New Wrx Or Used Sti?

[Nolimdien]

My girlfriend is looking to buy a new car in a few months and she wants to get a new car but doesn't want to spend the new price for an sti so she's looking at wrx. I'm thinking she should save taking the brand new car hit and buy a used sti. I've never been in a wrx so I'm not sure what they are like, but my friend had an sti and I loved it so I am partial to sti. What do you think? As far as used goes we're looking at 2005+.

[R34GT-t_07]

STI hands down she can buy an 03 sti for about the same as new wrx simply put the sti shits all over the wrx

[eMsta]

pm my06wrx - jon. He might be still looking to get rid of his wrx. You can ask him what its performance is like.

[HotPlates]

Is she concerned about ride comfort? If so, don't get the Sti. She should really go for a test drive of both first and figure out why she would want an Sti in the first place. Buying new she will be faced with a steep depreciation whereas used this has already been factored in. Maybe just go for a 2005 WRX?

[Nolimdien]

Yes, but don't forget about me! I suppose that's all it would really take though. She loves fast cars, so a drive in a wrx then one in an sti and I'd imagine her desicion is easier for her.

For some reason a big selling point to a brand new car is the factory warranty. She wants to have full advantage of the factory warranty for as long as possible. She doesn't really expect to keep the car for more than a few years but who knows. So buying a used car, that's possibly a big part of the warranty already gone.

[HotPlates]

Well I'd imagine new or used would come with a 3 year warranty. So buying an 06' model with 2 years left would be a better deal. Very rarely will anything go wrong in the first 3 years anyway. That's why Subaru are willing to give this away with a new car.

[n15m0]

warranties for new cars are great but on the flipside will limit you to different types of mods you would potentially want to do to the car. If she intends to keep the car fairly stockish then yeah warranty is good.

[saliya]

The new model WRX looks like crap (IMHO).

Having owned both models, I would recommend trying to find a good-specimen

secondhand 2.5L WRX (not STi); because it will be cheaper and go very nearly as hard.

My stock 06 2.5 STi is slower around OP south and Wakefield than my old lightly-modified

98 2.0 WRX with the same driver (me). No doubt some of this is tyres, some is brakes, and

some is familiarity - the gap (approx. 1.5 sec) exists, and is reproducible. Sure, they're rough,

slow circuits, but... the gap exists.

No doubt the STI is a good stock car; and tastefully-modified will bring it to my GT-R

on pretty much every circuit I've been on bar EC and PI. But it's a heck of a premium

to pay for the goodies (try $10k-ish).

If you were looking at roughly the same money for a 2.5 STi as a 2.5 WRX, buy the STi.

But I doubt that will happen anytime soon

Regards,

Saliya

[Nolimdien]

I think she's looking at around 40-45 for the car. We've only recently started looking, But we don't know anyone here that owns any impreza and I'm not taking a salesman's word for anything so just getting what info I can.

For mods I'm assuming she'll want to do pretty much the basics, which is probably just air flow/exhaust.

But it's not only the performance of the sti it's also the look of it, both inside and out. I really like the sti interior.

[HotPlates]

For mods I'm assuming she'll want to do pretty much the basics, which is probably just air flow/exhaust.

That may very well void the warranty she was keen about.

[TTT]

rexnet.com

anyone there will tell you an STI over a wrx.

but if it is never going to see a track, then all the alloy bits in the suspension and the brembos are probably a waste of money.

Why not get the WRP10.. kind of a middle point.

looks better than stock rex.

has more power and torque, costs less than the sti..

and has some good sti bits... tuning, sway bars etc..

http://www.mrtrally.com.au/performance/new...u_WR_WRP_10.htm

[ctjet]

STI times 11ty billion

In this case it IS worth spending the extra bucks

[Tofu]

I have a couple of friends with WRXs and they all wished they bit the bullet and purchased the sti. Their main concern is the gearbox's in the wrx are considerably weaker than that of the sti. Cost 2k a pop and one of the weakest points in the car. getting the sti will save you in the long run aslong as it hasn't been thrashed to all tits.

have a squiz around some of the wrx forums around, the habibs should be able to offer you reasonable "fullysik" advice

[DECIM8]

They look 20 times better .. just buy one +1 for STI

[Nolimdien]

Glad you guys are on my side with this one so far! It's like signing a petition here until she chooses!

[leetom]

babes look better in evo,s

[GTshortie]

+1 for Used STI over new WRX.

Better engine, Better gearbox, Better bodykit, Brembo brakes, Better EVERYTHING!.. most of the guys i know with normal wrx's after modifying them still want to upgrade to a STI

[Nolimdien]

If it comes down to voiding a warranty for mods then she won't mod at all.