My BIG complaint with the STI

Here it is-

Whats with the pink lettering/badging?!?!?!?!?

This is no doubt one of the fastest production cars ever made in the entire history of the automobile and I would love to have one, but why is STI written in pink everywhere?
On the motor it's in red on the intercooler so why is the rest of the car in pink. It looks stupid-I don't care what anybody say's about the color pink, the only place pink should be is on a girl.

Why the hell screw up one of best cars ever with pink lettering/badging?

I think you just are not secure in your sexuality. I think it looks pretty cool, it works well with the blue.

yea, its just a color dude, performance matters

i like it thinkin bout gettin one myself. i thought it was red.

hey man i dont care what anyone thinks then why complain u know some of us we're not goin to agree wid u :nono: :loser:

It's "Cherry Blossom Red." In print they ask for it to be 100% magenta ink.

I don't remember all the story behind it, but it has everything to do with Japanese culture, and the way they celebrate the change of the seasons (Spring, I'm pretty sure?)

Personally, for me, I prefer function WAY OVER form. So a little pink trim doesn't bother me in the least. Besides, it's simple to pull a few badges and decals off. :rolleyes:

BTW, don't ever look for pics of Yashio Factory cars. You'll end yourself.

i dont think color compares with power/performance. i'd ride an sti that has been sanded down to the bare metal...it wouldnt be good but hey, im not letting a little color get in my way.

I own a STi, fun car man.

Cherry blossom red is a symbolically powerful national color for the Japanese. It's sort of like red and blue for Americans or green for Arabs. Don't think of it as pink. If you see anything labeled STi that's actually pink, don't get it. Only cherry blossom red. I personally like the cherry blossom red accents, especially on a black STi. There's something about it that says, "I am a very powerful Japanese machine. Bring it."

AvAlAnChE1090 - So you own an STi as well as a WRX wagon??? Thats pretty awsome...

Anyways in japan Pink is a powerful color... Some of the top cars in Japan are pink not to mention all the Yashio Factory cars... Basically what Subaru was trying to do is make a car that is so powerful that even if there was a little pink on there it would signify total dominance... Hence the STi was born... Initially the Pink badges came out starting with the V3 STi to present...

my wagon was free from my uncle

he offered it to me and i use that as a daily driving. STi for racing and other stuff

... I hate you, just want you to know that :banghead:

Yeah, me too. :werd:

LOL! Sorry :lol: :p

It's great you were given the car, personally, I'll get my WRX wagon when I can afford and enjoy it knowing I earned it :) (Don't want to sound mean, I just like to get my own stuff and know it's mine).

hey he earned the sti, he just gets a wrx wagon to throw around.

or maybe someone handed him the sti too, I dont know.

hey he earned the sti, he just gets a wrx wagon to throw around.

or maybe someone handed him the sti too, I dont know.

I was referring to the Wagon ;)

or maybe someone handed him the sti too, I dont know.
No comment! I love going on dirt roads and just drift and have fun! Then i ahve to wash it, LOL

washing is always the fun part isnt it?

Ugh, no. Especially when you live in an apartment complex and don't have ready access to the water supply (somebody's always parked in front of the spigot). Even when you do have access, though, it still takes hours to hand-wash and hand-wax the whole car. Besides, I'd rather be driving anyway.

HAHAHA nice Sabre I would rather drive as well than be washing and waxing... Though its the pimp factor of having a washed and waxed car to drive...

I wash mine easy, i have a huge front yard to do it.

Oh, yeah. It's always *nice* to have a clean car, and mine gets washed about once every three weeks or so, but it's just a pain in the @$$ to actually a) remember, and b) actually do it.

Does that Mr. Clean autodry crap actually work? Never tried it yet.

I have one, it works great for me. Also cuts down on the time to actually wash the car. Can rinse, soap and use the soft water stuff all from the hose. Good stuff.

k, I'll use that next time to save me some time.

