Picked mine up today.
On a test-drive I basically wanted to evaluate if I fit comfortably and how livable the suspension is around (crappy Michigan) town roads, so I have no comments on how it corners etc. I'll do it after it's broken in, tires have scrubbed off their slick outer layer, etc.
Suspension is firm, but not bone/kidney-jarringly so. I feel the bumps but it didn't make me want to go and buy a Buick. And I fit just fine.
My wife didn't complain about the bumps to much, but lack of height adjustment in the passenger seat did seem to bother her a bit.
I'm actually really struggling with comments: everything felt just fine and at home.
So some random things, mostly recalling what other people have talked about
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Didn't rev it past 4k yet, shifter is really light. There's a faint metal clunk when you shift gears (reportedly a lot less faint if you listen from the outside), but you don't hear it when speeds get up beyond cruising-the-parking lot.
Brakes are awesome. Haven't mastered the heel-toe yet, my other car is kinda awkward in this department so it will take some time to adjust.
The car goes get warm on the underside, you can definitely feel it when you exit the car. Parallel to
what's being discussed in the FRS secion - I will probably have to run the A/C most of the time, since the alcantara lacks perforation behind my back (and side bolsters are also pretty snug) and if it gets warm inside I'll probably quickly start sweating.
Ground clearance at the front bumper is pretty low, so I'll have to stay away from all curbs.
Some interior plastics are kinda cheap/rubbery. Mousefur in the headliner is about the same as in the current STi.
So now I'll have to wait a couple of hundred miles before I comment further. Might hit some local half-assed twisties in the next few days and will go around (or at least along the western border of and up to UP) Michigan once it's broken-in.