Bought a 2014 STI yesterday

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BLK.1

Discussion Starter · Sep 25, 2013

Plasma Blue with 7 miles. It is going to be my new DD. I live in the NW so this will be a good winter fun car for me. I also have a Viper and a Corvette so the STI is right at home. Anyway I just wanted to join and say hello and I will be lurking to gain as much information on these wonderful cars as I can. Thanks for having me!

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got2boostit2

· #2 · Sep 25, 2013

Welcome and great stable. Post up images of all of them for us to drool over.

RecceRS

· #3 · Sep 25, 2013

A snake and a boat, eh ? That's a nice combo, maybe we should pitch the scenario to Hollywood and have Samuel L Jackson as lead. Heck, make it a sequel!

Snakes On a Boat!

Yeah, let's shoot them windows and drown those sumbitches! :lol:

Seriously though, I always wonder why US cars are delivered to the buyers with so few miles ? Mine had 24. I remember my LGT and my dad's Forester having similar 20-30 mileages upon delivery... PDI my arse!

errrr - Welcome bro! :tup:

BLK.1

Discussion Starter · #4 · Sep 25, 2013

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Got2Boostit2 said:
Welcome and great stable. Post up images of all of them for us to drool over.

Thanks for the welcome. My STI was in the back lot all covered in white plastic and I told them not to touch it and I have been peeling it off myself. I didn't want anyone to touch the car. It has 18 miles on it now and I'm just in love with this car.

Here is the STI with 10 miles...

And here is a shot of the Corvette and Viper

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Muller Performance

· #5 · Sep 25, 2013

wow hatch looks great in that color - don't see too many. congrats on your purchase

Hordeolum

· #6 · Sep 25, 2013

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Thats what mine used to look like. Fast forward 18 months. stage 2 with a few exterior changes. Enjoy the car. I love the color!

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swedishSTile

· #7 · Sep 25, 2013

You mean the Viper isnt fun in the snow????????
:rofl:

Welcome! Good choice on the hatch! It is a veritable pickup truck compared your other vehicles!

I am, however, sorry to say that you just bought a 3rd vehicle that has terrible stock seats :lol:

blobb454

· #8 · Sep 26, 2013

What is the most fun to drive out of the stable?

XTR Performance

· #9 · Sep 26, 2013

Oh man! Congrats on your new purchase and very nice collection of cars. A friend of mine has a 1999 (I believe) Viper SRT10, original owner. Powerful car.

Good luck with the STi. It's a great car, your going to love it! I know I love mine. Let us know if we can help you with any of your future car performance needs.

-Chris

Fly'n Brian

· #10 · Sep 26, 2013

Save your money now for a new motor.

BlueScooby

· #11 · Sep 26, 2013

Fly'n Brian said:
Save your money now for a new motor.

well that's awfully pessimistic...

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bboytaktix

· #12 · Sep 26, 2013

Congrats and welcome! STI is a great choice of daily driver! And love the other cars, especially the viper, they're pretty rare (least around here, but corvettes are more common)

bboytaktix

· #13 · Sep 26, 2013

Fly'n Brian said:
Save your money now for a new motor.

with the cars he has in his garage, I don`t think saving money will be an issue.

just because you had issues doesn't mean you have to inflict painful posts upon every member who bought a new STI. From other threads, your issues seem to be quite the exception.

BLK.1

Discussion Starter · #14 · Sep 26, 2013

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blobb454 said:
What is the most fun to drive out of the stable?

They are all great but now when it rains I will have better control of the car. My DD was a 08 ZO6 I bought new in Feb. 08. It was very fast but all over the place in the rain if driven a little hard. Here is a picture of my old DD. Thanks everyone for the welcome!

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schranzkt

· #15 · Sep 26, 2013

whats the deal with the ugly C5 in the the stable when you had that sweet looking black C6 ZO6??????

I am up in arms about this

BLK.1

Discussion Starter · #16 · Sep 26, 2013

schranzkt said:
whats the deal with the ugly C5 in the the stable when you had that sweet looking black C6 ZO6??????

