[baneonrt]

2008 WR Blue WRX STI
Bought 3/4/2008 in Turlock, CA
BBS Wheels & Nav
Mileage as of 10/7/2008: 8666

Factory Accessories added after purchase:
Both rear cargo nets
Cargo tray
Roof rack base rails
Alarm shock sensor add on
Auto dimming rear view mirror w/homelink
Bluetooth phone kit

Aftermarket Additions/Modifications:
Llumar CS series 5% tint rear 5
UV Shield front sides
Hard wired Valentine1
Ralley Armor UR mud flaps
Blue Batmobile red tail light films
Debadged rear save the STI emblem
Thule Peloton fork mounted bike racks
Red pin stripped grille
Cobb Accessport, Stage 1
Panavise mobile mount


Original Message
Well, after owning 4 dodge neons over the past 11 years I decided to step it up just a bit. I've been salivating over the new STi since concept pictures came out last summer. Finally after saving up a bit of a down payment and making sure I wasn't going to get killed on my income taxes I picked up exactly what I wanted last Tuesday. WR Blue with BBS wheels and navigation. Got it for $500 over invoice but got $740 (retail) worth of accessories for $206.

450 miles on it so far and getting right about 19mpg with very mixed driving.

At our last local meet a couple of friends took a few pictures, here are my favorites.







And here is a couple of pictures of the neon I still have. Custom turbo setup with Megasquirt engine control. Ran a 13.86 @ 105 as pictured last time I took it to the track.

[PuccasBad_STI]

Congrats on the STI!

I love that color combo on the 08s

[chmura]

Nice upgrade from the Neon. Never liked the Neons. My friend had on a while ago and it was the worst car ever. No offense.

[baneonrt]

Originally Posted by chmura

Nice upgrade from the Neon. Never liked the Neons. My friend had on a while ago and it was the worst car ever. No offense.

No offense taken, I've heard it all over the years Hard to beat the handling in it's era for the price though.

Mine is still solid after 120K miles but I know that's the exception rather than the rule.

Steve

[eze13sti]

neons ftl.

congrats

[chmura]

Originally Posted by baneonrt

No offense taken, I've heard it all over the years Hard to beat the handling in it's era for the price though.

Mine is still solid after 120K miles but I know that's the exception rather than the rule.

Steve

Do you still have your Neon or you sold it to get the STI?

[Chiznarles]

Originally Posted by chmura

Do you still have your Neon or you sold it to get the STI?

he probably kept the neon.. not worth anything.. =D

[baneonrt]

Originally Posted by chmura

Do you still have your Neon or you sold it to get the STI?

I still have the White '98 R/T. Others I've had were a Blue '98 R/T, sold a couple months ago to help with the STi. A White '97 ACR and a Red '95 Sport Coupe. All two doors. The one I have now I've had since new and has been my project car for years. I do all the work except specialized machining, welding, etc. It has a fully built block with a turbo off the SRT-4. I help out a friend with his Megasquirt based business RS Autosport so we've been using it as a test car for MS based products.

Steve

[S'poreSTI]

These WRB's are like bus's, wait for ages then a bunch turn up at once. Wasnt it just a few weeks back Kevin was offering incentives for the first WRB journal? Congrats on the car!

[Pirana]

very nice!! How you manage to get it at that price?