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In the deep deep forest, on the darkest darkest night, you may listen, and you will hear the shriek of the Nichtbanshee as it prowls for lost souls, paying it's debt to the Devil. It does not sound like this. This is but a tribute.
It had been 'modded'...that scared off a LOT of people.
Depreciation is a bitch. If a car can't survive a little abuse, I don't wanna own it. The STi I bought ($20k used instead of $35k new at the time) HAD been raced. I saw the video of it. But the owner struck me as someone who USED his car, not ABUSED it.
Wanting a new car is the crux of the problem. New wrx= $20k, 3 year old STi = $20k. What you lose in new car smell, you gain everywhere else.
You just have to get past the thought that someone else farted in it first.
Aspen White '05. Daddy always taught me: You can mod a slow car, but for less money, start with the best foundation you can.
There's lots of youtube videos of WRX drivelines going crunch when the hammer is dropped, not so much with the STi.
Sure, it's got more power, but it also has a bigger radiator, bigger brakes, the center diff, the IC water spray...lots better than saving money on a WRX and spending the difference in two or three mods.
My STi is shaved of all emblemage and has the WRX spoiler. If you didn't see the Gold Brembo Brakes, you'd just think it was another white econo car.
I _like_ it that way.
Egging a car creates a surprising amount of damage...and I'm not talking about the yolk bonding with the paint. The shell is surprisingly strong, and when it impacts the paint, creates hundreds of little paint chips in a circular shape as each piece of shell crushes under impact.
They were racing for Carbon Credits
Bah, don't screw the humor with facts!
Here is a list of the non-dangerous critters in Australia*:
1. Some of the Koalas
(*NZ is close enough)
1. Some of the Koalas
(*NZ is close enough)
Elerctirc Turbos - Isn't there some kinda Second Law of Thermo violation here? I'd hope they're smarter than the mouthbreather that hooks up their leafblower to their Civic....but maybe not...
What witchcraft did I just witness?
Sign me up as yet another hearse owner.
How much smaller could it get?
Hmmm. Bought it, got the receipt...didn't show up on iTunes. :/
Because this avoids Corporate Espionage charges..."Hey man, it's just a painting of a Car that Might be something." Rather than "This photo taken with my iPhone4s while trespassing in an area without signed NDA."
With all the fragility, packaging, and weight distribution problems? No thanks.
The C5 had a lot of RX-7 and Ferrari in it, so it's not like they're covering new ground.
Heck with the torques, I wanna know what's happening when it registers 300 oils!
