WRX trunk space

Checking the cargo area of my 2005 Impreza WRX sedan, I find that I can easily fit four five-gallon buckets with lids. Five would fit a bit more tightly and I think I could even squeeze in six buckets with a little bit of manuevering.

Of course, the Forester has much more cargo space because the rear seat back can be folder down almost completely flat. I recently carried eight thirty-gallon bags of leaves to out community composting operation in my wife's 2007 Forester; that's 240 gallons of volums, or the equivalent of four fifty-five-gallon drums.

The Forester -- built, of course, on the same platform as the Impreza

-- has been a great workhorse for us making many trips to Home Depot (long boards and pipe go on the roof rack) and the local tree / landscape farm.

By the way, because the center section of the WRX's rar seat can be opened to the cargo area, I can carry eight-foot pieces of conduit, pipe, or light boards inside the WRX and still close the trunk lid.

I got the WRX sedan after owning four Legacy wagons over twenty years. I loved my wagons but I've never looked back; the WRX sedan is way fun!

Thank you. And the search for a good one begins...