Yes. The Subaru WRX STi was this fantastic rally machine that is sublime to drive on or off road. But how could you haul home the furniture you find on the side of the road. Or a side of beef. The trunk on the STi was small and the rear seats didn’t fold down (something […]
The second version of Subaru Impreza WRX to wear the STI badge in the USA was produced starting 2008 as a hatchback only rally machine, but in 2011 Subaru introduced a 4-door sedan version of the STI and sport sedan enthusiasts everywhere rejoiced. I’m not saying that I don’t appreciate the hauling capability and style […]
The STI version of Subaru’s Impreza WRX was first released for the US market in 2004. It has restyled (slightly) in 2006 and then got a major restyle in 2008. The new “jelly bean” styled STI was just as much of a dirt shredding maniac as the previous versions and it was only available as a 5-door wagon/hatch thing until the next restyle in 2011. Values for STI examples have been strangely flat for the last few years, not going up much and not going down much…which isn’t a bad way to go with your late model daily driver — own it and drive for 3-4 years and sell for the same price. Your friend who always buys new cars will end up paying a LOT more in the short term and long term, and you will drive an STI while he drives a base model Impreza. Find this 2009 Subaru Impreza WRX STI offered for $12,000 in Oakland, CA via craigslist.
I thought I did okay in the when I passed a 1994 Buick Roadmaster and 2004 Subaru STI (in the last year or so) to the next owners with nary a dime paid in depreciation and many miles/years driven by me…but…apparently I missed the gravy boat because Hagerty listed both on their 2019 Bull Market […]
It has been a little over a year since I sold my daily driver STI and I have to admit that I miss some of it. I don’t miss the creeping feeling that some expensive mechanical failure will run me $3k for a new engine or transmission, or the feeling of every single piece of […]
Wisdom isn’t something you get from sitting around reading the internet, or is it? It probably doesn’t matter, but I will tell you one thing — my Grandpappy didn’t have the internet when he was a kid, but he’d always say “I don’t know much about German cars, but I do know the best ones […]
Welcome back to the second car in today’s Subaru STI Sunday SUNDAY SUNDAY feature, which highlights the car that brought the rally world to their feet and vanquished the EVO from the US Market…actually that was the moronic decision of some shortsighted product planners who still can’t seem to figure out that a halo car […]
It has been almost a year since I sold my Subaru STI and I find my neck craning whenever I hear the telltale braup-braup of a Subaru flat-4. I won’t admit that I miss the ole gal because that would mean I made a mistake by switching to something with individual throttle bodies and an […]
This next car comes as a tip from Art C who writes: This seems like quite the deal if it checks out… several thousand below what it would bring on NASIOC or a similar subie page…Great driving car. CLOSE to an STi experience without the boy racer stigma, total sleeper if you take off decals. […]
Performance rallying: “Real cars on real roads going real fast“. That’s what proponents of stage rallying use to describe their niche of a niche sport to the average American. I’d add “not watched by real people in the U.S.” to it. Something about driving for hours to remote areas to watch cars is a hard […]