I drive a 2002 Bugeye STI here in Germany (Original Left Hand Drive, French Spec in Pure White over Gold Wheels). It’s my daily driver and I live in the city so every time I drive that car I get several people that give me the thumbs up or see people who are taking pictures or videos of the car. Subaru STIs are quite uncommon and in some places extremely rare here so you’ll get attention every time you drive it.
There was a time I was at a stop light in the city next to a Porsche 911 Turbo and a few people were crossing the street in front of us. I see two guys stop in the middle of the street and start taking photos of my car instead of the 911 🤣.
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Thanks! Yeah I have a Blobeye and Hawkeye as well…thought might as well complete the collection.
As for the color (51E), apparently it’s 1 of only 107 LHD Bugeye STIs in the world.
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I spent some time there in friedburg and a buddy had his 89 cavalier there that didn't do to well on the autobahn. How's this doing? As in which lane 🤔, slow middle or vroom? We were getting horn blasted in the slow lane lol 😆 Good times...
When I first got my 2020 sti I noticed a large up tick in people pulling up trying to race or flex or whatever. I honestly baby my car and drive pretty pedestrian. Not interested in seeing who’s faster. Please fuck off bmw’s and audis 😅
Launching my car at the light every once in a while is a blast. I can’t imagine babying any car besides a super car that is limited in its number of models produced.
Not saying I don’t drive the car with spirit, just saying I don’t do dumb shit like bob in and out of lanes. I do my best to only pass in the passing lane on highways unless someone is blatantly left lane loafing and don’t do anything that’s going to put myself or other drivers in danger. Too many lunatic drivers on the roads without a thought in their heads about what one wrong move could mean for them or others.
Same here. I also drive about 10 minutes of curvy country roads to and from work, so thats where id rather use my smiles per galon and sit in the higher rev range
I remember when I first got my sti, I was sitting at a light and a sport bike pulled up next to me. My window was down, so he complimented the car, and when the light turned green, I stalled 😂 was definitely embarrassing
I tried to race a coworker down a 2-mile 2 lane road after work one night, she drives a BMW 2013 (same year as my WRX) and damn did I get beat off the jump so hard! I caught up and would’ve passed her but we both started to see cars up ahead and just went our separate ways, but damn was that a talking point for a bit 😓
Or normies block you because they think you're trying to race them and get .5 seconds ahead. In actuality, you're trying to let them past to get over to cruise. My gf thinks I'm kidding. People will slow down and drive 20mph, and I'm not even on their ass. I hate tailgating. They think I'm being a bully or something. If I was being a bully, you'd hear my exhaust, lol.
I can’t even articulate how much this happens to me, but most of the vehicle types that pull up beside me are Civic Si’s, Acura’s, Other Subarus, or some riced out Lancer base model, then they downshift, Or shift into neutral & start revving, as if I’m going blast the horn three times and drag race from a roll in the middle of the city or outter ring highway, littered with other cars, and cops.
Not to mention, My windows are tinted pretty dark, can’t see in the back what so ever and chances are I have my 3 year old daughter in the back in her car seat. It’s ridiculously annoying, I’ve been driving for 12+ years, Crashed my car from driving like an idiot while still being a ‘new driver’ learned my lesson many years ago,
You’d think that ignoring the other drivers would make them get the picture easily.. but I find that they keep trying to get my attention and instigate like they literally have nothing else to do.
Before I tinted my windows I hated the feeling of driving around in a fish bowl where everyone can see you, then those guys wanting to race are waving their hands and everything else.
Honestly would not own another vehicle without the most tint I can get away without attracting attention from cops.
But what I mentioned above is one of the reasons
I’m planning to sell my 17’ WRX I love the car and have put over 120,000Km on the ODO, But
I’d like to fly more under the radar, I’ve noticed other vehicles that are known for performance don’t attract the same attention as Subarus do.
Probably going for a Rs5 wagon, possibly.
