Hi, Guest
Went out last night for a ride in my buddy's 2006 STi. What started out as a cruise around a few blocks ended up as a 1hr+ tour of North Bay and area.
I'm not sure what impressed me more - the fact breathing was a conscious effort for the first two gears from a dead start, braking from 40MPH to 0 was near instantaneous or that cornering made the new-and-improved sedan setup at home look soft and floaty (to me, anyways). It's a horribly disparate apples to oranges comparison, but there you have it. What a car.
Another thing is the gearbox. I couldn't believe the minute amount of effort that goes into shifting gears. We're cruising along, yakking about whatever, and shifting becomes an afterthought for him. Wow.
Also, the vertically-adjustable headlights are trick. :D
There's almost no spool to be heard, the blowoff is quiet as hell... the loudest thing is the factory exhaust. Understeer in a corner? Just add throttle.
Then for s***s and giggles I took him out for a boot in the Focus. A much shorter ride but it got it done. He was impressed by the new handling kit, and that its 120ish BHP was able to move it along so well for an automatic. I actually bent it into a couple of the same corners as he did at about the same speed and the Focus took it just as well - no tire squeal, just cornered with a marginal amount of roll. Of course, I was working the Focus a lot harder to keep up the same rough pace, but that's more than expected.
Man, I love Subarus. :)
I'm not sure what impressed me more - the fact breathing was a conscious effort for the first two gears from a dead start, braking from 40MPH to 0 was near instantaneous or that cornering made the new-and-improved sedan setup at home look soft and floaty (to me, anyways). It's a horribly disparate apples to oranges comparison, but there you have it. What a car.
Another thing is the gearbox. I couldn't believe the minute amount of effort that goes into shifting gears. We're cruising along, yakking about whatever, and shifting becomes an afterthought for him. Wow.
Also, the vertically-adjustable headlights are trick. :D
There's almost no spool to be heard, the blowoff is quiet as hell... the loudest thing is the factory exhaust. Understeer in a corner? Just add throttle.
Then for s***s and giggles I took him out for a boot in the Focus. A much shorter ride but it got it done. He was impressed by the new handling kit, and that its 120ish BHP was able to move it along so well for an automatic. I actually bent it into a couple of the same corners as he did at about the same speed and the Focus took it just as well - no tire squeal, just cornered with a marginal amount of roll. Of course, I was working the Focus a lot harder to keep up the same rough pace, but that's more than expected.
Man, I love Subarus. :)
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.