any one ever have one or kno much about it, is it reliable

 

Yeh, its reliable. Very quick at the low end but lacking for a 300hp car at the top end. great for autocrosses, a couple of guys i raced with a few weekends ago had them and they ran pretty well. I think you could do better for the money though.

 

for 30grand, what could be better? comparable Beemers and Mercs (M3/C55) are way more expensive

 

1.Turbo E36 M3
2. Stage 3 Apr B5 S4
3. CLK 55 (w208)
4. Stage 3 APR 1.8T A4
5. Evo VIII (debatable, suffers from ugly disease just like the STI)

 

Excellent car. You may think of buying a used WRX and mod'ing it to offer more than the STI at a lower price

 

different cup of tea to the AMGs, but they are good cars if u ask me

 

I own a 05 STi right now... I saw the 05s are much classier than the 04 in terms of the interior. Fast? Yes. Its an awesome track car, but depends on what your wants are. I had the car for 6 months now, I love it and all but I want to move up to something more luxurious.

Luke

 

Gto

 

Had a modded '02 WRX and an '04 STi. The regular WRX is a lot more mod friendly. The active dif in the STi makes it drive kind of funky in tarmac switchbacks. Kind of has a disconnected understeering feel to it. The STi can run into problems when you mess with the exhaust. Boost creep is a well known problem. STi motor pulls like an 8 off the line, but believe it or not; I like the 2.0 with VF 34 better overall. The big downside is that there is no way to go low profile in those winged beast. Every ricer and his mama rev. It was annoying enough to dump it after 3 months. The '02 had no wing and even with a JDM old version STi scoop, it didn't call out the morons as much. It was pushing over 300 at the crank and the ol' 5 speed hung in there pretty good without any issues and a lot of abuse. You start feeling really cheapy when you drive over gravel and here it tinging in your wheel wells. It is the Yin of ricerhood, compared to the Yang of a Euro lux cruiser. Very fun for awhile, but I wouldn't marry her.

 

my opinion is to get a EVO VIII MR...

if you do get an WRX STi tho, remember to not *** up the rims. One of the guys I know went to track his STi and he bent one of the rims and those thing are expensive since they are forged wheels. he ended up buying new set of replica rims instead of spending the same money for just one rim.

 

sold my 350hp modded '02 wrx to buy my c32. Was an excellent car in terms of reliability (only manufacturer to have ever single car on the consumer reports best buy list).

Cons: The fit and finish is incredibly weak. My old '98 Honda Prelude had better quality. The 2.0 engine was puny and suffered from serious moodyness (atmospheric conditions), the stock turbo only has so much gust. Some days it felt like an unholy terror, and others it felt like it was 40hp down. Oh, and we all know it's one of the ugliest things on the road. I even had a jdm sti front end, prodrive wheels, and the jdm sti projector headlights and still never turned a single female head. :-)

Pros: Amazing car to tune, incredibly easy to build cheap horsepower, especially now- there is a perponderance of used/new aftermarket parts available. If I had serious intrest in building a track only car I would definitely consider a wrx/sti if I didn't care about bravado or visual aesthetic. I have a few friends that still track theirs and pass gt3's daily. (I would still rather have the gt3 imo) Pretty damn dependable, I dished it out to my car on a daily and it took it and came back for more. I did go through a clutch/flywheel but as much is to be expected when running 350hp on a 227hp car. Oh, and there is nothing more fun in the snow.



In retrospect I'll never modify any engine related parts on a daily driver again.. it was a pain passing smog as you can imagine. Getting it serviced was even more of a nightmare (your power window broke? It's because of your blow off valve- we're not covering it under warranty). From my perspective that dictates if 300hp is what you want, go sti and not modded wrx. (any friends reading please don't shoot me)

FYI- Evo's interior is super cheap, but the car handles better for non daily use imo.

Oh and I love my c32 whole heartedly and am not looking back. :-)

 

Wow, there are alot of us who converted from WRX/STis to AMGs!

Here is my old WRX. I got it in Sport Compact Car.

 

I went from:



to:



to:

Hopefully a C32 AMG

-Luke

 

I was in the subie camp before also.





I also had an evo before the c32.



They were both great cars.

 

Hilarious I guess we roam in packs. :-)

 

Man,Those are all beautiful pics of the Subie's.Great cars and more reliable than our beloved MB's.

 

They are great fun to drive
Regarding quality ect, what does paintwork and interior matter on a car that you are meant to use like this? Pro or amateur

 

I can say for all Subbie owners that the paint sucks on the Subarus.

Luke

 

But it would still hammer your car in all around performance!

 

I am new to this board and I just bought my C55 three weeks ago but it seems as all boards I frequent, no one seems to like the EVO.

I just sold a 2004 silver EVO and would have liked it more than the M Coupe and M3 it replaced except for one thing... IT WAS CHEAP!

Not sad I bought it, but I now know that performance does not matter that much to me. I'll take pride of ownership over pulling .91 g's and affordable mods any day.

My .02 and by the way hello everyone!

Out with the old and in with the new.

 

I would have had to find a way to keep them both. LOL! Just kidden about the stick in head thingy!Poor EVO,you better go back and find it!