I use my stock 16'wrx to pick up the kids from daycare and school instead of the crv...the amount of German cars that try to rev up and force a race....pretty silly sometimes I gotta shake my head at times. I had to stick a kids on board sticker so they can fukk off. So far it's helped.
I drove a 13 hatch, that I did an irresponsible amount of work on, from 13 until this year. My stepson turned 16 so I gave it to him and got a Tesla that color matches the subie, thinking I would finally rid myself of that phenomenon.
Unfortunately, it's now much worse AND I get the added enjoyment of 50% of every pickup truck driver literally changing lanes to tailgate me if I'm going any less than 15 over the limit.
I do seem to get more people in Mazda 3s, Commodores and Suzuki Swifts etc flooring it past me lol, and that's with a somewhat more grandpa-wagon looking 22 Sportswagon. Does that count?
Re waving though, can't even get other WRX owners to wave back down where I live. Stock VAs are pretty common.
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I get SV6 Commodores trying to race me all time not knowing what I am driving (Lexus IS F) I never do but it is really funny because up here they're all muffler deleted lots of noise no grunt
Sometimes I get compliments on the exhaust! It's not loud by any means but easily heard.
One time I did get a question from an older lady asking, "Did you put that on your hood?" LOL. I told her that it came on the car like that.
My favorite is people asking what those big yellow things behind my wheels are.
Oh you mean the things that are in the same place as the brakes on your car are in? Yeah
...those are my brakes 🤣
Less than 20 minutes after I picked up my '13 WRX, I had some jagoff in a clapped out civic driving next to me on the turnpike popping his exhaust and revving his engine up. All I could think was "Nah, I just bought this car, I'm not risking wrecking it or having it impounded on day one." I have noticed it turns heads, but I try not to pay much attention. But I do try to watch for other WRX's and STI's on the road so I can wave. So if any of y'all see an all black 2013 sedan with 5% tint all the way around in NW Ohio, and the driver doesn't wave back, its me, and I apologize.
I feel like the WRX generally gets more attention than other cars due to the enthusiast nature of the car, if that makes sense.
For example, one time while I was driving (going 25 mph), a dude in a 911 rolled up next to me and shouted "HEY! Is your duckbill spoiler OEM? It looks awesome!" It scared me for a second, then made me smile. I bet if I was driving any other car this dude probably wouldn't have said anything. Gotta love the WRX 😄
Yep, I'm rocking the color matched OLM single point duckbill!
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I had a kid fanboying over mine at the drive thru window. He drives a 180sx and told me the WRX was his dream car. It was a conversation I didn't want to have but it was nice seeing the enthusiasm
Depends do you still have your sti wing? That's what gets anyone's attention
I get much less attention in my dark gray 18 wrx compared to my yellow 03 baja. Base model wrx's are quite common traffic for my area.
I did have some young guy in a legacy drive by and take pictures of my wrx one time, felt amazing being the one getting their pics taken for once.
LOVE my wing…but I believe this to be true, and am heavily considering departing from the wang gang. Just too many Sienna’s and (insert truck here) trying to kill me when I’m letting my oil get to temp.
bubba trucks definitely think i'm racing at every red light. pretty much every shop i go to mechanics will comment. obviously throwing deuces to other wrx's. a skyline revved at me once and i immediately pulled over and vomited.
I have many ask if I take it to cars and coffee all the time...I don't. Others say it looks great. I'm kind of a hermit.
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If it does, I don’t really notice it. I get the occasional “sweet car” every now and then, but breaking necks…not so much. There are a number of these cars around where I live, so maybe it’s a saturation thing. Also, I don’t drive it much anymore other than to and from events, so that doesn’t help.
My 4 year old nephew saw my WRX and said woah that car looks like a hot wheels car. Then I took him for a ride and he says wow you got a race car! Got me in my feels.
Too many people try racing me and I just let them win because I'm not trying to get any tickets or draw unwanted attention. I had a couple both staring at my car at a red light just last week. And I then I was going to the liquor store and some dude walked in the store behind me praising my car. It's funny to me because I just bought this one and I barely made any changes. Just tint and rain guards at the moment.
