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Replying to: ateixeira (Aug 26, 2009 12:44 pm) I am guessing you must be a very large guy to not fit in the EVO's seats at all. 
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Replying to: ateixeira (Aug 26, 2009 12:44 pm) Nobody pays sticker, so the price on that label is pretty much meaningless. ================= True, but when the INVOICE of the car is 38,000+, one wonders if buying the STI is a good deal or should one widen one's horizons into significantly more prestigious options that fall in the same price bracket. Bottomline, it was essentially a $30K car that was loaded upto the wazoo with options that provide literally nothing over a base version. BBS wheels ? The stock wheels in the exact same size and width, are fully functional, as far as I am concerned. That cheap-looking NAV ? My Garmin 855 functions even better. Why should they load up the car with a bunch of these kinds of options and essentially drive away potential customers ? That car has been sitting unsold for a while now, according to someone I know but the dealers don't have too much scope to deal, other than trying to sell it for Invoice.....which too is over-priced.
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Replying to: dk_drums (Jul 31, 2009 12:32 pm) $19884 before TT&L He says that price includes the current $1500 incentive that's available right now 0.0% interest Dealer claims he's discounted it as much as he can...and by now, I'm so tired, I can barely think straight. Any insight, Impreza experts? |
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Replying to: aaykay (Aug 26, 2009 5:49 pm) The EVO's seats pinch, ah, the junk in my trunk.  Did they change over the last couple of model years? I haven't sat in one in a year or two. I was one of the few people that thought the STI's seats improved that 3rd model year when they made them wider. Plus the alcantara is very grippy.
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Replying to: aaykay (Aug 26, 2009 6:30 pm) Got a Garmin? Me too. Sweet. Why complain about the $40k price if the STI you'd want doesn't even have NAV? I have this same argument in the minivan threads regarding the Sienna. People screaming OH MY GOD they cost $42 grand. Sure, if you need AWD, laser cruise control, HIDs, and a power folding 3rd row seat. If you don't, get a loaded XLE+DVD+Navi+heated leather+moonroof for $33k street price. That's still "loaded" to most people. I guess you can complain that the dealer simply ordered the wrong model, but that's not Subaru's fault.
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Replying to: ateixeira (Aug 27, 2009 11:33 am) I wonder if it would be better to for for aftermarket seats, if the stock ones are not up too snuff. I don't know how much of the car's electronics are tied into the seats, but I would just budget the money and go aftermarket, if I was fine with the rest of the car.
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Replying to: Old_School (Aug 27, 2009 5:44 pm) I wonder if it would be better to for for aftermarket seats, if the stock ones are not up too snuff. ========= Yeah, but the stock factory seats have airbags and other SRS related stuff within it. I have no intention to add aftermarket seats by replacing those. |
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Replying to: ateixeira (Aug 27, 2009 11:37 am) I don't get why people complain about options prices for options they don't want anyway. ================ If I had an option, that is exactly what I would have done. Unfortunately, the dealer did a locate in-and-around Minnesota and found 2 09 STIs. One is the local one being MSRPd at $40,884 and the other is in South Dakota being MSRPd at $39000. Not too many options there ! 
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Replying to: aaykay (Aug 27, 2009 7:34 pm) Maybe not, if they're able to sell them, I'm sure the profit margin is bigger. When I went Sienna shopping, the funny thing was it was the loaded ones that sold first. I found TONS of base models, mid-line LEs, and fairly loaded XLEs. Even right now kens (Legacy owner and former Forester owner) is actively shopping for a loaded AWD and cannot find them. He actually had to hire a broker, can you believe it? Those are the ones that sell first, at least in the minivan segment. The STI buyer is very, very different, though.
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Replying to: ateixeira (Aug 28, 2009 8:25 am) True, but again, the dealers simply ordered the wrong models. ============ I agree that the dealers got the wrong models, since I have zero intention of paying at-or-around $40K for the STI, since such prices are really in the serious money ballpark where there are lots more heavy hitters available, including from seriously prestigious marques. And based on the amount of time they have been sitting unsold, it is clear that other potential buyers also have been having similar thoughts. Even the NAV in the STI/Impreza line looks cheesy and tacked-on, beside the classy-looking NAVs available in the Tribeca or the new Outback/Legacys. Wonder what they were thinking when they ordered these STIs the way they did. Maybe having such a over-priced STI in plain sight, might act as an incentive to drive more volumes in WRX sales ? Where the buyers think they are getting "almost an STI" at a seriously reduced price, when they get a WRX ? Who knows what their reasons were. 
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