Originally Posted by Rkcs (Post 3394131)

Thank you for your reply! i can afford a 2014-2015 model. Though i am very new and i am not sure if those year models are cleared from the factory recall.

Originally Posted by Willpower (Post 3394132)

Wouldn’t take much more to be able to afford a decent ‘17. I’d definitely consider saving a bit more and going for that. Many little refinements that added up to a sum of more than the parts. Otherwise, what ls1ac said above.

Originally Posted by Ashikabi (Post 3394137)

Anything not 2013

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Originally Posted by Rkcs (Post 3394140)

Thanks, seems like it narrows down to 2014 to 2016. are there any significant changes within those years?

Originally Posted by HaXx (Post 3394167)

my mentality is that the facelift and prefacelift are spitting images of eachother, yes the facelift has buttons on the steering wheels, maybe slightly different springs, tail lights, headlights, but no performance differences that amount to anything. theyre the same car. youre just going to get lowering springs or coilovers anyway so it doesnt really matter. im sure its nice having a back up camera, oh well. the 2013's had the valve spring recall, of which i do not understand at all because try finding someone whos valve springs failed before they were recalled, it is just not a topic of discussion here. nobodys springs have ever failed, not sure why they were recalled. the problem is not that the springs were failing, the problem was that the cars were dying after the recall was preformed. id say buy a '13 if the recall was never performed, and ABSOLUTELY do not buy a '13 if the recall was ever performed. just avoid all that mess and buy a '14



the earlier cars in manual trans had a problem with a $40 bearing next to the clutch. thats much less worrisome than the valve spring ordeal. i just replaced the bearing and clutch on my '13 at 47k miles, no big deal really. im not sure specifically what year they revised the bearing, i think the '14's are safe.

Originally Posted by soundman98 (Post 3394181)

iirc, there was a thread somewhere that detailed minor changes every year. it was never anything more than adding an extra piece of metal here or there, and i doubt a luddite like me would ever be able to tell the difference, but there were minor improvements made as the platform aged that should have an effect on overall reliability and chassis rigidity.

so as @ls1ac said, get the newest least mileage one!