2014 WRX STI - contemplating it, anyone here got one yet?

2014 WRX STI - contemplating it, anyone here got one yet?

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HairbearTE

702 posts

154 months

Sunday 15th February 2015
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Lefty said:
ohtari said:
Lefty said:
As soon as they are "used" they lose the vat, 20% gone in a signature!

Anyone know if you can fit a tow bar to these?
I'm not sure that you understand how tax works... hehe

Residuals will likely be very high though, the prices of newage WRX's and sti's seems to be going up at the moment.
You think an 8-month old car selling for £25k when it was £32k new is good residual value?
This is a result of the new car coming out at £4k cheaper than the previous model, That's highly unlikely to happen again..

tonyb1968

1,156 posts

146 months

Friday 20th February 2015
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550M said:
Not the Subaru backed Warranty. I understand that it may well have a 'warranty', but you might have to carefully study the T&C's. I've seen the internal memo's on the matter, and it is quite unoquivical. Any fiddling with the mapping will void the Subaru UK Warranty, period.
With Subaru UK, driving the car above 5k normally invalidates the warranty lol

lucky5trike

37 posts

111 months

Friday 20th February 2015
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tonyb1968 said:
With Subaru UK, driving the car above 5k normally invalidates the warranty lol
Do you have a source/reference for that?! Is that anywhere in print officially for the UK....?

Ved

3,825 posts

175 months

Friday 20th February 2015
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lucky5trike said:
Do you have a source/reference for that?! Is that anywhere in print officially for the UK....?
He's referring to several warranty claims rejected by IM in the pre-facelift hatchbacks. Many were told to gtfo because they redlined their 300bhp sports car thus over stressing the engine causing baby unicorns to die.

Edited by Ved on Saturday 28th February 22:17

oop north

1,595 posts

128 months

Saturday 21st February 2015
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HairbearTE said:
Lefty said:
ohtari said:
Lefty said:
As soon as they are "used" they lose the vat, 20% gone in a signature!

Anyone know if you can fit a tow bar to these?
I'm not sure that you understand how tax works... hehe

Residuals will likely be very high though, the prices of newage WRX's and sti's seems to be going up at the moment.
You think an 8-month old car selling for £25k when it was £32k new is good residual value?
This is a result of the new car coming out at £4k cheaper than the previous model, That's highly unlikely to happen again..
Not quite true - Subaru keep forgetting to mention that the previous model had a4 or 5k price cut for the last lot sold. So it is a bit of a fib / exaggeration to say the new model had a cut

callahan

890 posts

206 months

Saturday 28th February 2015
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I made the terrible error of driving one today. What an astonishing car. I'd love to write some sort of sensible review, but am rather speechless, ballistic doesn't even cover it.

Now I have to work out a way to get one without getting divorced!

HonestIago

1,719 posts

186 months

Saturday 28th February 2015
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callahan said:
I made the terrible error of driving one today. What an astonishing car. I'd love to write some sort of sensible review, but am rather speechless, ballistic doesn't even cover it.

Now I have to work out a way to get one without getting divorced!
Do try and write a few words! What have you driven to compare it with?!

callahan

890 posts

206 months

Monday 2nd March 2015
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Well, I currently drive a lightly modified blobeye WRX, but have owned some reasonably quick cars in the past - c36 amg, 200sx,clio 182,330i, xjr, even a mk1 mx5!

I've also driven a rally prepped bugeye wrx on a short rally track, 911, Caterham, m3 and more.

Anyhoo, I think all of these things are subjective, so what is quick to me may not be to the next driver.

The Sti was extremely sharp, handled beautifully (firm but well damped) and was even comfortable on a short motorway stretch. I needed to overtake a dawdler early on and was genuinely shocked at how quick it was. In fact it would be easy to conclude that it is far too fast for modern roads (and speed limits) but it would be a fun way to build up the points.

I even liked the interior (even though the displays are randomly located and coloured) which seems to be the main issue people (in Audis) complain about.

Please subaru - offer a ridiculously cheap 0% finance deal to get them selling!

McCrae1971

89 posts

231 months

Monday 2nd March 2015
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Just picked up my new wrx sti and got a bigger grin than when I test drove one a month ago which I didn't know was possible. Just a shame I'm meant to keep it sensible for the 1st 1000 miles as I can't wait to truly compare it to the golf r which we also have.
First impressions however show it's certainly a firmer ride and feels more planted than the golf. The interia is much better than those of old. You also feel more involved but that's mainly due to the golf having DSG.

Think this weekend will mostly involve driving a long distance I think.

HairbearTE

702 posts

154 months

Monday 2nd March 2015
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Keep the feedback coming guys! I'm seriously tempted wink

Art0ir

9,401 posts

170 months

Monday 2nd March 2015
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Anyone spotted any decent ones in the classifieds yet? A mate is looking at a 2012 saloon at £19k (in fairness it's immaculate with 11k miles and every option ticked) but trying to convince him a 2014 model is the way to go.

ohtari

805 posts

144 months

Tuesday 3rd March 2015
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Art0ir said:
Anyone spotted any decent ones in the classifieds yet? A mate is looking at a 2012 saloon at £19k (in fairness it's immaculate with 11k miles and every option ticked) but trying to convince him a 2014 model is the way to go.
Take a look in the PH Classifieds: http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds?Category=us...

There's a number starting at £26k, with just break in miles

oop north

1,595 posts

128 months

Wednesday 4th March 2015
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Three on Autotrader below £25k