New member - not-so-great pics
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New member - not-so-great pics
Hello, all. I just registered here, b/c on Friday of last week, I picked up my 06 STI with 9 whole miles on it. I thought I'd introduce myself and post a few crummy pics of the garage. The weather hasn't been great this week, so all the cars are filthy . . . hopefully this weekend it will be nice, so I can get some proper pics.
The TT is my wife's - nimbus grey with baseball interior. The srt4 is our roommate's. After I returned my VW GTI 1.8T in November, I picked up the ae86 for $1000 to drive around until I decided what I wanted to get next. The contestants were the STI, an evo IX, an 05 elise, and the new GTI. Naturally, the STI won, and I feel I made the right decision. I've loved every second of having the STI. 180 miles and counting.
I'm pretty much planning on leaving the STI stock, however. I mainly bought it so that I could have a daily driver and start working on the 86. As it stands now, I'm planning to swap a sr20det into it.
The TT is my wife's - nimbus grey with baseball interior. The srt4 is our roommate's. After I returned my VW GTI 1.8T in November, I picked up the ae86 for $1000 to drive around until I decided what I wanted to get next. The contestants were the STI, an evo IX, an 05 elise, and the new GTI. Naturally, the STI won, and I feel I made the right decision. I've loved every second of having the STI. 180 miles and counting.
I'm pretty much planning on leaving the STI stock, however. I mainly bought it so that I could have a daily driver and start working on the 86. As it stands now, I'm planning to swap a sr20det into it.
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Originally Posted by dSpec
Sweet rides. You will not be disappointed with the STi.
BTW, can't wait till you complete your "SR86". Post pics when you're done with it!
BTW, can't wait till you complete your "SR86". Post pics when you're done with it!
I plan on documenting the engine swap, so I'll definitely post periodic updates.
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Thanks, everyone. I actually did wash it this weekend, but got too busy, and never took any pics. Not that any of you would really care to see a bone stock STI doing very little, but I'll probably post some anyway, after I take a few.
Hah, definitely the srt4. The TT is a stock 180 fwd, and even if it were chipped, I doubt it could beat the srt. The srt4 is really really fast by any comparison. He has suspension mods, but a basically stock powertrain, and it never ceases to amaze me how fast it is. Previous to these cars, I had a 2002 VW GTI 1.8T with a handful of mods including a chip and TBE, and it was pretty much a toss up between the stock srt and my vw. I believe the gti was making around 210hp/230tq to the wheels at the time (can't find the dyno sheet).
The TT is quick, though, but it's also pretty and a convertible, so it's all-around a great little car. The baseball interior is to die for! Possibly, my favorite production car interior ever made.
Originally Posted by Skip
those are some nice cars.... i definately dig the 86 and STi.... is the TT fast? whos car is faster.. your wifes or your roomates?
The TT is quick, though, but it's also pretty and a convertible, so it's all-around a great little car. The baseball interior is to die for! Possibly, my favorite production car interior ever made.
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