Drove a Subaru WRX STI today

[rampant]

I liked it.

When I put my foot down, it accelerated in a straight line. When I overtook a slower car it went exactly where the steering input demanded.

No weaving. No fuss. No corruption. No unwanted deflection.

It was a revelation.

I invite your comments?

Yours Aye

Mark H

 

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// ’17 Nitrous Blue // Forged Alloys // Michelin Super Sports // Painted Calipers // Sync 3 // Lux Pack // Winter Pack // Black Gel Spoiler Badges // Blue Gel Wheel Inserts // GTechniq Liquid Crystal // GTechniq Alloy Armour // sold Jun ’18

[adw]

I’ve still never experienced this veering steering in this car and I overtake hard

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Mods:

AccessPort / Stratified tune + STuned extended pops & bangs + custom pop and bang intensity / Boomba Racing short throw plate / DMB inlays / Mountune air filter / Mountune RMM / Mountune Recirc / Milltek Non Res Cat Back

[paul-m]

Mark H, did you prefer it to the RS?

[zondas]

My last Subaru wrx sti 2015 pearl white metallic Andy Forest re-map AEM inner wing induction with a full de-cat Hayward&Scott exhaust system 380 bhp 409 lb/ft Torque quick car not as aggressive as the Focus but just as fast nice in standard but lack a bit of go hence the re-map pity the engine hasn’t really changed since 2006/7 but everything else has.

[o1turbo30v]

Hey you don’t need us to convince you to get rid of your RS, life is to short, if you’re unhappy with it, get rid of it. A Subaru EJ engine isn’t where I would go but to each there own.

[zondas]

I dont intend to get rid of my Focus even though the situation ain’t the best with Ford at the moment i was only passing a comment on the original question asked?

[RS77]

I don’t think there was a question at the start of this thread. There was a vague invitation to make comments about someone’s subjective driving experience with another car. It wasn’t clear at all.

[kr1s]

In the original post

The question mark was clear.

There was no actual question.

There was  an invitation to give comments

 

 

[frenk]

Last year I drove an Audi TT RS Roadster. Although the accelleration and the handling were impressive (7 gear automatic shift) the driving experience felt dull, disconnected and fake for CHF 120’000. I prefer the cheap, warm and rock’n’rolling thrill of my Rosie. It makes me feel alive 😉

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Revo Stage 1 – JCR super low seating frame – Mishimoto gas pedal spacer – DSC sport controller

[white-rs2]

Never experienced this Veering Steering so what’s all the excitement about.

PS. The WRX STi is now deleted from the UK for poor sales, it was that good 🙂

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RS Edition.

FPM375 Rocks

The rest of the “M” maps suck

[71-bda]

but you dont drive yours whiter2s !!  what was it? year old and under 800 miles or something? You will experience it one day ( when you are actually out driving!)  😎

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No nothing.

No Mods. No rockers. Just a chunky knob, thats now been replaced by an RS knob innit.

No tackiness.

Std as Ford intended, but with a space saver wheel and jack and nuts and wheel brace. oh.. and flaps, a man has got to have flaps.

Innit?

 

[white-rs2]

lol BDA but true yes. But one stint was 4 hours and 250 miles of B roads

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RS Edition.

FPM375 Rocks

The rest of the “M” maps suck

[Kenny]

I drove the STi before the RS a few years back and was impressed. Defo needs a bit more power. Agree they should have updated the engine.

[Naylor92]

It’s a fucking Subaru for a start.

[Sherbett]

I have had ever uk incarnation of the sti except the last one and have to say I enjoyed ever minute of it .Back in the day they were ahead of the game with only one real rival the Evo. But Subaru  haven’t really moved on now for a good 14 years using pretty much the same crap 2.5 engine but great gearbox.

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