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Dunno about you, but I'm not feeling it. :puker:
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Dunno about you, but I'm not feeling it. :puker:
I love the hatch look, but it looks like they stole their doors from BMW. I also dont like the rear end. It looks alot like a lexus rx300. As long as I was always able to look at it from a second story deck like the second pic, I would buy one tomorrow.
Meh...
not impressed
Maybe it's because I was expecting the worse, but I don't think its bad looking.
I don't think I can recall a single Subi ever that I did feel. Put in perspective, this one isn't half bad.Quote:
Originally Posted by altiain
I like it better than I expected to. I would still have to keep a brown paper sack in the house so I didn't have to look at it when I walked out to the garage in the morning, though.
It looks one hell of a lot better than the base Impreza. I kinda like it, actually - but it's not nearly as good looking as the old "classic" WRX...
http://www.theautochannel.com/news/2...34049.1-lg.jpg
I think it looks ok, but it think they stole the headlights off a Civic.
http://www.nihoncar.com/en/news_pics..._Mugen_001.jpg
Everyone is going slab sided. No character lines anymore. The new STI looks like the new Evo (or vice versa). ::Censor::
http://paultan.org/gallery/d/97-2/10...atic-fr-3-.jpg
Have you seen the back end of the EVO? It looks enormous! The tail-lights are way up high on the trunk line... looks awful.Quote:
Originally Posted by sammm
From seeing the first pictures they released for this car, i was scared to even look at it, it hurt my eyes. This however looks extremely better but as always the older sti's are always better looking. The sti's are like hot women, they deteriorate with age.
I think the car looks better than the car it replaces. Also, the utilitarian look (and usefullness) of the hatch is appealing to me. I'd still rather tie stuff to my rollbar than drive an sti.
I think the new Evo looks better with more attitude. The new SRI is to "soft" and forgetable!
The 08 STI could look better if it was a 2 door configuration. The headlights would look better without the hump along the bottom edge and the fogs just need to be simpler. The interor looks OK on the driver's side but the passanger is just blah. It doesn't seem to flow with the driver's side. It seems as if Subaru is just trying too hard. I mean what the hell is up with the ring around the middle of the shift stick.
The Evo front end is actually kida neat, like a Battlestar Galactica Cylon. Looks pretty mean, but like 3Bean said the back looks like it's got junk in the trunk. The Eclipse is like that too, it has a fat rear for no reason that is especially noticable in the covertible model.
Um that ring is probably the reverse lockout, you have to lift it up in order to shift into reverse!Quote:
Originally Posted by Nexus Flux
Me, not fugly but doesn't appeal to me like an old 2.5 rs did.
OMG the new Evo rear is horrible! I do kinda like the front but its moot with the hell-spawned rear end!:puker: Makes the Camry look sexy!
Yes, the collar around the shifter is the reverse lockout. EVO 8 and 9's have it too.Quote:
Originally Posted by icepenguin66
I have liked every STi so far and I like this new one as well.
There is something very appealing about the 99-2001 2.5rs. I've always wanted one with an EJ257 engine. I'd gut it, add a cage, and make a light AWD track toy!
I heart subaru's.
You mean like this one?Quote:
Originally Posted by johnwag
http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/5957/rk3u1512ug6.jpg
http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/f...d/DSCF0008.jpg
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Very sorted RS track car with 2004 US STi swap. This car was put together at the beginning of the 2007 season by my brother, (eastcoastbumps) and I. We've been working out the bugs event by event. The development is 100% finished. It drives amazing, the balance is excellent, the power is a blast and the brakes are super confidence inspiring. There's nothing left to do but drive and have fun. All the hard work has been done.
Specs:
99 RS chassis
roughly 65k miles
6 point cage from autopower, bolt in, nascar door bars
FIA sanctioned HD roll bar padding - the good stuff
Sparco Pro 2000 driver seat
Sparco Sprint Passenger Seat
Original seats available
Sparco suede steering wheel
Sparco 5 point harnesses FIA date stamped until 2011 (used 1 track day)
EGT and boost gauges mounted in the clock space
04 WRX cluster with tach in the middle
Engine/Driveline
04 STi US spec
~15k miles
Full catless 3 inch exhaust
2006 5 spd transmission ~15k miles
3.90 final drive
STi rear differential/axles/brembos
OEM 04 US STi engine/bulkhead/chassis wiring harness - (never worry about shady wiring - we've NEVER had a wiring bug EVER)
Brakes
Stoptech 328x28 Big Brake Kit up front
Pagid yellow race pads (spare street pads included)
OEM Brembos with Pagid Yellow race pads rear (spare street pads included)
Stainless lines
high temp fluid
free bottle of Motul rbf650
Suspension & Tire
Tein Flex 8k 10k - 3000 miles
Stock sways
Performance alignment - we spent hundreds of dollars getting this setup just right on the alignment rack
Wheel bearings just serviced by DSG
BBS wheels wrapped in 235 RA-1s
Free set of victoracers
This car is a race car, it has dents and scratches. It's not a stellar show piece - it was purpose built to hustle. We've poured a lot of time and effort into this car. It's fast and seriously fun. Car did a 1:55 at Circuit Mont Tremblant, 1:25 at Calabogie Motorsports Park. Will easily click of a 1:01 at Lime Rock. It kills us to sell it but we gotta pay some bills! I'd glady be track support for a day, all i need is a beer and a lounge chair.
$15,500/bo
WOW! Yes, like that one! ::Hyper::Quote:
Originally Posted by altiain
I'd take out more of the interior, too
I guess my car is now for sale........
The new interior is 10X better than the current, I actually like it a lot. Exterior is a different story.
I saw a 2008 non-STI WRX recently in person. I didn't like the pictures of the new WRX, but it looked much better in person. I wonder if that will be the case with the STI?
Personally, I think that the new Lancer Evolution looks like a pissed off gopher from the front.
it looks like a kia from the front, ms3 from the side, and bad ass from the rear. It will be a cold day in hell before I pay $30k for a compact hatch. A sedan on the other hand would be ok.
the new interior touches my bad place.
Reminds me of the early sti's. Back when they were nothing more than a dumb family car with some power AWD (also known as "Redundant drive wheel")...
The "angry" "shark nose" look is the Evo going after for. I think the next gen BMWs will have similar look too.Quote:
Personally, I think that the new Lancer Evolution looks like a pissed off gopher from the front.
Modded 08 WRX:
http://mouseattack.org/pics/08WRX/08WRX.jpg
Can't see the car for the douche blocking the shot...
The 2008 STi doesnt look all that bad to me. Take a look at the 2008 WRX though, BARF. Subaru had one at the Rally America ojibwe rally in Minnesota and it really did look like a KIA...it was horrible, it just looked cheap.
I personally like the 05-07 Sti look as wheel as the WRX.
This is a picture of my buddy Josh's rally car at Ojibwe.
http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e1...71240e45b2.jpg
And they got angry gopher.Quote:
Originally Posted by gabkwong
Price was released today:
$35,640 with no BBS wheels
$37,640 with BBS wheels
$39,450 with BBS and Navigation
For comparison you can get a new C6 Vette for $37,600. Looks like I'm not going to be buying for at least the next 6 years...