[86MLR]

I swapped my, purchased new, 2015 WRB WRX STI for a, purchased new, 2017 Limited Edition 86, manual of course.

The money left over from selling the STI purchased:

Enkei RPF-1 rims
Hankook RS4 tyres
MCA coilovers and traction mod.
AVO turbo
Full 2.5" exhaust

The STI with a exhaust and tune made 215kwatw and it weighed 1550kg????
The base run stock for the STI was 145kwatw.

The turbo 86 makes 205kwatw and weighs 1250kg + turbo ?????1270kg????

The 86 when stock made 115kwatw, with a tune and a "free flowing" OEM exhaust it made 147kwatw.

The STI felt laggy and then fellover at about 6k rpm

The 86 keeps going to redline.

The STI looked like a Kia or Hyundai with a wing.

The 86 looks awesomeballs.

The STI was like a understeering boat, and even when tuned, was uninspiring. It took sway bars and alot of alignment changes to get it right "where I" could live with it.

The 86 is like a gokart and now pisses all over the STI for fun value, and all round performance.

The plus for the STI was it was a good little family car, you could get 5 adults in (3 squeezed in the back) and a weeks worth of shopping in the boot.

If you live where you need AWD (snow, muddy roads) it might be more functional, me, I don't see snow, and muddy roads are for rally cars and 4WD.

Edit: the 86 is now 20mm lower.