So somebody traded this in

"Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To" (murdersofa)
04/29/2016 at 19:28 • Filed to: None

2015 Subaru WRX STi. Manual. Cobb intake and tuner. 10k miles. And here’s how you drive it:

1. Right foot down

2. Look incredulously down at how slow the tach is rising just in time to see the needle pass 3500rpm

3. Suddenly be looking back out the windshield as the turbo suddenly spooling slams you back into your seat and breaks your neck

4. Be at redline

5. Shift

6. Head violently flung from body as the AWD does not, like a 2WD car, chirp the tires and instead finishes what the turbos started

7. Brake

8. Collect your now-soiled pants.

Dear god this thing is mental fun. A bit expensive for my tastes.

“It looks like some tiny economy car they tried to make look sporty” - my dad.

EDIT: Traded it in for a Camaro SS. For some reason. Took a $15k loss on it.

DISCUSSION (22)

buford-t-justice > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
04/29/2016 at 19:35

Person is on some good drugs to do that, I would trade FoST for one.

Opposite Locksmith > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
04/29/2016 at 19:35

Dude it's not slow below 3500

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > Opposite Locksmith
04/29/2016 at 19:37

It’s not fast.

dsigned001 - O.R.C. hunter > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
04/29/2016 at 19:40

Kinja'd!!!

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
04/29/2016 at 19:41

$15K loss so can I buy it for $20k out the door?

GTRZILLAR32-Now saving for Godzilla and a condo > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
04/29/2016 at 19:57

We just had a Cobb tuned STI come through my dealership as well...didn’t get to drive it because it literally sold the next day. Guy had a TON of money in the motor too, fully built internals, larger injectors, big top mount intercooler. My coworker who was a Subaru guy said the motor was probably good for another 100-200hp than what the guy had it tuned for.

bryan40oop > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
04/29/2016 at 20:03

“2. Look incredulously down at how slow the tach is rising just in time to see the needle pass 3500rpm

3. Suddenly be looking back out the windshield as the turbo suddenly spooling slams you back into your seat and breaks your neck

4. Be at redline

5. Shift:”

pretty much how mine was.

bryan40oop > Opposite Locksmith
04/29/2016 at 20:03

Yes they are, mine was, I can assure you. Literally 3500 rpm, blink, rpm limiter blinking on tach, shift.

citizennick > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
04/29/2016 at 20:11

Traded it in for a Camaro SS. For some reason.

Must have wanted to go fast, lol.

chaozbandit > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
04/29/2016 at 20:49

But if you could, red or blue?

Kinja'd!!!

Dusty Ventures > citizennick
04/29/2016 at 20:54

No joke, one of the rally drivers I co-drive for won a 2015 STI. He kept complaining it was too slow, so he traded it for a ZL1.

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > chaozbandit
04/29/2016 at 21:03

Blu. 100% blue

bryan40oop > Dusty Ventures
04/29/2016 at 21:07

They are quick, but don’t feel it. Because in my opinion they’re not scary. Incredibly stable on pavement. Dulls the senses. I traded mine for a new 5.0.

That being said my 5.0 is fat, TIME TO DIET FORD.

And dear god the dampning rates are atrocious. So much nose dive/float.

Aaron M - MasoFiST > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
04/29/2016 at 21:40

A good tune fixes the boost threshold issue, though if what you want is power figures instead of improved drivability, you just up the boost and therefore the threshold. My WRX could make full boost by 3200 with a bigger turbo than the STi...more power too.

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > Aaron M - MasoFiST
04/29/2016 at 22:34

I like a good laggy turbo. Far more interesting than the modern bullshit that’s been engineered into perfectly tame linear-boosting meh-machines.

NJAnon > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
04/29/2016 at 23:10

How much are they selling it for. at least used 4wd are affordable sometimes?

Aaron M - MasoFiST > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
04/30/2016 at 07:11

Don’t get me wrong, my car was still a tad laggy...but 3500rpm as a boost threshold seems to be pushing it as far as daily driveability goes. Then again, daily driveability was *not* my car’s strong suit...

Linearity has its places too. The throttle response of my 128 is sublime, even if it’s down 150hp from the WRX.

MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
04/30/2016 at 12:18

My cousin just bought one of these in the only color it should be sold in, Rally Blue. Though red looks far better than I would have thought on this car. I’m still waiting for him to get through the break in period though so we can really step on it.

MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s > chaozbandit
04/30/2016 at 12:20

Wrong blue. The right kind of wrong, but still wrong.

Fe2O3 is character > bryan40oop
09/19/2016 at 23:25

Bryan, we need to talk. Because I’m deliberating between a 2015 Mustang GT and a 2015 WRX STi. I test drove both (among other, lesser cars) and I can’t decide. Here’s the catch, I will DD it and it will carry a carseat. SO.. why did you switch and what thoughts do you have on BOTH cars?...

bryan40oop > Fe2O3 is character
09/20/2016 at 18:09

I do prefer rwd. Not because of shenanigans. But balance, weight transfer, feel, etc. Subaru’s understeer, which is fine, I can cope, the fun in the snow outweighed it, but I have a dedicated winter beater now, I no longer needed a two trick pony.

I prefer the v8 coyote’s power band delivery, lazy. Although not as lazy as GM’s offerings, it’s still no where near as punchy as the STi. Much more predictable, very happy at high rpm. But I miss the woosh noises.

But here’s the one issue with the mustang. You will hate getting in and out with a carseat. I don’t have children, but I dislike retrieving a jacket from the rear seats, let a lone a human being.

There is no room, the geometry is horrid. It’s cramped, and I’ve yet to even sit or ride back there.

Then again, I may be spoiled from my STi, it had loads of rear leg room. Doors opened wide. It was a joy. Usable. A car.

The mustang, It’s more of a toy. A compromise.

A brilliant compromise though.

Kinja'd!!!

The winter beater (compromise, snow, etc.)

Kinja'd!!!

Fe2O3 is character > bryan40oop
09/21/2016 at 13:48

Thanks for your thoughts. I actually brought the kid and carseat on a test drive and will confirm your guesses: it is horrible. By the time I got the carseat in I was sweating profusely (I know, that's a one-time thing); getting the kid in was simple in comparison but still relatively difficult. It's just silly. In comparison I test drove the STi twice now.. I'm 6'4" and I drove for a bit, got out, and sat "behind myself" and was super comfortable still. Between the two, the WRX is the car for me. Now I need to figure out if I need the STi, or if the regular WRX is enough.