sti or non sti?

It wasn't me, but the BP across from my work on excelsior blvd in st.louis park---3.12 for regular, and I saw his receipt when he came back...3.46...seemed like a huge difference between regular compared to normal.

apparently the best is yet to come.

 

my buddy put gas in his RX-8, which also takes the same octane...

 

The real question here is, what else have you driven? STI's a lot of car for an 18 year old.

For those talking insurance, the big jump is from RS/i -> WRX, the STI is about the same .. give or take a couple bucks.

Either way, it still wont be favorable to you since you're so young.

 

If you're making your buying decision based on the relative fuel economy of a WRX vs. a STi you have a solution seeking a problem. MPG will be largely dictated by your right foot.

Further, making - at least in part - a vehicle buying decision based on whether it needs >91oct or 87oct tells me you should probably be looking for a less expensive car for lower total cost of ownership.

 

Dont get a Forester then if insurance is an issue.. ours went up over my WRX.. figure that out

 

Because it has more p0w3rz and The They know you are going to t00n it.

 

not sure if you are referring to me...but I know the wrx and many other non-turbo cars even take premium. it is what it is. I was well aware of it going into buying the car. just sucks that oil is at record prices right now. it would be easier to handle if the job market and everything else were better off.

 

I thought all of that through before trading in my non-turbo legacy gt to get an STI. I just didn't expect my job situation to hit the fan.

when gas is this expensive, the difference between regular and premium doesn't make that much of a difference anyways. the problem is that all of it is above 3 bucks a gallon.

 

hey xomodmatt or whatever....are you still here i see you havent been holding up with our information, anything learned so far?

 

Your fozzy is newer, no? That'd be a lot of it right there.

To be quite honest, when I was looking at cars...

WRX 02/03, 130/mo insurance
2006 2.5i, 130/mo insurance

Yes, I realize I should've sprung for a WRX instead. Too late now, can't exactly flip cars w/out taking a loss.

 

Yeah... 21, clean record, on parents plan (so housing discount, etc), 250 deductibles, full coverage = 130/mo.

apparently I should do some shopping?

 

Get quotes on the insurance.

When I was shopping around when I got my 02' WRX, I was looking at 2 other cars as well...
One of which was a Dodge stratus R/T, which has a 3.0 liter motor.
Insurance would have cost me almost $100 more a month than the WRX, which is faster anyway...I'm guessing insurance goes by displacement sometimes?
I have heard insurance for an sti is much more than a regular WRX

I love the looks of my bugeye, but in the long run, you may be further ahead to look at something a little more up to date, I could be wrong, but I think Subaru started to beef up the manual transmission around 04' or so.

Last, but most definatly not least, don't forget to budget in maintanance costs.

 

What do you mean, change the eyes?

 

Or you could simply swap in the tranny and save yourself a ****load of $$$ and headaches.

 

thats what I did