I put a stereo in my STi. Most of the time the OEM radios are overpriced and the quality is just a little under par. In my case I wanted an MP3 player and Subaru doesn't offer that option.
The only valid reasons I can come up with for not owning the STi is, It has a stiff ride, a lot of road noise and the insurance is expensive. But, all these factors tie into factor that it is a sports car. And when you drive it, you know without a doubt that it's a sports car! BlueSTi "Scary-Fast"
Stiffer Chassis
R
I may be making stuff up, but I will swear I can feel a difference in acceleration with my STi between a full tank of gas and a quarter tank.
The difference is about 10 gallons of gas or about 70 pounds weight.
I can feel the the same difference in my WRX wagon. 70 lbs. is about a 2% difference in weight. It's equivalent to a small passenger.
I know there used to be a rough formula for calculating how many tenths of a second removing weight takes off your 1/4 mile time.
I can tell you with 3 passengers there is a huge performance penalty. Depending on your passengers that can ad over 600 pounds. It sure makes the car feel like a slug. BlueSTi "Scary-Fast"
So I am almost the youngest here then. Late twenties, bought my STi with money I earned myself. (I.e. no silver spoon.) Lovin' every minute of it.
It's usually not the price of the STi that gets you but the stinking increase in insurance! And I am a very low insurance risk. In my late 20's the price of insurance would have been astronomical. Likely more than the payment on the car. I hear it rumored that a large percentage of STi owners trade their cars in within the first year of ownership. I wonder how true that statement is? BlueSTi "Scary-Fast"
I'll get rid of mine when I am ready to get another one. I love the car.
I bought an STi this year and three months later the company I work for anounced that they were moving our lab to a part of the country I don't think I can live in. So, I stand a reasonable chance of loosing my job.I can live with a lower paying McJob and support my family, though not in the lifestyle we prefer (I've been rich and I've been poor and, all else being equal, poor sucks!).
I can stand the loss of prestige, I can stand the loss of the house, I can stand the loss of the stereo and the retirement account, but the STi: no way man! It's time to send the wifey out to drum up some spare cash on the corner ;-)
Philip
Im 25!
R
You mean more for a year's worth of insurance than a single payment on the car, right? Definitely. That's a given in my case. It's about one payment-and-a-half, but I gladly fork it up and pay in full every year.
Long as the car runs, I'm not dead, and I've still got a regular paycheque, I won't be trading in the car at the end of the year. I guess I'll have to prove that statement in the upcoming months.
Yeah, it's because they've lost their drivers licenses. I'd guess that the average post-STi tenure 'till suspension is about 6 months in New York State (3 strikes in 2 years and you're out, or potentially after one strike at 30+ over).
STI FORESTER NEXT YEAR I CANT WAIT
STI FORESTER NEXT YEAR I CANT WAIT
Wow that's lame. Sorry to hear that. *scribble scribble* more reasons not to move to the U.S..
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