I get so ticked off when I am driving around town and see these stupid apc g'd up hondas and stuff. These people act like putting a gigantic wing on the back of their front wheel drive car instantly adds 40 hp. I am a student currently but I hope to buy a new or used, preferibly used, STI when I graduate in three years! Then I'll show these little kids what a real car is!

 

I hate rice as much as the nice guy but not all Hondas or Honda owners are like that.

 

I dont hate all Honda owners, just the teen agers that drive around with cars that they think can beat any car in town. Honda makes a good car. I have no problem with the car itself, heck one of my friends has a '91 CRX si with all kinds of engine mods but he does not drive around acting like an idiot slapping APC stickers all over it and racing everyone in sight even though his car could probably take most imports where I live.

 

try looking at those 30 + looking guys w/ APC and Noss stickers..

hmm at least they looked 30+ ,,

 

In response to clamdip, RIGHT ON! Props for sticking to things that you judge for yourself as what you like. Some people like to jump on the next trendy thing that comes along in hopes of getting approval from others. Its kind of empty for them, because after the intial excitement is over they need to look for that high again.

We have a Legacy Wagon because it suits our needs and lifestyle and are fans of the WRX and STi but chose the better car for us. Sometimes all that hype is just hype, and people don't really know why they like and are so fanatic about the things they are into. Thanks for keeping it real.

I thought stickers and big wings add more horsepower than that! I actually think they look more like shopping carts!

 

There will always be a car that is comming out that is better than your car in a year or two. So, you will be very disappointed if you always want to have the best out there (unless you are Bill Gate )...

 

I see your point, and it's probably true that a few people are vain enough to be driven to "have the best" for whatever reason.

Personally, I think most who are doing the WRX-to-STi switch are doing it for one of three reasons:

(1) After owning the WRX for a couple of years, they realized how great an all around car it is (AWD, performance, price, etc.), so stepping up to the Big Daddy WRX STi is a logical progression

(2) When they bought their WRXs, nobody knew for sure that the STi was coming to the U.S. Once they found out last year, they drooled and waited for it and now it's here, so they jumped

(3) Some people just couldn't wait for the STi and/or couldn't afford it, so they bought the WRX so they could enjoy it while they wait to buy an STi for various reasons (to save up money, wait for dealers to start offering the STi at under MSRP (like Evos now), wait for bugs to be identified and worked out, etc.).

As for the riced out Hondas with scaffolding rear wings, fart cans, and Cap'n Crunch stickers all over their cars...I don't know how to explain it. I don't "hate" 'em, I just don't understand them or what they are thinking by spending all of that money to put such crap on their cars. My only guess is that their friends talk about it and do it (i.e. throw tons of Rice a Roni on their slammed Civics), so they want to do it to. Eh, whatever floats their boat I guess, but I don't understand it.

 

So a Subaru is not an import???

 

Yep, I agree. I think many cops and other non-sports-car-enthusiast drivers will simply lump the STi in with the ricer crowd because of the wing and scoop (and gold wheels, if you have them). The friggin' STi wing and scoop are a bit much for me. I like my '02 scoop much better, but I like the new Legacy scoop the best.