JustinL
08-11-2003, 03:25 PM
With me behind the wheel!!!
My buddy just finished the break in period so he let me take her for a rip. I gotta say that intercooler spray button is the coolest thing. It's very quick for sure, especially off the line. There is no perceptible turbo lag and the 4 wheel drive with the awesome rubber that comes from the factory makes it feel absolutely glued to the road. I didn't get much of a chance to really play with the variable center diff, but it is a neat little trick.
It's definetly got more off the line power, but I think the 944 still has it beat in the mid and top end (same quality gasoline). Handling is hard to say as I didn't work the STi too hard, but it hapilly ate up everything I threw at it. It is really high up; I wasn't used to looking down at civics, but still no complaints about the handling. I kept losing the cars behind me from either driving away from them so fast or because that giant wing hides them. Tranny is very nice, but very close ratio that I'm not used to, so there is lots of shifting.
I've only got the one pic today, but there is more to follow.
Justin
My buddy just finished the break in period so he let me take her for a rip. I gotta say that intercooler spray button is the coolest thing. It's very quick for sure, especially off the line. There is no perceptible turbo lag and the 4 wheel drive with the awesome rubber that comes from the factory makes it feel absolutely glued to the road. I didn't get much of a chance to really play with the variable center diff, but it is a neat little trick.
It's definetly got more off the line power, but I think the 944 still has it beat in the mid and top end (same quality gasoline). Handling is hard to say as I didn't work the STi too hard, but it hapilly ate up everything I threw at it. It is really high up; I wasn't used to looking down at civics, but still no complaints about the handling. I kept losing the cars behind me from either driving away from them so fast or because that giant wing hides them. Tranny is very nice, but very close ratio that I'm not used to, so there is lots of shifting.
I've only got the one pic today, but there is more to follow.
Justin