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Got a ride in an '04 STI today...
Amy in my department had her '04 Nissan Altima in the shop for warranty work, and got to drive her brother-in-law's WRC Blue '04 STI for the day! Needless to say, knowing that I'm a HUGE Subaru freak, she had to give me a ride (couldn't let me drive it as it wasn't hers... )
Amy used to own an '02 WRX 5MT, so she didn't give me the grandma ride, did a few hard launches, ran it up to 60mph, braked hard for turns and spun all four tires a few times. I've been grinning ear-to-ear for the last 4 hours and called AmazonParrot and Svxfiles as soon as I got home! The feel and handling really impressed me, but I still feel like the STI is too extreme for me as a daily driver. Think an '05 Legacy 2.5GT or '06 MazdaSpeed 6 would suit my tastes much better... What a ride though! -Chike
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I've been there man....oh what an experience.
At my job we worked on a 04 STi for a fiberglass job. Anyway - when we finished - I got to drive it to the detail shop for a nice cleaning. Oh My God. What an experience ..........It was like - "woah, 60mph already...dam" I was so souped when I got it back to the shop. I wanted one - still do. The STi is the fastest car I've ever been behind the wheel. A close second would be my friends 00 Mustang GT with some mods. But wow - what an experience.
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The current turbo Legacys are fantastic cars, as I've said many times here. A friend of mine has one and I've driven it a couple of times. Wonderful car.
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My neighbor down the street has an 04 STI....he's my rally buddy...when it snows we have a blast!
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Chike,
You do realize that your SVX will know immediately that you've been cheating on her (she'll smell the STI on you) -Bill p.s. took the wife and kids into D.C. for the Chinese New Year parade and saw what looked to be a brand new Legacy STI parked on the street. It didn't have the big hood scoop or trunk lid spoiler, so I did a double take when I saw the STI badge....
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Re: Got a ride in an '04 STI today...
Chike,
Man that is awesome. I've not rode in an STi but my buddy just picked up a 02 WRX and took me for a drive. And yeah, those cars really have some get up and go. Lots of fun. I didn't get to drive it, as I had been drinking. But still a great experience.
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I've also been reading some threads over on the www.legacygt.com/ forums, and two bone-stock '05 turbo GT's ran 13.9 in the 1/4 mile. Not bad for a 250hp, 3400lb car! There also seem to be no real issues with these 5MT trannys breaking even after harsh track use. Plus, I'm seeing a few low mileage GT's going for 23,9K on cars.com & autotrader... I could definitely see one of those in my driveway next to the SVX! -Chike
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Re: Re: Got a ride in an '04 STI today...
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Honestly, the '04 STI felt faster than my friend's '03 EVO when it was bone stock. However, his evo wasn't stock for long, and the ride I had after some mild bolt-on mods (ecu, boost controller, intake, down-pipe and exhuast) is still the wildest I've had to date! -Chike
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-Chike
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I had an 04 wrx(not sti) out and I still rave about it from time to time.
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te legacy gt is a great car,, i would go with the , stil uses the 2.5 block and heads, just diffrent turbo set up
also the sti you are paying alot of money for the bling appeal.. really a lot of the stuff your geting doesnt do anything with going faster,, HID headlights,, DCCD..water sprayer,,brembo brakes etc etc now the only thing i would really like is the 6 speed its much much stronger then the 5 speeds, and the brembo brakes as for the evo, most you guys know im a dsm fan, and still to this day the 4g63 is a awsome power plant, so all in all i think the legacy gt is a great buy. and is a top choice,
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Definitely drive one before you buy one. I drove one last fall. They have a wonderful motor, and the tranny feels pretty good, but the handling was surprisingly poor. Tons of lean in the corners, and not confidence inspiring. I guess some good springs and maybe some slightly better dampers could fix that. Have you driven an EVO 8 yet? Its AWD, turbo, and has 4 doors. :-)
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I may be losing the SVX soon... you know, because its getting to the point where I just dont want to spend all this money on keeping it up... I figure in the next 6 months it will be gone, but being the Subaru fan I am, I imagine a STi will be in its place.
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