The WRX STi can blow through the slalom at 72 miles per hour, get from a dead stop to 60 in 4.8 seconds and dominate the quarter mile in 13.3 seconds.
Guess what? None of those things come up for me on a daily, weekly or even monthly basis. Sure it's mildly amusing to constantly blow the doors off every lowered Civic and Eclipse with a two-tone paint job and three story tall rear wing but even that gets old after awhile - the drivers look so sad afterward.
However, I did find a great practical use for our Long Term STi. I took it to the supermarket. The STi is so fast; when I got home the ice-cream still had frost on it. This should be a new testing parameter.
Brian Moody, Road Test Editor @ 6,630 miles.
felonious says:
08:55 AM, 07/18/08
Fast wagons rule! :)
Bob Holland says:
09:01 AM, 07/18/08
Ah, yes... The "P-word" rears its ugly head once again, as we return to the "practical" aspects of what it's like to live with a super-sporty car on a day-to-day basis.
Bravo!
subytrojan says:
09:02 AM, 07/18/08
Party at the Moodys? May I come? j/k
subytrojan says:
09:24 AM, 07/18/08
Btw, the "i" in STI should be capitalized from MY2006-on, folks. :o)
Josh Jacquot says:
09:50 AM, 07/18/08
Dude....
That's a lot of iced tea.
Brian Moody says:
10:48 AM, 07/18/08
if the i not being capitalized is your take away from this post, I may have just wasted a good 25 min.
BTW Dark, have you ever had that tea - it's sooooo good.
lazyhater says:
10:52 AM, 07/18/08
"Btw, the "i" in STI should be capitalized from MY2006-on, folks. :o) "
I thought the capital "I" started in 2008, I am not 100% sure though.
Like the new ZR1 not having the hyphen, the R35 GTR not having the Skyline name. Few people pay attention to it.
subytrojan says:
10:52 AM, 07/18/08
Hehehe No worries, Brian.
The iced tea helps the STI go ludicrous speed, Josh!
subytrojan says:
12:15 PM, 07/18/08
Inside Line's own Chris Walton wrote this for another publication before he saw the light and joined Edmunds. :o)
http://www.motortrend.com/roadtests/sedan/112_0512_rally_cars/index.html
subytrojan says:
02:08 PM, 07/18/08
The above comment was for lazyhater.
Not being able to edit comments FTL. :(
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lazyhater says:
05:02 PM, 07/18/08
subytrojan,
you were right then, I did said I wasn't 100% sure. I know it changed, just not sure when, thought it was with the new body, but guess not. I lost track.
stoner420 says:
07:13 PM, 08/ 2/08
I brought home a new lawnmower (fully assembled) in the trunk of my STI!
atticus22 says:
01:18 PM, 08/13/08
Here are some of the various seating combos that I have had in my STI(including myself) so far:
1.) 5 adults
2.) 2 adults and 2 road bicycles
3.) 3 adults and 3 snowboards
4.) 2 adults and 1 beagle/cocker spaniel mix in a crate
5.) 4 adults and 4 bags of lacrosse equipment
I would like to see any other similar performance-oriented car do this!