I'm thinking about buying an STI

[frankierx]

Originally posted by: desiplaya4life

Originally posted by: Mwilding

Originally posted by: Chadder007
Get what you want now while you can....before expenses build up on you, family situations change, etc...

Yeah, spend all your money now so that when you are broke and can't afford anything you can look back with fondness upon the cause of your misery....

HAHAHHAHAHAHAH:laugh:

HAhahahahahahahhaahha :laugh:

 

[desiplaya4life]

Originally posted by: bR

Originally posted by: desiplaya4life

Originally posted by: ROTC1983

Originally posted by: desiplaya4life
PRO:

Engine, very nice
Mods


CONS:
everything but the engine,

Styling
Interior
Exterior
Options
the bumper


if u want to be a ricer, pick the STI! yEAH!@

That ranks with one of the most ignorant things I have heard today :roll: You do understand the STI was meant to be a rally car, right?

yea but in united states... do really does use it for rallying? so yea these cars are bought by kids to race, kill and show off.. out of 10wrx i seen driven, i only see 1 of them driven by a proper adult...

i think you could say that about every sports car.

uh no not quite... m3?, g35?, 350z? no i have seen none modded to extreme as i have seen with wrx/or mitsu

 

[boyRacer]

Originally posted by: desiplaya4life

Originally posted by: bR

Originally posted by: desiplaya4life

Originally posted by: ROTC1983

Originally posted by: desiplaya4life
PRO:

Engine, very nice
Mods


CONS:
everything but the engine,

Styling
Interior
Exterior
Options
the bumper


if u want to be a ricer, pick the STI! yEAH!@

That ranks with one of the most ignorant things I have heard today :roll: You do understand the STI was meant to be a rally car, right?

yea but in united states... do really does use it for rallying? so yea these cars are bought by kids to race, kill and show off.. out of 10wrx i seen driven, i only see 1 of them driven by a proper adult...

i think you could say that about every sports car.

uh no not quite... m3?, g35?, 350z? no i have seen none modded to extreme as i have seen with wrx/or mitsu

i'm talking about kids just showing them off. even if an adult was driving them... i think those that actually know how to drive them are a minority. around here... those fancy sportscars are nothing more than starbucks chariots.

 

[Wahsapa]

Originally posted by: Vic

Originally posted by: Wahsapa
but my point is how big of a preformance difference is there between a my99 and a 2004sti for price/preformance. and will this guy WANT it? will he NEED that extra second. i mean, after all hes asking people on ATOT what car he should get. im just trying to express how i think the gc8 platform is imho better for the price.

so call my on the technicalities, im waiting.

First, it's not an extra second in the quarter, it's 2 seconds, stock for stock, mod for mod (until you get REALLY serious). Next, the STi comes stock significantly upgraded compared to an RS in terms of suspension and braking. Then there's the fact that SOA only sold about 10k GC6/GM6's in the USDM during 4 years of production. They are pretty rare, hard to come by, and have relatively high resale values.
A 98-01 RS is a great little car (I know, I own one), but from a performance perspective is on par with like a VW GTI or an Integra (except the RS has better handling than those). OTOH, the STi is a performance freakin beast. Now, with a lot of modding and an engine swap, an RS can be made into that same performance beast (that's what a "GC8" really is, an EDM WRX sedan pre-01), but by that time you'll have spent quite a bit of money. Probably almost as much as buying an STi in the first place, and that would defeat the purpose IMO (except to have a VERY cool little car).

BTW, just to try to lend some credibility to what I'm trying to tell you, here's my 03 WRX sedan (my daily driver) and my 01 RS coupe (her daily driver). Sorry for the crappy quality, those are the only pics I have up right now.

-claps-
:cookie;
:thumbsup:

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

Do you morons actually read threads? He's not talking about a car.

 

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: pmoa

Originally posted by: Aimster
I am in the same boat. Will be making 45k soon. 2001 M3 baby -)

making 45K a year is not enought to buy an M3 IMO.

I make 65 and i wouldnt buy an M3 cause there are more necessary things

yeah, like food and roof over head.

 

[OS]

Originally posted by: Mwilding

Originally posted by: Chadder007
Get what you want now while you can....before expenses build up on you, family situations change, etc...

Yeah, spend all your money now so that when you are broke and can't afford anything you can look back with fondness upon the cause of your misery....

I'm kind of surprised how many people think this way. "I'm gonna piss away all my money while I'm young and have no obligations."

Hell if anything, this is the one period in life you can get ahead before life catches up to you. I don't think most people realize that there is a finite amount of money you can earn in your lifetime and relatively speaking, it's not a big number. This guy at my last work, when he was young, he pissed away all his money on cars and bikes and now he is a middle aged guy with wife and two kids at a dead end job who can't get ahead. :\

 

[OS]

Originally posted by: bR
i'm talking about kids just showing them off. even if an adult was driving them... i think those that actually know how to drive them are a minority. around here... those fancy sportscars are nothing more than starbucks chariots.

starbucks chariots, lol :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

 

[Kroze]

Put the money away or invest in it. Why would you freaking throw all that money away and add a liability upon yourself where the price of the damn STI will drop 50% in a few years?

