STI oil changes......

In the overall scheme of things, how bad would changing the oil have to be to reject the car you otherwise want?

Soobs are average to above average in ease of filter/oil changing I'd say. There is a plastic shield that on some models will need to be removed. But the filter hangs straight down and is unobstructed. So very little oil would ever run out of it.

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Carl

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Thank you Carl for the quick response. The answers to my questions won't deter me from buying this car I've wanted for over a year now. But I like doing my own basic maintenance and only owned one car I wouldn't/couldn't do an oil change on (95 Infiniti Q45). I hated paying dealer prices for something I've been doing since 1984.

Anyway, after test driving an STI 10 months ago and reading all the glowing reviews, I'll justify this as a mid-life crisis toy.

Thanx again......................CC

PS. Well another toy, still have a Honda VFR sport bike, and Kawasaki Jet Ski.

I don't have an STI, but I do change the oil on my wife's '04 WRX. There's a big plastic shroud over the bottom of the engine that is held in place with 5 bolts and 5 or

6 plastic button fasteners. Getting the shroud on and off is the worst part. The button fasteners get full of grit and don't want to come out. After I get them out, I take them apart, clean the dirt off of them and put a tiny bit of silicon grease on them.

The oil change itself is about as simple as it can get. The oil filter drops straight down with no exhaust or starter below it and the drain plug is trivial to get to.

I have a 03 WRX, is that shroud different on a 04 ? It's not in the way of changing my oil. There is a washer too on the drain plug you have to replace every oil change.Not sure if the 06 STI still requires you to replace that crush washer every time. The sub dealer gives me a couple for free when i need them. I'd go with synthetic oil.

It must be because it's flat impossible to change the oil and filter on an '04 without removing it.

As to the crush washer, always replace it. I keep a bag of 20 or so hanging on the wall in the garage.

I buy my filters and washers 10 at a time from Auburn Subaru up near Seattle. Great price and service. I use Mobil1 10W30 all year round in both the '99 Outback and the '04 WRX.

What do people think (besides the lack of stylesheets) of this webpage I have concocted this morning:

http://67.180.83.167

for a scaled down STi wagon sans the helicopter blade advocacy to compete with the upcoming EVO wagon (if it ever gets to the US). If there is some interest maybe I can hook up this to PostgreSQL or something to store the votes and relay them to Subaru.

Did I miss anything? I don't know if STI frame is different (stiffer) than the one on the pedestrian WRX. I think I got most of the important differences down.

Be patient: it might get slow if too many people hit it at the same time. If that happens try it later. Suggestions are welcome, but this is my first web design/programming project so it might be a while before I implement some of them.

I finally got the database hookup completed. If you are one of the early 9 birds please re-vote. This time the vote should be saved in the db.

The webpage is here:

http://67.180.83.167

If I get a hundred or two people who honestly would buy this contraption maybe Fuji will give the wagon a shot?

Removed the part about "the first web programming effort" to deter idiots and script kiddies from looking for non existent rpc.php files.