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Old Sep 23, 2013 | 06:18 AM
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Old Sep 23, 2013 | 07:08 AM
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Originally Posted by kyle22
Haven't driven it hard yet till I break the car in, only 140 miles so far.
Who cares about straight line performance, anyone can mash the throttle.

Unless you are talking about breaking in the suspensions, brakes, and tires?

When driving my sti I hardly see positive boost. Takes very little power to haul *** down backroads.
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Old Sep 23, 2013 | 03:42 PM
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Old Sep 23, 2013 | 03:44 PM
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Originally Posted by jeffie7
Who cares about straight line performance, anyone can mash the throttle.

Unless you are talking about breaking in the suspensions, brakes, and tires?

When driving my sti I hardly see positive boost. Takes very little power to haul *** down backroads.
Meant haven't driven it hard in the twisties yet, waiting till 1k to open her up a bit then after the first oil change I will test how far the car can go. In a safe closed road course...of course
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Old Sep 23, 2013 | 04:50 PM
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Have the ringlands blown yet?
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Old Sep 23, 2013 | 06:16 PM
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I give it 14k miles lol

I just can't get into the new subarus, meh

At one point the sti was a track car with tags, now it's a smooth line car that is aimed at as many people as they can reach, that's smart for Subaru because of dollhairs, but the car is just no longer what it once was.

Kyle you must be loving the weather now, nice enough during the day to use the sun roof and chilly enough at night to use the heated seats.

Anyone else remember back when Subaru had hood scoops? Now it's just a vagina slit.
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Old Sep 23, 2013 | 06:54 PM
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Originally Posted by jeffie7
I give it 14k miles lol

I just can't get into the new subarus, meh

At one point the sti was a track car with tags, now it's a smooth line car that is aimed at as many people as they can reach, that's smart for Subaru because of dollhairs, but the car is just no longer what it once was.

Kyle you must be loving the weather now, nice enough during the day to use the sun roof and chilly enough at night to use the heated seats.

Anyone else remember back when Subaru had hood scoops? Now it's just a vagina slit.
You crack me up man, nothing ever pleases you. This weather is lovely, this morning I turned on the heated seats then on the way home windows rolled down sunroof open ah I love it. Car is a dream, smooth shifting, powerful engine, the sound the car makes for being stock is beautiful.

I defiantly agree with you Jeff, the sti's use to be just a rally car with nothing else to offer, now its still a rally car with better options.
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Old Sep 23, 2013 | 07:39 PM
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nice job on the upgrade. Now who's next in line for an STi?
P.S. proper way to break in your car is to FLOOR IT!
here's some break-in info: http://www.mototuneusa.com/break_in_secrets.htm
Most dealerships say "take it easy" for "X" amount of miles - this is strictly for their own protection and not the optimal way to break in your car.

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Old Sep 23, 2013 | 08:28 PM
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said to run it hard within the first 20 miles, I bought it with 27 miles. I assume there "test run" of the car they ran it hard. But today I started to open her up a bit into the higher RPM range. It's really hard to take it easy.

Think I should replace the oil now or wait till the 3k mark, dealer said 7500 mark but Idk
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Old Sep 24, 2013 | 05:36 AM
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Originally Posted by kyle22

I defiantly agree with you Jeff, the sti's use to be just a rally car with nothing else to offer, now its sedan AWD turbo car with better options and much more ugly.
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Old Sep 24, 2013 | 05:39 AM
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Wingless would do wonders for this car. IMO the back of Dave's WRX looked so much better, it was aggressive, for some reason the new sti wing reminds me of APC, pep boys and 1999.
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Old Sep 24, 2013 | 06:25 AM
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Wing if you actually drive competitively, otherwise it does look cleaner without one or a very subtle wing.

On the track you can really feel the difference wing vs wingless. The car is less stable in the high speed sections w/o a wing and your lap times suffer by a large margin.
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Old Sep 24, 2013 | 08:27 AM
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Originally Posted by 03threefiftyz
Have the ringlands blown yet?
Lol , give it a month or so... good thing Kyle and Dave have a warranty.

Originally Posted by abui01
Wing if you actually drive competitively, otherwise it does look cleaner without one or a very subtle wing.

On the track you can really feel the difference wing vs wingless. The car is less stable in the high speed sections w/o a wing and your lap times suffer by a large margin.
Man pretty much no one in the Mid-A drives competitively, there are a few exceptions, but overall it's a bunch of highway warriors... can't even get guys to head out to a drag strip, let alone a road course or auto-x... so discussing the merits of a wing is a useless discussion. It's really just a style preference at this point.
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Old Sep 24, 2013 | 10:20 AM
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I'd love to see Dave and Kyles car keep up with my wingless car on the back roads.

Zain. Any progress on the vette? We need to make something happen.

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Old Sep 24, 2013 | 11:43 AM
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Originally Posted by C5_vette
Lol , give it a month or so... good thing Kyle and Dave have a warranty.



Man pretty much no one in the Mid-A drives competitively, there are a few exceptions, but overall it's a bunch of highway warriors... can't even get guys to head out to a drag strip, let alone a road course or auto-x... so discussing the merits of a wing is a useless discussion. It's really just a style preference at this point.
As I said before I would love to get into Auto x but at the time yes the wing is useless but I have no intentions to remove it.

For ringland issues I have read to get a tune but it would obviously void the warranty and still have a chance of it happening. Figured I will take the chance and stay within the warranty boundaries in case it does occur.
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Old Sep 24, 2013 | 11:50 AM
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i have some gold wheels for that.....jus sayin'
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Old Sep 24, 2013 | 01:12 PM
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Originally Posted by kyle22
I have read to get a tune but it would obviously void the warranty and still have a chance of it happening. Figured I will take the chance and stay within the warranty boundaries in case it does occur.
Tune. Now.
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Old Sep 24, 2013 | 01:42 PM
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Stage 2 RIGHT Meow!!!!!

It's what all the subi guys do.
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Old Sep 24, 2013 | 03:40 PM
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Anyone else notice that the new STI has the clock scoop for a hood scoop?





Looks like the styling was taken from a Toyota 4 runner.
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Spotted this gem in the Wegmans parking lot.
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