2015 wrx or 2011 GSR?
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2015 wrx or 2011 GSR?
So I'm just leaving the honda game (currently selling my 8th gen Si) and I'm trying to decide whats a better buy, a 2010-2013 gsr for around $27k-$30k or a brand new 2015 wrx for $25k. yeah the wrx is slower but i can easily make up for that speed in parts and tunes. what you guys think?
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So I'm just leaving the honda game (currently selling my 8th gen Si) and I'm trying to decide whats a better buy, a 2010-2013 gsr for around $27k-$30k or a brand new 2015 wrx for $25k. yeah the wrx is slower but i can easily make up for that speed in parts and tunes. what you guys think?
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I am new to the evo scene, but I can speak about the WRX. My buddies picked up the new WRX and STi on the first day each were released. The STi engine died within 3000 miles but the WRX is humming just fine. It is his DD, he loves it for normal driving and aggressive driving, and swears he is never going to leave it. For the price point on a new car and the performance it has, it really is a good car. He doesn't like the power output of the WRX but if you think it's fine I don't see it being a bad purchase. Still you need to try both out before making a decision.
EDIT* I did forget to add, that you may think you can make up for the power loss a WRX has to an Evo but it really won't be worth it. One thing I can tell you as a former STi owner, WRX owners would always say I can catch up to you with this many upgrades. Statistically you can make the car match up pretty well with a lot of mods and upgrades but every time they would try out a stock STi compared to their WRX they would walk away knowing they still have the lesser car. They could easily spend 4 grand trying to make it as fast or handle as well as the STi but that 4 grand could have just been used to an STi. Plus the money they spent modding barely even makes the car match up with the STi on paper. You can easily spend a total of 40 grand (modding plus price of the car) on WRX to match the stats of an STi or Evo, at that point though it becomes more expensive to make the WRX just match the starting point of the EVO and STi. Plus one of the reasons I was unhappy with my STi, a lot of the mods barely increase anything, and most actually hurt the performance overall. Just my 2 cents, good luck and just get the car that makes you happy.
EDIT* I did forget to add, that you may think you can make up for the power loss a WRX has to an Evo but it really won't be worth it. One thing I can tell you as a former STi owner, WRX owners would always say I can catch up to you with this many upgrades. Statistically you can make the car match up pretty well with a lot of mods and upgrades but every time they would try out a stock STi compared to their WRX they would walk away knowing they still have the lesser car. They could easily spend 4 grand trying to make it as fast or handle as well as the STi but that 4 grand could have just been used to an STi. Plus the money they spent modding barely even makes the car match up with the STi on paper. You can easily spend a total of 40 grand (modding plus price of the car) on WRX to match the stats of an STi or Evo, at that point though it becomes more expensive to make the WRX just match the starting point of the EVO and STi. Plus one of the reasons I was unhappy with my STi, a lot of the mods barely increase anything, and most actually hurt the performance overall. Just my 2 cents, good luck and just get the car that makes you happy.
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I am new to the evo scene, but I can speak about the WRX. My buddies picked up the new WRX and STi on the first day each were released. The STi engine died within 3000 miles but the WRX is humming just fine. It is his DD, he loves it for normal driving and aggressive driving, and swears he is never going to leave it. For the price point on a new car and the performance it has, it really is a good car. He doesn't like the power output of the WRX but if you think it's fine I don't see it being a bad purchase. Still you need to try both out before making a decision.
EDIT* I did forget to add, that you may think you can make up for the power loss a WRX has to an Evo but it really won't be worth it. One thing I can tell you as a former STi owner, WRX owners would always say I can catch up to you with this many upgrades. Statistically you can make the car match up pretty well with a lot of mods and upgrades but every time they would try out a stock STi compared to their WRX they would walk away knowing they still have the lesser car. They could easily spend 4 grand trying to make it as fast or handle as well as the STi but that 4 grand could have just been used to an STi. Plus the money they spent modding barely even makes the car match up with the STi on paper. You can easily spend a total of 40 grand (modding plus price of the car) on WRX to match the stats of an STi or Evo, at that point though it becomes more expensive to make the WRX just match the starting point of the EVO and STi. Plus one of the reasons I was unhappy with my STi, a lot of the mods barely increase anything, and most actually hurt the performance overall. Just my 2 cents, good luck and just get the car that makes you happy.
EDIT* I did forget to add, that you may think you can make up for the power loss a WRX has to an Evo but it really won't be worth it. One thing I can tell you as a former STi owner, WRX owners would always say I can catch up to you with this many upgrades. Statistically you can make the car match up pretty well with a lot of mods and upgrades but every time they would try out a stock STi compared to their WRX they would walk away knowing they still have the lesser car. They could easily spend 4 grand trying to make it as fast or handle as well as the STi but that 4 grand could have just been used to an STi. Plus the money they spent modding barely even makes the car match up with the STi on paper. You can easily spend a total of 40 grand (modding plus price of the car) on WRX to match the stats of an STi or Evo, at that point though it becomes more expensive to make the WRX just match the starting point of the EVO and STi. Plus one of the reasons I was unhappy with my STi, a lot of the mods barely increase anything, and most actually hurt the performance overall. Just my 2 cents, good luck and just get the car that makes you happy.
Honestly just test drive them both, good luck though. A lot of places won't even hand you the keys unless you're basically buying the car. Also the new WRX has a 6 speed manual transmission, which I believe is much stronger than the older 5 speeds.
That's what I thought, a few weeks ago I went to a Mitsubishi Dealer and wanted to check out the new 14 GSR. I own an 06 MR and told them I might be interested in trading if the newer model wins me over. They wouldn't let me drive it without a credit approval, and a deposit. I then went to the Subaru dealer and tried the same for the WRX. They did not have any on the lot which wasn't a surprise, but when I offered to leave my information in case they get one they told me I needed to order one, fill out some paperwork, leave a deposit and whatnot.
This isn't a ferrari, it's a
My thoughts exactly, they told me they did not want too many people test driving because they did not want to put too many miles on them, also that they didn't want customers just getting joy rides and beating on them. Which is understandable but I wouldn't have cared if one of the salesman wanted to accompany me during the test drive.
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Well it depends on the person. I'm in my 30s and never get hassled. When I test drove a WRX, they didn't even ask for my license or even if I wanted to drive it, the guy just said he'd be right back with the keys after he saw me. But 10+ years ago when I was in college, it was a different story.