Originally Posted by murphrx8
Doesn't warrant the 10 grand????? (deep breathe, here we go again)....AWD, brembo breaks, center control differential, momo steering wheel, bbs wheels, intercooler water spray, recaro seats, #1 in reliability and fun to drive (said consumer reports), able to out handle the SRT-4 all day...and im sure im missing some....add all that up and its well worth the extra $10k, and being able to keep the car for at least 5 years w/out it falling apart is a plus .....all the srt-4 has going for it is straight-line accel. It may be able to made as fast as an STI for cheaper than 10 grand but there is no way you'll get the entire performance package the STI has..I'm sorry their just in different classes...
The sti's for around 26k had over 20k miles on it, and one was missing the BBS wheels. SO they didn't warrant the extra cash for me. And my biggest thing is straight line performance. Don't forget the SRT-4 can get 30 mpg :-D. For less than a thousand dollars i'll be running 12's So all in all ill have 16k in my srt-4 and running around a 12.7@109 or so. And the handling is fine for me. I just don't think the STi warranted an Extra 240 bucks a month. Maybe if i found one with 5k miles like my srt-4 did for around 25k OTD. But otherwise not worth it to me. Don't get me wrong the STi is one of my favorite cars. I'm sure you could have gotten an STi for what you paid for your RX-8.