trade 06 STI for 06 MR?
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Originally Posted by RobDogg
Damn trade it in man, Nothing felt better then Waving good bye to My MR, and driving away in My Gsr! . I had good reason too, I Ruined the suspension on the MR by lowering the car and fought like hell to add more to the suspension to balance out the car and it was hopeless . I suggest you drive an MR before you decide on getting one , seriously every complaint I had about my MR were non existent on the GSR
He should drive whatever car he's gonna buy for sure though. I'll agree with you there.
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Well, besides running it into the ground.(bestfriend died so I drove it hard for a few months)
I seriously was learning to shift for 8 months straight, i don't know why the clutch feel was so different then the GSR. I don't know if other people experienced this, my MR clutch would have to go past a "hump" when depressing the pedal. Followed by mushiness on the way out , only to slip every time it had to pass the hump again at the top of the clutch travel. The car would kick and buck everytime i lifted off the throttle, possibly from
the walbro being installed without half the install kit(tweeker mechanic put it in). I had major problems with my suspension and other problems that were a result of lowering the Bilsteins with springs, the car would hit the bumpstops causing a scary rebound effect. I always wished i could start over because of how bad of a deal I got on the first one.
Thanks to Abis The owner of SouthCoast for helping me get out of my car and start over. He really didn't want to do the deal but, My friend is a personal friend of his and we worked out a deal were i got all my parts swapped over for free. I also, Had the pleasure of watching Abis lower their allready low price, to 27,xxx for my smooth, shift perfect everytime black IX
I seriously was learning to shift for 8 months straight, i don't know why the clutch feel was so different then the GSR. I don't know if other people experienced this, my MR clutch would have to go past a "hump" when depressing the pedal. Followed by mushiness on the way out , only to slip every time it had to pass the hump again at the top of the clutch travel. The car would kick and buck everytime i lifted off the throttle, possibly from
the walbro being installed without half the install kit(tweeker mechanic put it in). I had major problems with my suspension and other problems that were a result of lowering the Bilsteins with springs, the car would hit the bumpstops causing a scary rebound effect. I always wished i could start over because of how bad of a deal I got on the first one.
Thanks to Abis The owner of SouthCoast for helping me get out of my car and start over. He really didn't want to do the deal but, My friend is a personal friend of his and we worked out a deal were i got all my parts swapped over for free. I also, Had the pleasure of watching Abis lower their allready low price, to 27,xxx for my smooth, shift perfect everytime black IX
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Thread officially hi-jacked! It's partly my fault...
Sounds like you had a bad MR to me. Plus the work to it didn't help. My clutch feels the same as the GSR I drove and it shifts fine. If you used springs made for a GSR to lower your MR then you would definitely run into problems. Anyhow, glad you are happy with the GSR.. and I would have gotten a black one too. Just keep the tweakers away from your car and you'll be fine!
Sounds like you had a bad MR to me. Plus the work to it didn't help. My clutch feels the same as the GSR I drove and it shifts fine. If you used springs made for a GSR to lower your MR then you would definitely run into problems. Anyhow, glad you are happy with the GSR.. and I would have gotten a black one too. Just keep the tweakers away from your car and you'll be fine!
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Don't be stupid, stay with the STI. Both cars are great and very equal in performance it's not worth the $5k loss. Hell tell him to be reasonable and if he wants to modify the car he can modify the STI with the $5k he saves and make the STI into a monster.
The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.
The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.
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Originally Posted by DanJ
Don't be stupid, stay with the STI. Both cars are great and very equal in performance it's not worth the $5k loss. Hell tell him to be reasonable and if he wants to modify the car he can modify the STI with the $5k he saves and make the STI into a monster.
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It would be damn near retarded to trade-in a new car the same year that one bought it in.
Forget the implications of STIs and Evos. Your friend needs to think then rethink every single major purchase he will ever make in his life.
Forget the implications of STIs and Evos. Your friend needs to think then rethink every single major purchase he will ever make in his life.
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yea it will be well worth it.....a better investment indeeed. "last year the 05 evo had the highest resale value among all consumer cars in 05." plus..........the 06 STi FE looks like a mazda and everyone knows about mazdas
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4. 2006 BMW M3 47.6%
5. 2006 Mercedes-Benz SL-Class 47.0%
2006 Mercedes-Benz SLK55 AMG 47.0%
7. 2006 Infiniti G35 46.9%
8. 2006 Acura RSX 46.5%
9. 2006 Lexus SC 430 46.5%
10. 2006 Subaru Impreza WRX STI 46.4%
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3. Ford GT 52%
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6. Lexus ES 330 48.8%
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8. Audi S4 48%
9. Nissan Altima 47.6%
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You say your concerned about his money so he must not be able to afford the 5k turn around. Everyone says take that 5k and put it into the sti but if he had that money he could swap cars, so I'd stick with the STI and mod it over time. Its not like he can't change the look of the sti alittle to better suit him.
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Why are you even asking for your friend? Let your friend join the board and post his concern. Tell him to keep the STi. I'm sure the STi has lots of potential but people haven't figure out how to make it fast.