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meford4u,Jan 15 2008, 09:22 PM Wrote:A guy may not buy a car because it is pretty, but his wife sure would.  And this car is for his wife, and she choose him(the ugly short PITA that he is) so I am not so surprised she has agreed to such an ugly mug of a car. :lol: ZING!!!!

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LOL Bryan.

I actually like the 04-05 models much more than the facelift on the 06. With andrea, its the opposite, she likes the 06 much better than the 04-05....it is really her car, so she's the one that needs to be happy about it.

I have a buddy who has a 2006 STi with the 2.5L - I'd take the fatter torque curve over the arguably "prettier" body any day :D Considering he has it tuned and turbo-back exhaust-fitted, it REALLY hauls ass. Such a sweet ride.

Nice find Nate!

great buy that machine really loves mods throw a nice 3' exhaust and that thing is a totally different car my buddy dropped a whole second on a 1/4 mile with just headers and exhaust

naz, 2001ZTS....where do you shop for parts?

Maybe not naz, he's pretty anal about keeping cars stock. :P :lol:

Good choice! I wasn't crazy about the revised styling of the 06 when it first came out, but now thats my favorite model Imprezza. Plus how can you go wrong with more displacement/torque and larger brakes over the previous 02-05 model years?

Got it last night. :D All cell phone pics though...



Swapped the stock wheels with some winter rims and tires I bought off the old owner last night...took a pic of the brakes.



shot of the interior

Flofocus,Jan 16 2008, 06:43 PM Wrote:naz, 2001ZTS....where do you shop for parts?

Maybe not naz, he's pretty anal about keeping cars stock.  :P  :lol:
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:lol: i came REAL close to purchasing a catless uppipe, turboback exhaust and aftermarket EM all at once after i got my bonus last month but i realized that was teh dumb (keep it stock and mod by buying another car (or bike) right ?!?!?!?! :ph34r: ) so i forced myself to keep my own advice ... i was going to purchased used parts locally from forum members

you saw my older post about '06 WRX having a closed loop open loop delay (requires aftermarket EM asap) and boost creep issues when modded (requires mechanical fix). to tell you the truth i dont know much about the 2.5L turbo... on the 2.0L '04/'05 WRX the aftermarket EM was very important because even in 100% stock form the EGTs would really spike because of the closed/open loop delay and people reported stock cars getting bad deto even with 93 octane. i owned a '04+ WRX this would be the first thing i would research, and i would break with my keep it stock mentality because i think this is an engine safety issue

the other random stuff that i know of that you might find helpful.. i believe those 4pot non STi calipers are the same that were used for the turbo 300ZX, so you have access to a ton of aftermarket brake pads.. the rotor size is the same as the '02-'05 WRX.. i believe the uppipe in the '06 is already catless so you dont need to change it... also, i've heard that the '06 exhaust is the same part as the STi exhaust (just no STI logo.. but i am not 100% sure about it)

good luck, nice car and lemme know if you ever want to chat subes! i'm sure you have already found nasioc.com (good for tech) and i-club.com (good for shooting the sh1t)

nice purchase!!!

very nice color i have to say

That was yours outside Pano's? I wanted to ask you but I had a major hung over! hahaha That breakfast was good!!!!

focusonthis_88,Jan 21 2008, 01:02 PM Wrote:That was yours outside Pano's?  I wanted to ask you but I had a major hung over! hahaha  That breakfast was good!!!!
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Yep that was her outside Pano's.

lol...I know how you felt, I was hungover too from my buddies bachelor party the night before. Nothing like pano's breaky to fix ya up. B) :lol:

Flofocus,Jan 21 2008, 01:12 PM Wrote:

focusonthis_88,Jan 21 2008, 01:02 PM Wrote:That was yours outside Pano's?  I wanted to ask you but I had a major hung over! hahaha  That breakfast was good!!!!
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Yep that was her outside Pano's.

lol...I know how you felt, I was hungover too from my buddies bachelor party the night before. Nothing like pano's breaky to fix ya up. B) :lol:
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That's so true!!

when im hung over, the next 2 days are erased out of my life