how to avoid buying the new STi
well, i'm sure you'll be damn happy with the "real" STi that you'll be getting. one more question though, do you think it would be possible to run the V8 ECU from the STi on a US WRX? i noticed that you were selling yours. just wondering.
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Ripov...i think you have some valid points and are in a similar situation as I am, one good reason NOT to get the STI is the fact that I have a 99RS that I can pay off right now in full, or I can go out and put a deposit down on a new 04 STI and trade it in...this equals out to either keeping the same "slow, older" car with 60k on it with no monthly or getting the STI demon that I've always wanted and raise my current payment about $80 plus high octane fuel and insurance?? now I did manage to avoid jumping on the WRX when it came out and other cars like the Z and just recently the EVO...so I have been putting off a new ride for about 2 yrs now and what I have been REALLY waiting for is now here, which I am very happy about!! this is has probably been worth the wait and also, if you think you are at your threshold for price as I am, if you are waiting for anything else better you would have to look at increasing your price threshold...so this post has basically turned into why NOT to buy one, to you should get one...probably because I am about to put a deposit and be #2 on the dealers list this weekend! oh well?
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well...i cant believe this threads not dead yet. anyway, i think i may have figured it out. since i origianlly started the thread ive gotten 2 frickin tickets. my insurance was just about to go down a little. i already pay out the wazoo.
just to rant a little: i hate this state (SC) big time. when i was in louisiana, the cops there would let you off with a warning about half the time. theyd make a little conversation to make sure you werent an idiot or criminal and when they saw you werent theyd let you off with a 'slow it down a little'. here these a$$hole cops have never let me off with a warning...not once in 20+ pull overs. i have no respect for the cops in this state. they 'enforce' traffic laws the most and this state still has the highest number of fatalities and the worst drivers in the world as far as im concerned. *phew*
anyway, im trying to slow down....its hard. maybe need to get an electric car or something. in the meantime im modding my accord v6: obx headers, CAI, UR pulleys, cat back exhaust, and new wheels are already in the works.... plus im modding my bwm f650gs dakar too. this stuff will put me off the sti for at least a year (i hope). by then who knows what other cars will be out. ive heard a lot of rumors....1 about a kicka$$ legacy!
sorry for the long post.
just to rant a little: i hate this state (SC) big time. when i was in louisiana, the cops there would let you off with a warning about half the time. theyd make a little conversation to make sure you werent an idiot or criminal and when they saw you werent theyd let you off with a 'slow it down a little'. here these a$$hole cops have never let me off with a warning...not once in 20+ pull overs. i have no respect for the cops in this state. they 'enforce' traffic laws the most and this state still has the highest number of fatalities and the worst drivers in the world as far as im concerned. *phew*
anyway, im trying to slow down....its hard. maybe need to get an electric car or something. in the meantime im modding my accord v6: obx headers, CAI, UR pulleys, cat back exhaust, and new wheels are already in the works.... plus im modding my bwm f650gs dakar too. this stuff will put me off the sti for at least a year (i hope). by then who knows what other cars will be out. ive heard a lot of rumors....1 about a kicka$$ legacy!
sorry for the long post.
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Originally posted by clamdip
well, i'm sure you'll be damn happy with the "real" STi that you'll be getting. one more question though, do you think it would be possible to run the V8 ECU from the STi on a US WRX? i noticed that you were selling yours. just wondering.
well, i'm sure you'll be damn happy with the "real" STi that you'll be getting. one more question though, do you think it would be possible to run the V8 ECU from the STi on a US WRX? i noticed that you were selling yours. just wondering.
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