00Wayne

i'm about to buy a new STi but they won't let me test drive one. i've done the research and know the car on paper but i don't know how it drives. does anyone know of any quirks about the car or even (gasp!) regrets about buying one?

kfoote

The STi is not an easy car to drive, and it does have some strange handling quirks. Your best bet is to go to www.nasioc.com and do a search there.

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scottb2004

i guarantee they'll let you drive it if you show them a check for a downpayment or what they're offering price wise for the car. they just don't let people test drive them because they don't want non-buyers coming in and beating on the STI. it's just like Ford's SVT's or any other manufacturer's "top-of-the-line" vehicles. they'll let you test drive it if they know you have intent to buy. if not just tell them you'll go somewhere else if they won't let you drive it.

F23A4Racer750IL

yea that makes sense, b/c my dad wanted to test the the S2000 but they wouldnt let him drive, because he had no intentions on buying it. on the other hand he was allowed to test drive the accord v6 even though he had no intentions on buying that either.

ragnarok

all depends on the car, sports cars people, a lot of times, jsut go in to mess around with it, you arent gonna have nearly as much fun driving an accord

F23A4Racer750IL

i dunno the AV6 is a pretty quick car. its no WRX, but honda knows how to squeeze power out of there small displacement N/A engines.

daveshapellSVT

thats stupid.. not many young guys want a STI cause they don't know much about them.. they should let interested ppl drive them.. i remeber once i went and tryed to test drive a WRX and they wouldn't let me until i signed some papers.. i was like seeya.. Yet i go to ford and they let me take out there supercharged Cobra thats rwd with 390hp.. how hard can it be to drive an awd car on a test drive.. their just fags trying to make the wrx seem like its worth more than it is...

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LjasonL

They let me take a WRX out by myself for like an hour without even checking my license 1st

racerh03

yea here in TX at our dealer ship that let me and some friends test drive an STI and a EVO and all we had to do was show them our liscense and we are 17.. lol

ragnarok

When i bought my first WRX i test drove it and i just showed them my license, i was 17 at the time also. Bought it the same day too lol.

SabreKhan

Yeah, when I test drove the WRX, they offered to let me test the STi. They didn't check my license, they didn't make me sign anything, and they didn't want to come with me when I drove. I had to talk the guy into coming with me to answer questions. If I could afford to spend the time/money to run an STi, I would have gotten one in a heartbeat.

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93nismo240

Hey all.....I test drove one yesterday after driving a WRX. The didn't ask for anything, I asked if I could test out the STi and the sales guy said, "Sure!" I asked him about 00Wayne originally posted in not being able to test drive an STi. The sales guy's manager said that was strange but that each dealership has their own discretion in terms of the cars like the STi (FYI..this rule also applies to the EVO VIII@Mits). Some will and some won't I guess....

Anyway, the STi is a BEAST! I definitely dig that car, but I can only afford a WRX which I will be getting in a matter of weeks. I'm just waiting for the cheddar!

daveshapellSVT

damn, you guys are lucky or rich.. Cause here subaru dealers are gay and don't let anyone drive them unless they are ready to buy them.. the guy said its because ppl come in a drive them but never buy them.. putting tooo many miles on them, then when a real buyer comes they don't want it cause it has too many miles.. which i can agree with cause theres no way i'd buy a car like an STi with 20 miles of pure abuse from 17yr old kid on it... i dunno, i don't think the market for evo's and sti's are as big here in rochester.. and whenever i do see someone driving it, it's never anyone young.. there just too expensive.. i would seriously buy an srt-4 before an evo or sti.. way cheaper and with the left over cash you have room to mod the shit out of it.. sure its not an awd rally car, but who honestly buys an evo to go rally racing? maybe 2%

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keita

You might be at a wrong forum if you want to promote piece-of-crap American cars.

Zwrangler

Piece of crap American cars????

Hey I got one for ya, the corvette Z06. Sh*ts all over any import and oh what a coincidence, its an american car.

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