Owned 2 Evo's before, just purchased new 05 Sti. My impressions.
Jan 3, 2006, 02:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Happy Madison
since you're leasing, you're probably planning to (and technically must) keep the car stock. the STI is a good choice for a 100% stock car.
Yeah I am and I like to trade my cars alot so leasing was the best deal for me since I will eventually upgrade to a new Evo or Sti some day.
Jan 3, 2006, 02:35 PM
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Stock for Stock my Sti feels faster then both my Evos but my first Evo I had full turbo back,intake,spark plug wires and bov and it was faster then my sti hands down.
Jan 3, 2006, 03:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Brijen123
Yeah I am and I like to trade my cars alot so leasing was the best deal for me since I will eventually upgrade to a new Evo or Sti some day.
Jan 3, 2006, 03:09 PM
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Originally Posted by CFaber
You like to trade cars a lot, but yet you locked yourself into a 65 month lease?
Jan 3, 2006, 03:10 PM
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You like to trade cars a lot, but yet you locked yourself into a 65 month lease?
knowing how this works you got bent over!
ask your self how much to break the lease?
what are your finance charges?
damage charges?
over miles charge?
etc, etc!
For a lease that long you should be paying less than that!
unless it is through a secondary leasing company!
well it also depends on your credit!
hose figures dont add up due to the purchase/lease price
Jan 3, 2006, 03:19 PM
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Originally Posted by blueo4
it seems like he is a payment buyer that got suck***** into a lease!
knowing how this works you got bent over!
ask your self how much to break the lease?
what are your finance charges?
damage charges?
over miles charge?
etc, etc!
For a lease that long you should be paying less than that!
unless it is through a secondary leasing company!
well it also depends on your credit!
hose figures dont add up due to the purchase/lease price
knowing how this works you got bent over!
ask your self how much to break the lease?
what are your finance charges?
damage charges?
over miles charge?
etc, etc!
For a lease that long you should be paying less than that!
unless it is through a secondary leasing company!
well it also depends on your credit!
hose figures dont add up due to the purchase/lease price
No charges for dings, or anything. I got lease warranty that covers all this stuff. I actually got a great deal. I have been working on this deal for a month now it just got better and better. The dealer actually lost 800 dollars on this car. A bad deal is this guy who just purchased an Evo IX, not mr and his payments are 780 for 72 months. That is bad.
Jan 3, 2006, 03:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Brijen123
No charges for dings, or anything. I got lease warranty that covers all this stuff. I actually got a great deal. I have been working on this deal for a month now it just got better and better. The dealer actually lost 800 dollars on this car. A bad deal is this guy who just purchased an Evo IX, not mr and his payments are 780 for 72 months. That is bad.
Jan 3, 2006, 03:27 PM
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Originally Posted by atlvalet
Unless you have money to burn, I don't understand why (financially speaking) you'd go through 3 cars in 2 years.
Honestly I have a bad addiction to buying new cars and I have lost alot of money financing cars. I cant afford to lose any more money financing so I decided to lease to help teach me to keep a car. Its caused me to lose alot of money and I am not rich by all means so it has caused alot of stress and if I could take it back I would.
Jan 3, 2006, 03:30 PM
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Originally Posted by Brijen123
Lease is 65 months and my payments are 399 a month thats with 1,000 down. My sti was priced at 37k because it had every extra option available but my ending cost out the door was 29,800.00. Not bad huh and my insurance went down 50 bucks a month. The evo would have put it up 5 bucks a month.
Jan 3, 2006, 03:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Brijen123
Well I leased the car and when you lease they base it on what the residual of the cars valu is and the Sti has alot better residual then the Evo which means the bank feels the Sti will be worth more at the end of the term then an Evo which makes for alot cheaper monthly payment. 
Its good to know that a car might show up high in these guides, but it is just speculation in the end. I wouldn't sweat it if two cars I wanted are within a couple of grand of each other.
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Jan 3, 2006, 03:36 PM
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STi's are nice cars. I was considering one before I got my Evo9. A few things I didn't like about it were the seats as they were not as supportive as the Evo's Recaro seats and I honestly didn't like the power delivery it had (I really like the kick in the ***** at 3300rpms). 
Other than that, I enjoyed it. Have fun with your new car.
Other than that, I enjoyed it. Have fun with your new car.
Jan 3, 2006, 03:38 PM
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Originally Posted by WhatNoise???
Just out of curiousity and if you'll share the info … what is the guaranteed residual value after the 65-month lease?
Its around 13,000 which is a good thing because I think the car will be worth around 20,000 after 5 and a half years which means the extra 7,000 will be mine to put towards a new car. If the car is worth less then the 13000 then the bank will take the loss and I will give them back the car. Its a win,win situation other then you will not own the car unless you decide to finance retial of the car at that point.
Jan 3, 2006, 03:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Rnm
STi's are nice cars. I was considering one before I got my Evo9. A few things I didn't like about it were the seats as they were not as supportive as the Evo's Recaro seats and I honestly didn't like the power delivery it had (I really like the kick in the ***** at 3300rpms). Other than that, I enjoyed it. Have fun with your new car.
Other than that, I enjoyed it. Have fun with your new car.I agree with you on the seats. I like the looks of the sti seats better but the feel of the evo's better. As far as power delivery. I too loved the surge of power at 3300 rom's on the Evo but I like the huge power surge the Sti gives you at 2,000 rpms all the way to 6500 rpm's. The Sti just pulls hard through the whole power band. Both great cars.