2003 Subaru WRX BUGEYE Snow Drift // Here's why you need one of these...

Alright, we are at Toronto Motorsports Park, it is a snowy day, usually my videos have some sort of a purpose, like comparing an old WRX to a new WRX, which I did before, you might remember that. However, I don't have a reason for today's video, it's just that we have a snowy track and I've got a Subaru. The 2003 WRX Bug Eye. These are starting to become harder to find and the Subaru tax is making it difficult to find them for cheap. It doesn't help either that Subarus often rust almost as well as they drive. Either way, this generation of WRX comes with a 227 horsepower motor with 217 torques and honestly that's still good by today's standards. Also in this generation, you get a viscous limited slip differential in the rear, which while no torsion diff is in my opinion still better than the open diff and annoying brake vectoring you get in the new ones. You also get a mediocre transmission, a loud interior, but some excellent styling and a famous all-wheel drive system. The point is that these WRXs are starting to become modern classics. So I came out with the team at the Pinnacle Advanced Driving Academy to see what it's like in the snow. As you can see, fun was had by all. The track was snowy and icy, so some hilarious low-speed drifting was in order. So I took the Bug Eye out to remind myself why I love these things so much. There is something therapeutic about an all-wheel drive car and a completely snowy track with no rules whatsoever. This is just about the best thing that you can do in the motoring world. The best thing about these old Subarus is the fact that they feel turbocharged. There's something about the fact that boost just comes on so frantically that you have to deal with it. It's a part of it. It gives the car personality, the character. So as I go through the corner here, all of a sudden boost comes on and you have to deal with it. You're just constantly at the wheel on a slippery surface and that is the best part about it. And flick the other way, too much steering lock on the throttle, rear comes around and since it is a Subaru, I just stay on the throttle. Now that's the thing about these, the Subaru all-wheel drive, oh my god, that just chugged, that wasn't me, holy. You just get on the power and the all-wheel drive in these just kind of pulls you out of the corner. I'm trying to talk while sliding, not the easiest thing to do in the world. I love these old Subarus because they feel very, very raw in an excellent way. Oh my god. The steering in these is perfect, right? Lots of feel from the front end, a fairly quick rack. The moral of the story here is that you don't really need an STI and you don't need a new car. I'm having as much fun as I have ever had driving this car on this snowy course right now. Fourth gear, boost, and breaking, can we break in time, flick it in and slide through, third gear, 70 kilometers an hour, one big slide, $5,000, this car is $5,000. I'll take a beater Subaru any day of the week.