I am up in arms about this

LOL, its my loaded 6 speed (40k miles ) and I like it very much. In a few years I will replace it with a 2013 427 convertible but I cant get rid of it now as it's a great car and I'm attached to it.

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Fly'n Brian

· #17 · Sep 27, 2013

bboytaktix said:
just because you had issues doesn't mean you have to inflict painful posts upon every member who bought a new STI. From other threads, your issues seem to be quite the exception.

And not every STi owner is a member on this forum or on Nasioc. I am sure aside from the numerous STi owners on this forum who have suffered the dreaded cracked piston ring land there are many more that are not on the forums.

Why is it "inflicting painful posts" by simply telling the new STi owner the very realistic probablility that the STi's pistons are unreliable and prone to breaking? Is it not cheaper to drop forged pistons in a motor that has not blown up yet versus one that has already grenaded?

bboytaktix

· #18 · Sep 27, 2013

Fly'n Brian said:
And not every STi owner is a member on this forum or on Nasioc. I am sure aside from the numerous STi owners on this forum who have suffered the dreaded cracked piston ring land there are many more that are not on the forums.

Why is it "inflicting painful posts" by simply telling the new STi owner the very realistic probablility that the STi's pistons are unreliable and prone to breaking? Is it not cheaper to drop forged pistons in a motor that has not blown up yet versus one that has already grenaded?

1) it's a brand new car, with warranty. Even IF he has a ringland failure, and not enough coin to build his own block, he can take it to Subaru and have them fix it under warranty

2)I just feel that the negativity is not needed here.

I think you're a cool guy and all, but to come into a thread of someone who is happy, proud of his new purchase, and rain on the parade by basically telling him 'the engine in your $40k+ car is shit, so save some money bub' is not exactly the coolest thing to do. It's like telling him he bought some shit, and I don't know about you, but when I work hard to buy something and someone tells me that what I just bought is crap, well, It doesn't really make me feel very good.

I have a LARGE group of friends with subarus, hell I went to a meet two weeks ago wit 200+ STI's, and not one talk of ringland issues from ANY of the STI's I checked out. All the 2008-2014's varied in mileage too. A pretty decent sample size.

Fly'n Brian

· #19 · Sep 27, 2013

bboytaktix said:
1) it's a brand new car, with warranty. Even IF he has a ringland failure, and not enough coin to build his own block, he can take it to Subaru and have them fix it under warranty

2)I just feel that the negativity is not needed here.

I think you're a cool guy and all, but to come into a thread of someone who is happy, proud of his new purchase, and rain on the parade by basically telling him 'the engine in your $40k+ car is shit, so save some money bub' is not exactly the coolest thing to do. It's like telling him he bought some shit, and I don't know about you, but when I work hard to buy something and someone tells me that what I just bought is crap, well, It doesn't really make me feel very good.

I have a LARGE group of friends with subarus, hell I went to a meet two weeks ago wit 200+ STI's, and not one talk of ringland issues from ANY of the STI's I checked out. All the 2008-2014's varied in mileage too. A pretty decent sample size.

1.) My STi was purchased brand new as well. Subaru did not fix it under warranty.

2.)Thank you for the compliment. I never said the guys car is shit that is putting words in my mouth. I have been more unlucky than most when it comes to the reliability of my STi because, most that have a major problem are just having problems with the piston ring land issue whereas, I was super unlucky and had that break plus the main shaft in my transmission. However, I wish that I had heeded the warnings of other owners whom have had the piston ring land issue more seriously. If I had instead of spending a bunch of money on other mods I could have focused on getting some drop in forged CP pistons and would have not had to buy an entirely new short block ect.

Fly'n Brian

· #20 · Sep 27, 2013

bboytaktix said:
I have a LARGE group of friends with subarus, hell I went to a meet two weeks ago wit 200+ STI's, and not one talk of ringland issues from ANY of the STI's I checked out. All the 2008-2014's varied in mileage too. A pretty decent sample size.

Well I am guessing that they all were running since they showed up at this meet so I doubt very many if any would be talking about piston ring lands. The other problem is how many STi's are made from 08-14? Lets go with a conservative 42,000 so if we go with approximately 200 that is less than 1% that is a such a small sample size as to be worthless statistically.

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