Is this a thing?

"Sn210" (sn210) 11/21/2014 at 07:49 • Filed to: None

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I haven't been in Florida for 24 hours yet and I've already spotted two STi replicas. These aren't WRX's with kits, these were a Hyundai Elantra and a Mazda Protege...

The Elantra was the more basic of the two. It had the bigass wing and the hood scoop up front. The scoop and the wing are what I would notice first, and I was sorely disappointed.

The Protege was actually really convincing. It was painted Rally Blue, had the wing and the scoop, and even had the decals on the front. It took me a minute, but the plasti-dipped Mazda emblems gave it away.

I understand intalling an STi body kit on your wrx, or swapping FoST wheels on your base focus, but to go out of your way and spend a lot of money to make these two cars look like an STi? Doesn't make sense to me...

Mattbob > Sn210 11/21/2014 at 07:52

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pictures! Also Florida is your answer.

m-b-w loves his SUBAROO > Sn210 11/21/2014 at 07:57

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did the mazda look like this?

If so, then it was a rare mazda speed protege.

Sn210 > Mattbob 11/21/2014 at 07:57

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the Hyundai was at the airport so I missed that one, but I'll try to get the Protege. That was parked in the development im staying at

jkm7680 > Sn210 11/21/2014 at 08:00

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There have to be some people living in the basement of their Grandmother's house!

That's actually my only logical explanation.

Sn210 > m-b-w loves his SUBAROO 11/21/2014 at 08:05

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Hmm maybe (hopefully) it was this. Looked like a different body kit

jkm7680 > m-b-w loves his SUBAROO 11/21/2014 at 08:13

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That's what I was thinking at first.

Drakkon- Most Glorious and Upright Person of Genius > m-b-w loves his SUBAROO 11/21/2014 at 08:16

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Wasn't that called the MP3 or was that the car before?

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > Sn210 11/21/2014 at 08:16

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I haven't seen non-Subaru STi replicas down here, but I think that we have significantly more rice here than in many other states due to it never really getting cold and a lack of safety/smog inspections.

FalconHoon > Sn210 11/21/2014 at 08:35

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In Australia (probably elsewhere too) this was a factory option on the early 2000-2004 model Kia Rio.

pip bip - choose Corrour > Sn210 11/21/2014 at 09:00

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as bad as a few Kia Mentors (iirc) don in similar fashion here in Australia that i've seen (never took pics of them though) complete with tacky gold rims

this is not matt farah's foxbodymiata > Sn210 11/21/2014 at 09:28

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Well I mean you dont really need the AWD in miami, so why pay all that extra cash?

RazoE > Drakkon- Most Glorious and Upright Person of Genius 11/21/2014 at 09:32

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The MP3 became the MazdaSpeed Protege. It's basically the same car, except the MP3 has the power of the standard Protege. It handled AMAZINGLY for what it was, so Mazda said "hey, this thing's great, but slow. Just needs more POOOWEEERRR!!"

m-b-w loves his SUBAROO > Sn210 11/21/2014 at 12:16

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like this?

Sn210 > m-b-w loves his SUBAROO 11/21/2014 at 13:16

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no it looked more like the top one. It had a box wing on it for sure. I'll see if I can find it again later

Sn210 > m-b-w loves his SUBAROO 11/21/2014 at 17:34

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here's my creepy stalker pics from the moving car (I wasn't driving) I think you were right. It didn't have the box wing