There isn't one, simply cause there don't seem to be many bashers/haters of BMW.
Only reason we have subaru bashing is cause Azure, being a bimmer faithful, has an issue with all the Subaru fanboys he has come across, I don't really blame him, as the subie crowd can be as bad as the miata kiddies.
Whether it's warranted or necessary is a different story but the replies he gets from a few of the people, sure do back up his fanboy nature of the subaru crowd.
I use to be a large Subaru fan, for many years to be honest. I still love how the SVX looks, and the 06 WRX I drove around in for a few months was fun, but didn't quite do it for me like the AW11 I had. I'd go for a GC model with a WRX swap pretty easily if I was looking for a fun thing with AWD. Newer models don't quite do it for me, between the pricing, complexity, and other issues.
dsgerbc, I've been talking about the factory tune, from Subaru, not any aftermarket tunes. As eSZee has pointed out, several times, this was a common and widespread issue due to them making it run excessively lean at high rpms. Which helped emissions figures but not much else. I'm quite curious why this is the thread you've picked to start posting outside of the GT5 area, and why you seem to disagree with most everything with no supporting argument or evidence beyond "I said so."
As for the abuse part, it is pretty easy for a dealer to play "well, the tires have sidewall wear, which means xyz" etc. Plus the labor for something like a compression test, an easy way to tell if the rings are having issues, is much more than on normal engines. My friend bought an '08, new, and had an endless array of problems with it. The dealer networks around here were not the best about checking anything and would turn him away (to his fault, he isn't exactly a smooth talker) but the fact was it was blatantly obvious something was wrong with how the car was running, and the dealers would just act as if that was how it was suppose to be. Eventually the motor was replaced, under warranty, only to end up having the same issues because, guess what, the problem is in the mapping and not the mechanical. Most aftermarket tunes, as pointed out, will fix this issue but in turn void the warranty.
I'd imagine these days the dealers are far more use to this problem, but back then they kept acting like it was a very unusual case.
And I never was much of a fan of Subaru giving an SCCA membership with an STi purchase, but using it for any event was easy grounds to void the warranty.
My point on the maintenance is it is generally a hell of a lot easier to work on a straight six versus a boxer four, while keeping the engine in the car.
