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MS3 - I didn't want to pay full sticker for a summer toy and I didn't want to relegate our only wheels to manual shift. Sara still needs to relearn stick. It's nice but I don't feel like taking the depreciation hit twice in one year :P
STi - I thought long and hard about waiting, but after driving the RX-8 (and having been shotgun in a nicely done-up 06 STi several times)... I didn't care about the extra speed. I wanted the feel of the rotary, the sound and the knife-like experience of the RX-8. It really is the definition of the metaphor "asphalt scalpel".
I don't regret it. I grin like a retard each time I start it and it's bone stock. It moves in all the right ways, especially at speed. I have to make a mental effort to slow down to "reasonable" speeds when exiting the highways because I can take an offramp at lots higher than I normally would, and without body roll or tire squeal. It's a true sports car, not excelling at one facet to the neglect of any others. :D
STi - I thought long and hard about waiting, but after driving the RX-8 (and having been shotgun in a nicely done-up 06 STi several times)... I didn't care about the extra speed. I wanted the feel of the rotary, the sound and the knife-like experience of the RX-8. It really is the definition of the metaphor "asphalt scalpel".
I don't regret it. I grin like a retard each time I start it and it's bone stock. It moves in all the right ways, especially at speed. I have to make a mental effort to slow down to "reasonable" speeds when exiting the highways because I can take an offramp at lots higher than I normally would, and without body roll or tire squeal. It's a true sports car, not excelling at one facet to the neglect of any others. :D
Daily driver 1: 2007 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Sport "S"
33" BFG Mud-Terrain KM2s, lots of Rough Country gear - bumper, 2.5" lift, swaybar disconnects, Superwinch 10,000lb winch, Detroit Locker in rear D44 axle, custom exhaust, K+N filtercharger, Superchips-tuned.
Daily driver 2: 2006 Subaru Legacy GT
COBB Stage 1+ package - AccessPort tuner, COBB intake and airbox. Stage 2 coming shortly - COBB 3" AT stainless DP and race cat, custom 3" Magnaflow-based exhaust and Stage 2 COBB tune.
33" BFG Mud-Terrain KM2s, lots of Rough Country gear - bumper, 2.5" lift, swaybar disconnects, Superwinch 10,000lb winch, Detroit Locker in rear D44 axle, custom exhaust, K+N filtercharger, Superchips-tuned.
Daily driver 2: 2006 Subaru Legacy GT
COBB Stage 1+ package - AccessPort tuner, COBB intake and airbox. Stage 2 coming shortly - COBB 3" AT stainless DP and race cat, custom 3" Magnaflow-based exhaust and Stage 2 COBB tune.