
and the only issue with them is that they need more care and love than any other car
mine has 90K miles and been abusing it lately but never missed a maintenance schedule...
the difference with the wrx and sti is the smaller engine and especially the injection system
sti got a stronger transmission and axles got stiffer suspension for a 11k$ more than the wrx
so I believe that wrx are worth it if you intend to keep it stock
Facts
Hey man where is that at? Looks like fun I’d like to go there
Pretty sure a nice lift kit will solve all of those bottoming out problems away 😅
Cant get enough.. 9 inch ruts with 5 inch clearance... no problem full send
FYI, if there is a dirt road, is it Off-roading?
Modify is dosnt make it unreliable. Good tune and taking good care = success
I have an auto 2019 wrx and it's fine, for a daily in city I find its so much easier then a manual.
Speed bro speed, rally it's about speed,to fly.
I baby my Sti, but if I were rich id buy another one and just do shit like this. Looks so fun.
ROFL 6:29 just smokes like a 3-4 inch diameter small tree.. legend
Just go ahead and modify man, the fa20 is A LOT more reliable than the EJ. This engine loves ethanol it really comes down to tune. Install what you want on the car and get it tuned from a reputable tuner and you’ll be fine. If you plan on staying on pump gas you can literally do whatever you want modification wise and never touch the engine block limit without a bigger turbo and even then unless you run something crazy like a 5858 or larger you’ll be well with in the limits
There are plenty of blown fa20 and the limit of the stock rods is well established. While the engine may be more reliable than the ej the transmission is not so be careful even touching 350 whp.
I lived in Japan, recently Japanese family housewives and people drives it as a commute everyday.
Never underestimate your Roo:)
Strongly Agreed! “Have to get it in Manuel if you get it in automatic you stupid”!!!!!!!!!
bro....... atleast lift and offroad tires. put some stronger bracing and you can fly thru those corners. lowered are street queens. raised are doin the dirty.
This has "adult owned, never beat" all over it.
Got my wrx stuck and flooded in the ocean and still runs drives and is mint just need to fix the bumper lmao
You can actually turn off the seatbelt chime by clicking the belt button like 20 times I believe.
Ever heard of an AMC Eagle?
It’s basically a WRX before the Audi Quattro was built by a year. But with real truck parts.
Glad to see more RUclips car videos. Sorry to let you know but I have been using this channel name for 6 years and use it across many social platforms and my old logo was very similar to yours as well. I think this might cause confusion for both of us. I would appreciate it if you could name yourself with a name that you search for to make sure no one is using. I renamed my channel 6 years ago because of a similar issue and have now built my brand on it. Work and health have stopped me uploading for a bit but I am back with a new charity fund raiser video coming on the 1st.
You have 500 subscribers and up to 2000 views, what livelihood are you talking about, bruh.
@@Markasus when did I use the word livelihood? A brand can be more than the financial side of things. It is also across many platforms. I am an automotive engineer for my livelihood but it doesn't take away that I have spent time on other things. Given that you can just type in a name and search channels it is not hard at all to check if someone uses a name.
@@Markasus also 154,000 views! And the top video is over 28000 views so I have no idea where 2000 comes from. I guess you also don't like to research things 🤣.
Not on RUclips 😁
I don’t get the saying these thing aren’t that reliable.. imo it can be as reliable as you want. Choice of parts, tune
,maintenance, driving style.. Giving the fa a bad rep. Looks like you are having fun, Thanks for the vid 😊ps you are not in a jeep for these conditions, probably another reason why these wrx’s get a bad rep. These cars stock are road worthy,’ not what you are trying to put it through, nice video though 👍🏼and yet the little fa pulled through this abusive video 😊
Where can I get a Dino juice sticker?
How do you fit your yeti cup in the holders?! Mine don't fit! 🤣
@functionxdesign RTIC🤫
Symmetrical AWS means that all components of the drive are symmetrically placed in the car, for example differential box. Thank you for convincing me Forester is a superior car to Impreza.
lol it’s funny when people say they are not reliable I have mine since 2014 no issues 🤷🏻♂️
bro u drive with 2 of ur tires in the raised center
i did the same thing with 1 " lift, 215/60/16 tires... and lemme tell ya... that shit was not tall enough XD bent a strut, and dented my skid plate
Why everyone keep saying FA motors aren’t not reliable
They don’t do their research and read old info which is mainly about the EJ engines having piston issues…
They're unreliable if you mod and tune them poorly
You look just like tim tebow
he keeps mentioning how "unreliable" it is I've had the same car, same year for about two years now and no issues
A Chevy Sonic would have been able to complete this course just as easily.. Nothing challenging really lol
Just lift her a lil biut and she will SHRED those trails
whats so unreliable about it ?
“Adult owned and driven. Never abused”
Should prob just get a Crosstrek...
wow
You became stuck bc what you driving wasn't a 2005 or older lol
Funny how this guy talks about reliability while driving on a road like that. 😂
I feel so sorry for that car. I want to rescue it from you ☺️
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must be luck of the draw on these because my 2017 cvt runs great
Why do all these comments think its this bad? Is this not normal driving?
Why do people hate automatics so much 😂 I really don’t see the problem I’m getting my 2022 wrx with a cvt and from what I’ve heard so far is that it’s super good
CVT is no fun at all, you can't heel and toe and it overheats easily if you wanna take it to the track or go for a touge...
CVT Automatic is “fine” not fun at all
I’m not sure about the other trims, but the CVT in my GT is great. Most of the people who hate them haven’t driven this one, guaranteed.
Bro, CVT is trash. Just learn manual.
There's nothing wrong with an automatic WRX, but you WILL regret it. If you don't know how to drive a manual just ask the sales guy/gal to teach you. When I got my first manual car I had only practiced like 15 minutes after 1-2 weeks you'll be golden
Super unreliable isn’t really the word I’d use. I know plenty that make it to 150k fully tuned
Is this the first time you have taken this on an UNPAVED road? this is not extreme off roading at all this is driving on an unpaved road. You also should learn how to navigate an unpaved road with the tires you have and the height clearance the car has. This car can do a lot with a good driver and the proper tires...even with actual off roading, which this is not.
1:16 u should not say the word as “not reliable” to explain the ground clearance.. u should say “ground clearance is not enough”
If u say as no reliable- this means engine is not good and easy to breakdown..
Too low for this kind of road, otherwise performance is great!
bro fr took a street spec wrx off roading, smh obviously your gonna get stuck
You ever consider how easy it is to crack the oil pan? This is offroading not even rally.
Don't drive in the ruts.
New gen wrx more ground clearance. Get proper tires
These cars break cause we send em like we should. If you drive like an old fart of course its gonna last you
There’s something wrong with you.
Subaru should just completely take out the all-wheel-drive system when it comes to WRX, because nobody uses them for off-road, only further races, such pointless to have all wheel drive and a car that nobody uses off-road!
Yeah, I think it time for a Jeep
This guy has No Clue on how to drive offroad..if you see a high spot in the road get wheels on it...Don't just bottom out like a idiot wth
Like if you also think Im stupid for getting an auto WRX
"Extreme offroading" click bait.
And your expectations of a 4wd car is way to low, literally any 4wd could drive on that smooth flat tractor trail, probably even better since most 4wd cars are taller.
It’s not 4wd it’s all wheel drive. More comparable to some small 4 door Audi or VW.
Bro said “this isn’t a fast car and it’s not reliable” then said “the cars been great, don’t want to make it unreliable” make up your mind 😂
So you're not a dirt road driver are you. Those roads you're driving on are normal roads here in Australia.
This was comical. Not because of what was going on but the silly driving.