Sorry to butt in but I would have to disagree... that Mr. Clean stuff is pretty good until it rains... 1 Yes it doesnt leave waterspots only because it IS one big waterspot... 2 it does cut time in washing your car but it takes off some wax as well... Just to let you know so be careful how you spend that $20

must buy some crappy wax then cause i use maguires and ive washed my car 10x with it so far, about once a week, and my wax on it is still great. I never have trouble when it rains either. My carl ooks good for about 3 or 4 days long as i use my california duster (which i usually forget about)

Well Im just saying it from my point of view I live in Hawaii and it rains here so much that thats the reason Im complaining... I mean yea it does what it says it will do but Im still dissappointed with the results... for me washing my car by hand has a nicer shine to it... I guess its my preference

Hawaii eh? Well it rained last night so I don't know anymore.

Been raining here in cali for the last few days, washed my car off pretty nicely. The heat also effects the way the washer works too, i do it late day or early morning so it doesnt dry so fast.

Rained like hell today, hehe

Rain + my car(s) + empty parking lot = FUN!

hey man if ya really hate washing the car in the heat, use that mr clean auto dry, i was hesitant at first but i used it on my black car in direct sun, as long as you follow the directions...SPOT FREE

I can't now, it'll start to rain again.

So what's the deal with the STi's computer has it been mapped out and if so how have the modifications to it worked out?

Wow... this thread has been totally hijacked. More than once.

well back to the topic about pink, i dont care about the badges being pink it's different than the usual red badges,EX: honda, what i dont understand are these wannabe thugs walking around with pink shirts now adays

Drifty, you are the only one here to seem to be catching my "drift". Okay-Subarus pink (cherry blossom) color is a recognized color of Japan. Now that someone informed me of that, I totally accept it on the car now-though I would dye/paint it red if I had the car. Anyhow, what I was really trying to point out here is that pink does not look cool, it basically makes the male gender wearing the color look like a sissy, wimp, bitch, idiot, penis licker. I seen a guy at our state fair during the summer wearing a pink shirt, baggy shorts and white nikes that had a big pink swoosh sign on them. I really wanted to go over there and throw my beer on him and say you look like a f**k**g idiot, but he had his big black gang with him so I did not. Guys-unless you recently had a sex change, don't wear this color, you look stupid.

It sounds like you have a little problem with your own sexuality...

It sounds like you have a couple of pink shirts in your closet...

Ummmmmm..... it really doesn't matter...a Car is a car, and a shirt is a shirt

It sounds like you have a couple of pink shirts in your closet...

No, I think Keita is quite right.

If you have that much of an issue with a color, you have some deeper issue to address.

I don't like pink shirts, but I sure don't get wound up about some other guy wanting to wear a pink shirt, nor do I care if the STI emblem is pink, white or any other color.
I won't buy an STI for the color of the badge, I WILL buy an STI for the performance factor though.

He must be a ricer, looking out for the looks of the car other than the great performance

Well said, Ray.

:grinyes: :iceslolan

He must be a ricer, looking out for the looks of the car other than the great performance


hahahaha good one who would care this much about a little pink when the performence is great...


Comon does the pink slow you down when you drive it.... :loser:

I've actually been meaning to go buy a pink necktie.

Black suit, black shirt, black coat, pink tie. I think that'd be pretty money. :sunglasse

wow the guy that posted this thread sure sounds like a closet flamer to me. lol get over pink, it's just a color. i don't like or own any pink shirts but the ladies seem sure like a guy in a pink shirt for some reason. it's a fad, it'll pass. as for the badges on the Sti, they look pretty cool on pretty much every color of the car, except for maybe the silver. it looks especially good on black or white. just my 2 cents. late

I've actually been meaning to go buy a pink necktie.

Black suit, black shirt, black coat, pink tie. I think that'd be pretty money. :sunglasse
Too many people do that, lol. But it looks hella sick.

And, I love my STi, to death. Colors would not stop me driving such a beast.