OK ... it may be a bit premature .. I don't even know when my car will arrive, but I am second on the list ... woohoo

I've had too much free time the last couple of days, so I've been putting my future specs together .. I'm sure there must be others doing the same. I hope blue isn't the only color, my preferences in descending order are white, silver, red.

I want all my major mods waiting in the garage before the car arrives ti exhaust, cf trunk, cf hood, cf mirrors, cf anything else that is available, AP Brake kit, light weight 18" wheels (don't know ... TE37's, SE37's, Gram Light 57Pros, SSR Comps - although they are a bit played), no suspension yet (If it is possible to make this car handle better, it will take MANY hours at the track to know how to di it). .... I want engine mods to make 400 track-reliable track useable HP. .... That's it to start

I want to go all out on this beast .... after all it is replacing my Lotus Exige. The standard WRX was just too tame ... I was actually waiting for the Evo, but the STI trumps it.

 

I'm in your area and I'm curious about your pre-order since I'm looking to do the same.

Which dealership did you put your deposit with? Cityside? Carmart? Natick?

What were the terms of your deposit? Color choice? Gauranteed MSRP? Refundable?

Any details appreciated.

Edit: Oh, and you're nuts to be talking about mods! I'll be more than thrilled to drive a "bone stock" STi.

 

Cityside - $1000 - MSRP guarantee

I didn't call any other dealers. This was good enough for me. I'm new to the area, and will probably only be here for ~5 more mos. Probably have to come back to pick the car up.

 

Yeah, Cityside is right down the street from me... but from what I know of them, I don't like them either. Spoke to a salesman on the phone from there a while back and he was quite the opposite of polite.

 

I wish you luck in finding a dealer who will sell at a couple hundred over MSRP, but I guess it isn't impossible. Let us know how it goes. I won't even live here in 6 months, so dealers reputations don't matter. They seemed very nice. Subaru makes the car. They just sell it.

 

Just curious...whats ur guy's MSRP Guarantee?

 

Thats still unknown, Subaru will release it when they feel like it. The guarantee is just to prevent the dealer from marking it up 10 grand from the price its supposed to be sold at because its a rare car.

 

drive it as if i have stolen it (after the break in)

 

Beldrueger,

Yeah, I'm probably with you ... was a wrx-gonna-mod-the-f-outta-it guy... then caught wind of the Evo and it was all over for Subaru. Now, I'm back since the STi is likely to stomp (after Mitsubishi held out on the AYC/ACD) I'm going to do quite a lot to it but it really depends on the specs to start and we don't have a whole heck of a lot of those. The torque gains are going to really depend on how durable the new 6-speed proves to be. Otherwise you're looking at a whole lotta tranny to handle big HP gains. If the new block (whichever they made the 2.5 from...don't think we know that yet) can handle the increased boost...same length headers into a twin-scroll titanium impeller turbo with more boost will be early on. If you really want to lose weight...keep your tank at 1/4 all the time (like a lot of guys that street race do) and if you're going nuts with cf everything (which I think is kinda ...well...sorta a waste of cash in ways) you could go for the Atkins diet and eat at Subway a whole lot.

 

subaru says it will be $32k with everything standard sans radio...supply will be limited so if u can get a dealer to guarantee MSRP in writting u r doing great!

 

If it is really going to be in the 32k range I will get one but I think it is going to be hard to find a dealer with no Markup in CA. but oh well. If I get one the only thing I will do to it is supension stuff like coilover...etc

 

one dealer by me said that from what they heard from Subaru, it will be in the 35,000 range....i think thats gettin a little too pricey if thats the case..