Nigel Prodrive
Dirt surfer
fun story by a local auto journalist who obviously "gets it" about what makes the STI so much fun.
http://knox.villagesoup.com/blog/blogpost/snap-crackle-pop-the-evil-impreza/404352
choice quote from the blog:
"My favorite electronics, though, are the switches on the center console that let us flip from Sport to Sport Sharp—with a notch inbetween that’s mysteriously labeled “Intelligent”—and from normal to mud-slinging traction via a lockable center differential. Like steroids, these convert the STI from merely mean to outright psychotic, and trigger the sort of behavior that brings out the villagers with their pitchforks. Lacking a racetrack on which to thrash the motor and shred the tires, most owners will have to hunt up dirt roads or pray for snow (or relocate to Finland) to really enjoy what Subaru hath wrought.
Recent generations of this car were accused of going soft. The 2011 STI, however, is abrupt, aggressive, noisy, challenging, functional-ugly and rides like a wheelbarrow.
I love it."
http://knox.villagesoup.com/blog/blogpost/snap-crackle-pop-the-evil-impreza/404352
choice quote from the blog:
"My favorite electronics, though, are the switches on the center console that let us flip from Sport to Sport Sharp—with a notch inbetween that’s mysteriously labeled “Intelligent”—and from normal to mud-slinging traction via a lockable center differential. Like steroids, these convert the STI from merely mean to outright psychotic, and trigger the sort of behavior that brings out the villagers with their pitchforks. Lacking a racetrack on which to thrash the motor and shred the tires, most owners will have to hunt up dirt roads or pray for snow (or relocate to Finland) to really enjoy what Subaru hath wrought.
Recent generations of this car were accused of going soft. The 2011 STI, however, is abrupt, aggressive, noisy, challenging, functional-ugly and rides like a wheelbarrow.
I love it."
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