Hi All

So having had two RB5's and a P1 for playing, I've been away from the scoobie fold for a while but am now looking to return. Hoping to order a new WRX STI but this time the car will be a daily drive as well as a fun thing...

So in short, I'm interested to know what peoples thoughts are on living with the car on a daily basis, particularly what MPG you get when you're not ragging it! (I know its wrong, but I will have to commute in this car too!)

Any experience would be gratefully received...

Cheers All
Brian

 

its been the same engine for years but the 2016 is the unreliable 2.5.

so many better cars available nowadays you must be mad.

 

You'll get better MPG with the WRX, not STI.
Plus what Thomas said. For the same money you can get better, faster, more economical cars.

 

True, there are other cars out there, but I don't want an Audi, BMW, Merc, or Honda.

I've test driven the new Focus RS and its not worth £32K, and frankly didn't go much on it anyway...

What else is there?

 

This

 

Kinda out of my price range!

 

Competition is to good, Must be mad to consider a new Sti.
When Subaru finally wake up and put a stronger direct injection engine with twin scroll and competitive power and mpg levels in the Sti then I'll put a deposit down.

 

But nobody buys new cars anyway they all rent them.
I'd bet you would get a far better car for similar monthly payments and it will be worth more at the end and would be reliable unlike the 2.5 engine

 

Why? What do you think it is?

 

Its a Tesla right?

 

Heard the WRX has better mpg aswell.

 

MPG and Subaru? in the same sentence? oh my days!!! :/

 

Yeah the model 3
Wrx performance 200+ miles and costs a tenner to charge by all accounts it will be £19 to £24k, but not available yet

 

Now your just asking for a 10 pager from RS_MATT on the subject of 45mpg wrx better gearing bla bla bla

 

All good, but I can't wait nearly two years for it to land here!

 

the 2016 car is heavier and uses a 20 year old engine and gearbox combo so the mpg figures are still poor.

 

Engineering Explained tested the STi at 26mpg (23 rated) and the WRX at 35mpg (28 rated).

He also tested the 0-60's and managed 5.5secs for the 305hp STi and 5.0 for the 268hp WRX with torque coming in 2,000rpm earlier on the WRX. The WRX is still rumored to have a 350lbft limit (rods) but the WRX is quite potent under the cap due to it's efficiency.

Certainly worth considering for the the less aggressive Subaru connoisseur.

 

then he could fit an sti spoiler,skirts,scoop and intercooler like you so it looks like an sti for the wannabe sti connoisseur.

 

I'm quite amazed how ugly the new model is without a boot spoiler.

 

Called it

 

she's arrived

 

I like them both tbh, shame there aren't a few more on the roads as I think they are good for Subaru's dwindling UK image.

 

From a quick google it would appear Subaru decided ringland failure wasn't enough, so they've given it the party trick of spinning rod bearings as well.

I'm not sure they could pay me enough to own one tbh.

 

You can buy a 2015 Golf R, 0-60 in 5.1 sec ( manual ), better fuel economy, better dd and better looking. They sound quite nice too.

 

Called it

 

 

The Answer to your question by someone who owns one is 30 mpg on one trip not a motorway and driven anally but normally Circa 24-25 mpg.
Btw great car regardless of what some say.

 

 

I would personally would buy a blob eye sti and a cheaper more economical car to commute in and still have say 5k in the bank.

Just a thought

 

For the daily commute, the newer models are a far nicer place to be though.