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Old Apr 6, 2008, 08:06 PM
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Glad I bought the Evo X instead of the STI
Looks like the 08 STI is having some serious issues:

http://www.iwsti.com/forums/2008-sti...09-models.html

I haven't heard of anything close to this type of quality issue on the Evo so far.
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Old Apr 6, 2008, 08:13 PM
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I haven't heard of anything close to this type of quality issue on the Evo so far.
The worst we can find to complain about are the seats.

Score another for the Evo.
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Old Apr 6, 2008, 08:14 PM
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I was about 5mins form getting one
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Old Apr 6, 2008, 08:19 PM
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Originally Posted by xtremeboost
I was about 5mins form getting one
Me too. Backed out due to pricing. Glad I did.
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Old Apr 6, 2008, 08:20 PM
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Originally Posted by RogueEvo
The worst we can find to complain about are the seats.

Score another for the Evo.
I'd say it's the crunchy shifter in over 50% of member's cars (according to the poll here), but even that's minor compared to an engine-related stop sale.
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Old Apr 6, 2008, 08:21 PM
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I'd say it's the crunchy shifter in over 50% of member's cars (according to the poll here), but even that's minor compared to an engine-related stop sale.
I would say it is the poor tune and running rich problem.
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Old Apr 6, 2008, 08:26 PM
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Running rich seems to be everyone's biggest complaint.
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Old Apr 6, 2008, 08:26 PM
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Originally Posted by zarl
Me too. Backed out due to pricing. Glad I did.
A friend of mine got one a base STi for 32k. Not bad.
The problem seems to only be in a small vin range.

They will all probably get new crate motors. Not bad IMHO.
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Old Apr 6, 2008, 08:28 PM
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Originally Posted by love9sick
I would say it is the poor tune and running rich problem.
True, I forgot about that one. The X is certainly not without its own set of problems, and who knows what the TC-SST will bring. We're not exactly in the best position to be doing any pointing and laughing.
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Old Apr 6, 2008, 08:33 PM
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They will all probably get new crate motors. Not bad IMHO.
I'd be very bummed if I had to get a new motor on a new car, having the dealer tear apart everything. It just wouldn't be the same. Also, I'd predict that the resale on these will be negatively impacted because of this.
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Originally Posted by love9sick
I would say it is the poor tune and running rich problem.
You're right, forgot about that one for a moment, though that's almost more of a promise of future potential than a problem, me thinks.

I'd be pretty upset if I had to get a new motor, too. Part of the great thing about buying a car new (at least to me) is that you know no one else has touched it.

FTW
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Originally Posted by love9sick
I would say it is the poor tune and running rich problem.
ahhh i dont really think this is a problem. I think of it as more HP to be found with a tune
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they making crazy tq for sure.
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Originally Posted by Resist the syst
Running rich seems to be everyone's biggest complaint.
I don't know about others here, but I'd rather run rich stock, than have a factory map that's excessively lean like the 07 and later STI's.
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Old Apr 7, 2008, 05:40 AM
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seats? did you see the ones STI is getting? STI owners are drooling over the ones X has

Originally Posted by RogueEvo
The worst we can find to complain about are the seats.

Score another for the Evo.
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