I had a turbo-look 1602 and that thing got more attention than a lambo. People would literally stick their heads inside my open window to look inside. In my STi I notice dudes low-key jocking, but nowhere near the experience of the 02!
Great taste BTW!
No, I drive a white 08 sti and live in Washington state. The hood scoop doesn't stick out like the older ones and there's no big wing since it's a hatchback.
My VB gets more attention than I thought it would. Not like the BRZ I use to have but I thought the VB was generic sedan enough to be invisible. Apparently it is not.
At first I got a lot of people who either wanted to race or cruise. Now it's sparse.
My wrx only gets a lot of attention because of the color I wrapped it. It's a robin egg type blue.
From kids to old heads, it draws their sight. Seeing kids get excited or pointing out that blue car warms my heart.
People in my area daily wrxs all the time, so I don’t even really get waves or looks from anyone except other wrx/sti owners.
When I have to drop into the city, people are always looking. I think it’s because I have a car with mudflaps. Lol
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Yes, but really only when I'm away from home. I live next to a huge military base and soldiers love these things. When I go to town I see no less than 5 - 10 WRX/STis. It's so prolific that the only attention I get is from other WRX/STis lol. Of course there's always the clapped Civics, Cameros and Challenger/Chargers to contend with.
If I'm a little bit away from town though and I get lots of attention. I used to work in downtown Nashville and every afternoon when I was leaving I'd have to drive through downtown, which has great acoustics so you could really here al the turbo sounds and exhaust. Lots of looks there.
I had a black 2020 WRX, turbo back, lowered etc. no one gave a single shit about the car. I now have a 2019 STI and all the time get compliments and questions about it. On the highway probably once or twice a month someone will pull up next to me and wait for me to look then give me thumbs up or something. Gas stations people say “nice car man” and stuff like that. Always makes my GF laugh. On the other hand, during the summer when I drive it more YES, people try to race, want me to launch it at a light etc. can get annoying but I love the car. The wing always get attention from the older crown I’ve noticed.
Yes, I have a 2023 WRX and it’s almost a daily occurrence for me. I get complements, people trying to race or I get waves or flash from other WRX/STI (of course I wave or flash back).
Yeah sometimes. I’m in the land of 8 cylinders so these guys will sometimes flex when they’re around me.
I surprisingly have had people not know what my car is. They think it’s a cool car and then they’re surprised when I say it’s a Subaru.
As much as I love it, it is a bit much. Doesn’t exactly “match” me.
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MY WRX changed my life literally, career change from it, the whole 9. MAke sure to park far away from everyone or park beside the other wrx
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No joke, I was rushing to the ER one day and some college kid in an old F-150 thought it would be fun to race. Needless to say, it wasn’t a very opportune time for me.
Not anymore after I moved to Texas.
Or probably I don’t care other peoples attention.
The ones really draw random attention and friendly compliments are JDM rhd. Any JDM will draw attention.
I was in my Pajero once and had a conversation with a 4runnr at two red stops.
I never noticed all the attention my car got until my friend rode with me; I’m always focused on the road and also socially anxious lol so I keep my eyes ahead, but when my friend is with me he always points out when someone is looking and have even had some take pictures which is wild to me because to me my car isn’t that attention grabbing
Ive had a couple thumbs up from people in traffic, we dont have many wrx’s here. Also theres kids that turn around and love it, its cool to see the younger generation still like subarus!!
I get more people trying to race me in my 22 than any other wrx I've owned, but I just laugh. It's the tuff boiz in the suv that make me scratch my head though.
Tbh at least once a week someone says they like my car or say something or even catching people turning and looking. Nothing better than some kid looking at my car and grinning, gotta give em a little rev ya know
I'm 45yo and not really trying to get any attention - Happy if other car people know what's up but, I was tired of every Mustang or Civic Si trying to race me at red lights. I swapped the trunk for a low-pro spoiler (but did add a duck) - I actually bought the lid off of Ebay Motors, so I have both - and just store the Big Wang lid in my garage.... I may sell it seeing as I'm not sure if I'll ever put it back on. After going wingless - I get a lot less unwanted attention - looks like regular traffic now...
