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Replying to: sbcooke (Dec 04, 2008 5:37 pm) My initial impressions. The car seems lighter, there is less tire drag. I am not an expert and even sure I understand it completely, but the understeer seems to be completely gone. No more having to cut it too hard and then let off, back and forth around corners (ie constantly adjusting it through hard corners), it just goes where I am pointing it now. Of course I only have an brief afternoon on them and the Firestone place put 29 PSI in all the tires which set off the tire pressure warning light when the temp dropped another 10 degrees after dark. After pumping them up to 34 psi, the do seem stiffer and slightly harder, but the lightness feeling and cornering improvement is still there. Time will tell...but I am super psyched. I also had my first oil change at 3300 miles with synthetic.
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Replying to: sbcooke (Dec 07, 2008 4:35 pm) Still way psyched about the new rubber. This is all preliminary since I am still at under 100 miles. I figure if I post enough here, I might spur some action and I won't have to join IWSTI.
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Replying to: sbcooke (Dec 09, 2008 7:00 am) Still trying to not to have to join iwsti. |
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Replying to: sbcooke (Dec 04, 2008 5:37 pm) Any issues you've had so far with your car? I love mine! I don't think there's anything out there that's as practical and with the same performance. I'm guessing some mild suspension tuning can fix the understeer issues but to be honest I don't think it makes a difference in my daily commute. I would like to put it on a track for fun so maybe then I'll consider some suspension mods.  tom
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Replying to: tsy (Dec 13, 2008 9:25 am) I have noticed in the cold weather that the auto temperature isn't so great...it either blows too hot or too cold, it never seems to equalize. I need to put the fan on manual setting it to low to keep the cabin at the right temperature. No real issues. It runs great. I only have 3400 miles on it...got the oil changed with synthetic when I had the tires put on. With 200 miles on my new setup...The understeer is a lot better with the new tires. If I were you I would consider getting new tires on new rims and just selling the stock setup. I am somewhat apathetic on selling things and think I will be taking it to the track, so I think I will get affordable track rims for the stock tires and burn them up...but I don't think I need summer/winter tires with my new all seasons, other than track work. The stock rims are heavy and I wonder if I would see even better performance if my new tires were on lighter (and better) rims. Yes...I really enjoy it. Perhaps if I had an M3 to compare it to, I might be as critical as the things I read on the web...but I can drive it all day. It handles great, oodles of power and very practical from an everyday usage perspective. I got the stock radio...the radio really stinks...but I just listen to either my ipod or mp3 disks and I find the sound to actually be pretty good in that configuration. The radio sound though is miserable at best.
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Replying to: sbcooke (Dec 15, 2008 10:52 am) I'm going to put AS tires on the stock heavy rims and probably get a set of lighter rims for the summer tires. Maybe consider changing out the rear sway bar too. I agree with you, most of the time I'm sure AS tires will be fine for daily use, but the sticky summer rubber is nice too! tom |
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Replying to: jossw (Nov 17, 2008 2:23 pm)
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Replying to: dfwhonda (Dec 16, 2008 8:45 am) Don't know where you live but some of the bigger dealers like mine went and bought out STis from smaller dealers- I'd call around and see. Good luck! tom
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Replying to: tsy (Dec 16, 2008 11:22 am) -mike Subaru Guru and Track Instructor
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Replying to: paisan (Dec 17, 2008 5:01 am) It's freezing with snow to come here in Seattle so I just had some all weather tires installed yesterday. A little quieter and smoother than the summer tires, and for everyday driving I'm sure they'll be just fine. Mike, any ideas on reasonably priced lightweight wheels for the STi? I'm planning to get a new set for the summer tires. tom
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