Buying a car new is the worst thing you can do. Invest in the money to make more money....

 

[Kroze]

Schools across the U.S. should teach kids more about the subject of money.

All they ever teach us is how to work hard and become an excellent employee and waste more money on liabilities & taxes.

the harder you work, the more money you get, the more tax you pay. You're encourage to spend spend spend. on liabilities that you think are good investment.

shees.

 

[Excelsior]

IIWY, Id bank the rest and get a used reg-WRX...

 

[OS]

sh*t dude, I just calculated my life out and if I make an average of 70k/yr for the next 40 yrs of my life, I will only have 2.8M. And that's BEFORE TAX for the WHOLE LIFE.

Damn, I gotta stop eating out for lunch everyday.

 

[Rightwinger]

Originally posted by: Skoorb
Based on what little you've told us about yourself here, it would be a bad buy, but then that's never stopped millions of other people spending money they shouldn't on frivolous luxury items, so all the power to you!

The Skoorb effect is strong in this one.

This is what I'm talking about. STI Eagle 5.0, 2011 frame

The following people apparently have not read the thread like Nik and are still talking about a car:

desiplaya4life
lupohki
bR
FiLeZz
Vic
Skoorb
pmoa
mchammer187
Aimster
frankierx
Wahsapa
spidey07
OS
Kroze
Excelsior

Amazing isnt it!

 

[jadinolf]

Originally posted by: Rightwinger
I've got a sizable insurance settlement coming in and I'm debating whether I should spend the whole damn thing on one thing I've been itching for a while or bank it.

All are free to comment without fear of being flamed!

Go for it.

And enjoy!

If not, put it in the bank.

 

[Xionide]

I would go for a e36 m3 but thats just me.

-Xionide

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

I'd prefer an SA 1911 fullsize stainless long slide, personally.

 

[Kroze]

Originally posted by: Rightwinger

Originally posted by: Skoorb
Based on what little you've told us about yourself here, it would be a bad buy, but then that's never stopped millions of other people spending money they shouldn't on frivolous luxury items, so all the power to you!

The Skoorb effect is strong in this one.

This is what I'm talking about. STI Eagle 5.0, 2011 frame

The following people apparently have not read the thread like Nik and are still talking about a car:

desiplaya4life
lupohki
bR
FiLeZz
Vic
Skoorb
pmoa
mchammer187
Aimster
frankierx
Wahsapa
spidey07
OS
Kroze
Excelsior

Amazing isnt it!

bahaha. that's me! too lazy to read every single thread that everyone post. I just reply to the damn person who started the post.

 

[MacBaine]

Amazing, simply amazing.

I read the thread, don't worry.

And aimster, you aren't fooling anybody.

 

[Rightwinger]

Originally posted by: Nik
I'd prefer an SA 1911 fullsize stainless long slide, personally.

Pfft. I'd rather have a switch top gun than a decidcated longslide.

 

[KokomoGST]

Originally posted by: desiplaya4life

Originally posted by: bR

Originally posted by: desiplaya4life

Originally posted by: ROTC1983

Originally posted by: desiplaya4life
PRO:

Engine, very nice
Mods


CONS:
everything but the engine,

Styling
Interior
Exterior
Options
the bumper


if u want to be a ricer, pick the STI! yEAH!@

That ranks with one of the most ignorant things I have heard today :roll: You do understand the STI was meant to be a rally car, right?

yea but in united states... do really does use it for rallying? so yea these cars are bought by kids to race, kill and show off.. out of 10wrx i seen driven, i only see 1 of them driven by a proper adult...

i think you could say that about every sports car.

uh no not quite... m3?, g35?, 350z? no i have seen none modded to extreme as i have seen with wrx/or mitsu

Umm... nothing is safe... I've seen ALL of the above modded to look crappy and drive slower with hundreds of pounds of ICE and ugly body mods on them.

Besides, the M3 is still a yuppie car even if you aren't a yuppie. Just like the Camaro and Mustang are "mullet"/guido cars and my Eclipse is a "girl" car and Miatas are for the "flamboyant." When you buy a car, you buy the image that comes with it by default.

And LMAO at "Starbucks chariots" So true... many times people do buy a car mainly because there is an image attached to the brand/car whether it be subconsciously or consciously.

 

[RGN]

Originally posted by: kevman
frind of mine has a non-sti WRX....OMG that car is f'in fast.

OMGITSNOT.

 

[desiplaya4life]

Originally posted by: RGN

Originally posted by: kevman
frind of mine has a non-sti WRX....OMG that car is f'in fast.

OMGITSNOT.

lol


that guy must be driving a hybrid

 

[Rightwinger]

Ok, looks like no STI anytime soon.

Bought a Glock 26 today.

 

[klah]

blow it all now. retirement is overrated, you'll probably be dead before 60 anyway

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

Originally posted by: Rightwinger
Ok, looks like no STI anytime soon.

Bought a Glock 26 today.

Not bad, not bad! That thing's gonna be LOUD with that short of a barrel. I would rather have a G18