Article: Subaru Impreza's Practical Spirit

BIG WATER drops fell by the millions in fierce, pounding splashes. At times, they fell in sheets, obscuring vision and turning the mountain road into a rapidly moving stream.

"Well," she said. "You wanted rain. Here's your rain." There was a sharp edge to her voice, and it cut.

I'd been asking for rain on the Virginia-to-Georgia run, asking for rain such as this. What better way to test the road handling of the all-wheel-drive, 1994 Subaru Impreza L Sport Wagon?

But I didn't ask the rain to come to the tippy-tops of the Blue Ridge Mountains. I ordered something manageable - a gusher or two in the foothills and flatlands.

My companion grew tense. I grew macho, which is to say that my ...

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