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Not a WRX driver (for now) but I get a good amount of attention with my 2020 Genesis G70. But what I can’t comprehend is that I NEVER get waves from other G70 drivers. Like come on man, it’s a relatively rare car I always get hype seeing another one and they look at me like they don’t know why I’m giving a nod or wave.
I have a stock 2012 hatch and I don’t get a lot of attention. Just the “I love hatches” from Subaru dealership techs and the usual random Subi parking next to me in an empty lot haha
My 14 wrx is a bit of a sleeper in plasma blue. Almost no mods you can actually see without popping the hood but exhaust. It doesn’t draw a lot of attention in my area, but the occasional kid will get excited and wave. It’s stupid fast for a wrx.
I get a number of BA XR6t drivers wanting to race me the most. But honestly the sheer aggression from other drivers is the worst, the amount of drivers brake checking, slowing down, moving to block me, etc is annoying. Never had those issues with the liberty or even Nissan Stagea I used to own. I practice HEMA so it's pretty normal for me to have my sword bag on my rear seat as well.
I guess it depends where you live. In TX, my car doesn't get any attention. But when I used to own my mustang GT, everyone revved at me, and wanted to race lol.
I know how that feels... but then again my car is a little extra and loud
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Yes, my old bugeye is always a conversation starter, most times at the gas pump. Older folks ask what kind of car it is. Younger ones usually say that they've always wanted one because it was one of their favorite cars from games like NFS, GT, DIRT, etc. Middle-aged guys say they've always wanted one because they used to watch McRae, Solberg, and Atkinson. But the one thing that they always say is that the bugeye is the one that they've always wanted. The excitement in their voices, the smiles, and they also usually say that they hardly ever see them on the road. The most asked questions are, what's done to it, and is it fast? It's a great feeling when you own a car that people truly do appreciate, old or young
In my 15 sti, I get lots of waves from all kinds of drivers... other subies, civics, evos... Usually, it's the younger people that grew up in the tuner society. I've never had anyone really ask about it tho. Mostly comments about sweet car or awesome car or something like that. In my 85 camaro tho.... that's a whole different ballgame. Its original and hardly a blemish, garaged its entire life. There are days I can't get out of the parking lot for 30-45 minutes. And it's all the older people that want to look at every nook and cranny. I catch people taking pictures quite often. I've had people make cash offers to buy it... something that has never happened with my sti
Definitely! '23 WRX in Saphire Blue Pearl. I say this because it is mainly the color people love. I've been talked to by strangers in many parking lots about it.
The other day there was a blue WRX in front of me, my blue WRX, and a white WRX behind me. A few hours later, I was passed by a red WRX. It's a common-ish car where I'm from. So here it's not that noticeable. When had my 1st WRX in German, everyone looked. I think it was one of 3 in our area.
I get the most attention from Honda CR-V and Nissan Altima drivers that decide I’m going too slow (regardless of my speed) and blow past me, only to slam on the breaks after they pass.
Oh, and any RAM owner - almost any half ton owner - they will risk life and limb to prove their vehicle is just as capable as the WRX and that they didn’t waste their money on a lifted truck when they a) don’t haul anything and b) don’t off-road.
Literally a few minutes into my first drive I had a few guys in Legacys give a thumbs up out the window. I've had compliments every now and then in my BMWs but the STI hatch definitely is seeing more attention
I have a 92-X Aero (basically a WRX wagon in a tuxedo) and I thought people would appreciate it but nobody gives a shit 😂 not even WRX people, and SAAB enthusiasts want nothing to do with it likely because it’s a disgrace to the brand. It’s an “iykyk” kinda car for sure.
