STI Wing

[Byron Walter]

Good luck with your decision. One of the reasons I love the Subie is
that in many ways it is the "anti-BMW". I like the fact that it is not
particularly luxurious inside, and the ride is on the stiff side. I've
got the Kartboy shortshifter and bushings installed already, and now I'm
working on getting a little Momo steering wheel put in without
deactivating the passenger airbag.

My background is on bikes (I still have 2 Ducatis) and I've spent years
exploring remote backroads. With the Subie, I've got the perfect
vehicle for exploring all those unpaved roads that I've had to pass up
while on the bike. I'm getting pretty good at kicking out the rear end
on those gravel turns! ;-)

...Ron

Ducatis are very nice indeed. And the Subie sounds much nicer for
backroading than an Audi. Here's hoping for a short winter in NE Ohio and a
Subie spring!

Byron

 

[FNO]

Add me to the list of converted.

I was set on an WRX until I drove an STI during lunch today. Now I am
sitting here crunching numbers figuring out how to put this together.

I've had about 46 vehicles since I came to the US in 86 but I tell you this,
I have never wanted another car this bad.

Does the feeling go away?

--

Nope. Just gets worse

 

[Jim Sanchez]

I'm jumping in the middle of this thread, but I have to add my voice to
the chorus. I am a middle-aged professional, and my patients think it's
great that the ol' doc has such a "young-thinking" car. Everyone in
town knows it's me, which can be a downside, but I have also received
some of the preferential treatment in the car as mentioned in a previous
message. Cute young ladies smile, wave, and flirt as I drive by, and
young men unabashedly stare and drool. One of the neighbourhood
youngsters actually came over while I was washing it and offered to help!

My wife absolutely hated the car at first. She called it "yet another
midlife crisis" and dubbed it the "Matchbox" car. Oddly enough, as the
accolades regarding the car have steadily mounted, she has begun to love
it, and now talks about "what fun" it is.

I was immediately in love with the BBS wheels and Brembo brakes, which
both denote a serious performance car, but the hood scoop and wing gave
me reservations aplenty. Now that I've had the car for nearly a year, I
can't imagine the car without them. It has an "in your face" attitude
that is propagated by that big gaping scoop and over-the-top wing. If I
wanted refined and boring, I'd buy German. ;-)

...Ron

I am almost the same circumstances - late 50s professional (network
engineer) - as you. My wife thinks it is a crazy car but since I have
had performance cars (M6, Eclipse Turbo AWD, VW GTI, Corvett, etc) all
my life she knows what to expect. The STi is probably the best car I've
ever owned if you consider price, performance, reliability and
"neatness". It is most certainly "out there" but that is part of the
charm.