Help!
09-19-2010, 03:49 PM
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Help!
Ok, heres the deal... Im am not prepared to drive my rx8 in the snow and salt this winter and am looking to get an STi. Ive seen way to many accidents happen to rwd cars around where i live and i dont want it to hapen to my baby. I can not afford to hav 2 nice cars so I've decided to get an STi. I think that i might have found one, but am unsure about what all is done to the engine... Will you guys please tell me if you think that it is safe for me to get this sti? BTW, Its an 05 w/70k mi. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Its at a used car dealer, but dont know if its married to an AP or not...
Thanks!
PS, I have posted this on iwsti as well...
Thanks!
PS, I have posted this on iwsti as well...
09-19-2010, 04:26 PM
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Power!!
You should probably post this up on the STI forum to get some more expert answers. Why do you want to get an STi as your winter car? That much power and that large turbo and summer tires will make it just as bad in the snow. You'll still need to get good snow tires either way.
My advice would be get a regular Subaru over an STi and solid snow tires.
My advice would be get a regular Subaru over an STi and solid snow tires.
09-21-2010, 07:16 PM
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nasioc is going to be able to help you out with this a lot more. I'd see if a local nasioc member who knows his stuff can take a look at the car for you. They might be able to identify a fair amount of information from a few pics, but seeing it in person will help a lot.
09-22-2010, 11:57 AM
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Ok, heres the deal... Im am not prepared to drive my rx8 in the snow and salt this winter and am looking to get an STi. Ive seen way to many accidents happen to rwd cars around where i live and i dont want it to hapen to my baby. I can not afford to hav 2 nice cars so I've decided to get an STi. I think that i might have found one, but am unsure about what all is done to the engine... Will you guys please tell me if you think that it is safe for me to get this sti? BTW, Its an 05 w/70k mi. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Its at a used car dealer, but dont know if its married to an AP or not...
Thanks!
PS, I have posted this on iwsti as well...
Thanks!
PS, I have posted this on iwsti as well...
Im dead serious.
whenever I walk pass some RWD cars, for some reason I always look at their tires first, and a lot of times I see "summer" tires on them, even when its like 20 degrees outside ... I guess these morons don't know that when the temp drops lower than 40 their "1337" summer tires become completely useless ...
as for the STi, the biggest problem with Boxer engine is their leaking issue. and most people will beat their STi to death before selling it. So you might want to take the car out to some shop to ask them to look at those areas.
Last edited by nycgps; 09-22-2010 at 12:00 PM.