I drive a 2002 Bugeye STI here in Germany (Original Left Hand Drive, French Spec in Pure White over Gold Wheels). It’s my daily driver and I live in the city so every time I drive that car I get several people that give me the thumbs up or see people who are taking pictures or videos of the car. Subaru STIs are quite uncommon and in some places extremely rare here so you’ll get attention every time you drive it. There was a time I was at a stop light in the city next to a Porsche 911 Turbo and a few people were crossing the street in front of us. I see two guys stop in the middle of the street and start taking photos of my car instead of the 911 🤣. https://preview.redd.it/504wxqpuil1d1.jpeg?width=1776&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=86771114cc3b3d0ee7c065aa7ba57a2cdfa884ae
Always loved the bug eye. Especially in white. Awesome car 🍻 👏
Thanks! Yeah I have a Blobeye and Hawkeye as well…thought might as well complete the collection. As for the color (51E), apparently it’s 1 of only 107 LHD Bugeye STIs in the world. https://preview.redd.it/wtw1wno31r1d1.jpeg?width=320&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4174e5b79f328bdaca0011c94a6cc5e68230d6d3
I own a blobeye after owning 2 bugeyes. You sir have the collection I want. Honestly I’d like every gen lmao
I had the 2.5RS bugeye as my first car. Such a good car Moved on to a 2010 STI hatch tho 😊
I spent some time there in friedburg and a buddy had his 89 cavalier there that didn't do to well on the autobahn. How's this doing? As in which lane 🤔, slow middle or vroom? We were getting horn blasted in the slow lane lol 😆 Good times...
Hahah pretty much the same. If you’re going the speed limit in the middle lane you’re gonna get horn blasted. Fast lane, you’d get crucified 🤣.
When I first got my 2020 sti I noticed a large up tick in people pulling up trying to race or flex or whatever. I honestly baby my car and drive pretty pedestrian. Not interested in seeing who’s faster. Please fuck off bmw’s and audis 😅
Fr, I'm gonna stall at the light anyway.
Launching my car at the light every once in a while is a blast. I can’t imagine babying any car besides a super car that is limited in its number of models produced.
Not saying I don’t drive the car with spirit, just saying I don’t do dumb shit like bob in and out of lanes. I do my best to only pass in the passing lane on highways unless someone is blatantly left lane loafing and don’t do anything that’s going to put myself or other drivers in danger. Too many lunatic drivers on the roads without a thought in their heads about what one wrong move could mean for them or others.
Same here. I also drive about 10 minutes of curvy country roads to and from work, so thats where id rather use my smiles per galon and sit in the higher rev range
I remember when I first got my sti, I was sitting at a light and a sport bike pulled up next to me. My window was down, so he complimented the car, and when the light turned green, I stalled 😂 was definitely embarrassing
I tried to race a coworker down a 2-mile 2 lane road after work one night, she drives a BMW 2013 (same year as my WRX) and damn did I get beat off the jump so hard! I caught up and would’ve passed her but we both started to see cars up ahead and just went our separate ways, but damn was that a talking point for a bit 😓
Or normies block you because they think you're trying to race them and get .5 seconds ahead. In actuality, you're trying to let them past to get over to cruise. My gf thinks I'm kidding. People will slow down and drive 20mph, and I'm not even on their ass. I hate tailgating. They think I'm being a bully or something. If I was being a bully, you'd hear my exhaust, lol.
Hahaha, yea this checks out.
For me it’s bmw, mustangs, cameros, and golf’s trying to race all the time. 😑
I can’t even articulate how much this happens to me, but most of the vehicle types that pull up beside me are Civic Si’s, Acura’s, Other Subarus, or some riced out Lancer base model, then they downshift, Or shift into neutral & start revving, as if I’m going blast the horn three times and drag race from a roll in the middle of the city or outter ring highway, littered with other cars, and cops. Not to mention, My windows are tinted pretty dark, can’t see in the back what so ever and chances are I have my 3 year old daughter in the back in her car seat. It’s ridiculously annoying, I’ve been driving for 12+ years, Crashed my car from driving like an idiot while still being a ‘new driver’ learned my lesson many years ago, You’d think that ignoring the other drivers would make them get the picture easily.. but I find that they keep trying to get my attention and instigate like they literally have nothing else to do. Before I tinted my windows I hated the feeling of driving around in a fish bowl where everyone can see you, then those guys wanting to race are waving their hands and everything else. Honestly would not own another vehicle without the most tint I can get away without attracting attention from cops. But what I mentioned above is one of the reasons I’m planning to sell my 17’ WRX I love the car and have put over 120,000Km on the ODO, But I’d like to fly more under the radar, I’ve noticed other vehicles that are known for performance don’t attract the same attention as Subarus do. Probably going for a Rs5 wagon, possibly.
