Yes, you are right. To each his own. People who spend alot of the time at the track want more track features and fewer "daily driver" features. Nothing wrong with that. I am simply not a "track" person, but I do enjoy performance cars and expect them to have some basic amenities like floormats or stereo. Nothing wrong with that either. My previous sports cars (Z28, Trans Am, Lightning) had these items, and so do others like Porsches, Vipers, Corvettes, Supras, 300/350Zs, etc.

I guess your statements like "it's wish lists like these that keep us from getting cool cars from Japan" and "we'd never get it here, because of people that think like you" sound very accusing, like I am somehow to blame for keeping you from getting the car(s) you want. That's not true. I would say it's the lack of people that think like you (i.e. lack of sufficient demand) and unwillingness to pay extra for it (i.e. want too much, pay too little) that is keeping these cars from our shores. You can get Spec Cs and Skylines and other cool Japanese cars here in the U.S....but you don't want to pay the premium for shipping and certification. That is not my fault.

I apologize if this sounds confrontational or hostile...that is not my intent, and I don't want this to be a "big deal" either. You just make it sounds like mine and others desires for some basic low cost options in our STis is somehow screwing up your plans to get a cool car. I guess we can just agree to disagree.

 

I'd have to agree about the floor mats. For $32K you would think that the car would just come with floor mats. If it doesn't have a stereo that I don't care about since it would be upgraded anyways but really how many people would toss out their floor mats to upgrade to new floor mats?

 

On a lighter note... Does anyone remember when floormats were a line item option?

I bet next years STi will have them BTW.