Thanks for all the replys guys!

Well I made the deal tonight...ended up going to Biondi here in Monroeville. After all was said and done, they jerked me around the least! Now they have to get it in from another dealer

I ended up getting the 9 without the SSL. I just couldn't justify paying that much more when all I really wanted out of it was the sunroof, and didn't even care that much about it. I never really had sunroofs in my cars before except my Magnum that I have now, and I only open it for the look

I want either white or silver, and since silver seems to be more available, I bet that's what they can get ahold of for me. I can't wait to get it, but I have one major hurdle to overcome...I had ACL surgery on my knee last week and can't drive it for a couple more weeks anyway! I'm sure it will drive me nuts just sitting out there! At least it was on my right leg, so it will be easier to get it back to a driving level compared to the clutch leg.

One last question...what is the break-in period and RPM's for the car? I know on my STI I didn't go over 4500 RPM for the first 1000 miles, but there always seemed to be debate over this subject. What did everyone here do with theirs?

Thanks all!

 

5k is the break in on the motor for rpms i think for 1000 miles also oh and bye the way i live in penn trafford too harrison park in harrison city u should come to the meet tomorrow at dave&busters @ waterfront 6pm

 

i believe the dealer reccomended me a 600 mile break in period without revving over 5k.

i gave it more like 1000 miles just to be on the safe side. also you don't want to baby it the whole time, you want to give it some juice every now and then, and let it see some varied driving coniditions. ie highway, some traffic, residential.

just don't boost too hard, and keep it under 5k. it seems like a long break in period, but it will go quickly.

 

I can't make it tomorrow - I'm still laid up with the knee, but as soon as I can, I'll be out and about.

I live in Level Green so I'm sure we'll be seeing each other!

Thanks for all the break-in advice.

 

Well the dealer called - the car will be in tomorrow and will be Whicked White, so I'm very excited because that was my first choice!

It will be a busy day - have to pick up my wife's A4 2.0T in the morning and the Evo in the evening, but I can't wait, and I will post pics when I make any changes...no one wants to see another stock Evo, right?

 

stock or not if ur all about it bring it out!!!

 

Will do! I'll get some pics and get them up tomorrow night. Man this is gonna be torture though - not being able to go out and really enjoy it with my bad leg, but no one is going to stop me from at least driving it home. Hell, I stopped taking all the pain meds on Friday just so I could have everything out of my system for this!! And I really could use some right now!

Thanks!

 

Well I picked it up tonight - it is even better looking than I expected! Even the wife likes it and she didn't think she would, and she hated the STI She really liked the seats a lot.

Took it to show my brother and he liked it a lot too - again, someone that didn't like the STI! Really loved it when he drove it, but scared the crap out of me!

Here are a couple of pics, but by the time I got home it was already dusk, so I'll get more pics tomorrow in the day.

Front

Back

I really enjoy the different sound from the Subaru, the handling, and the ride is much better than I expected. I also found the driveability under 3500 rpm's to be fine - I had heard the Subaru was a little better because of the 2.5, but I honestly think the Evo is just about the same.

Thanks for looking!

PS - the red Audi A4 is my wife's that we picked up today too - what a great day!!! It's a 2.0 turbo, so I think we will be doing some modifications to it as well

 

hey how old are you, and did you go to PT high school, i went to yough, and my GF graduated from PT... i live like 10 minutes away, if your interested in seeing a 2006 IX without the SSL package let me know becasue im going to the track tomorrow night and im always around hit me up on a PM

 

I'm actually 34 and went to Hempfield, but I live in Trafford now...I know where Yough is though. I picked up my 06 tonight and I decided not to get the SSL, but thanks for the offer - we should still meet up some time!

See you soon!