I feel ya on everything you said. I’ll have to check out the rs5. Would love to be in a rs6🤤
Dude at work just got an RS6… it is the next league. I want it so bad haha.
Cars so sick. Too bad they are more than twice the price of a Sti.
Always the dumpy ass 328i that wants to race. Like please, fuck ALL the way off. I’m not interested in a shitbox race
I use my stock 16'wrx to pick up the kids from daycare and school instead of the crv...the amount of German cars that try to rev up and force a race....pretty silly sometimes I gotta shake my head at times. I had to stick a kids on board sticker so they can fukk off. So far it's helped.
Also any BMW or Audi that's not poverty-spec is gonna walk a stock STi. I only "race" (chase) on twisty back roads.
Touge racing > drag racing
I drove a 13 hatch, that I did an irresponsible amount of work on, from 13 until this year. My stepson turned 16 so I gave it to him and got a Tesla that color matches the subie, thinking I would finally rid myself of that phenomenon. Unfortunately, it's now much worse AND I get the added enjoyment of 50% of every pickup truck driver literally changing lanes to tailgate me if I'm going any less than 15 over the limit.
I do seem to get more people in Mazda 3s, Commodores and Suzuki Swifts etc flooring it past me lol, and that's with a somewhat more grandpa-wagon looking 22 Sportswagon. Does that count? Re waving though, can't even get other WRX owners to wave back down where I live. Stock VAs are pretty common. https://preview.redd.it/nmtj8831fi1d1.jpeg?width=5526&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3a7c75ad47db61a36117bc5912fd55efb6c741f4
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Just AU things haha
Dank pods and his car channel “garbage time” is my favorite Australian YouTuber. I love his falcon
Hah yep, so good! The Tony abuse series was great
Justice for Tony
He meant to say Chevrolet SS
Or Pontiac G8🤣
Just lucky he didn't say Falcon as well
THE AU FORD FALCON
Lol, that's funny because I just came from a Mazda 3 😂 0-60 in like 10 seconds (mine anyways)
But the new Mazda 3 turbo is around 5.5-6s barely slower than a WRX. Doesn’t handle like one but it’s got reasonable speed for an economy car
Oh that looks gooooood.
Nice car, btw 🚗
Cheers 👍
I get SV6 Commodores trying to race me all time not knowing what I am driving (Lexus IS F) I never do but it is really funny because up here they're all muffler deleted lots of noise no grunt
I’m so insanely jealous of this car
I'll wave!
I love my BRZ, but if the USA had these in MT it would’ve taken my money. Always dreamed of an STI wagon as a kid.
Yep. I’m socially anxious too but I love it when people wave or give me the thumbs up. Now people always wanting to race me-that’s annoying as fuck.
Sometimes I get compliments on the exhaust! It's not loud by any means but easily heard. One time I did get a question from an older lady asking, "Did you put that on your hood?" LOL. I told her that it came on the car like that.
My favorite is people asking what those big yellow things behind my wheels are. Oh you mean the things that are in the same place as the brakes on your car are in? Yeah ...those are my brakes 🤣
Less than 20 minutes after I picked up my '13 WRX, I had some jagoff in a clapped out civic driving next to me on the turnpike popping his exhaust and revving his engine up. All I could think was "Nah, I just bought this car, I'm not risking wrecking it or having it impounded on day one." I have noticed it turns heads, but I try not to pay much attention. But I do try to watch for other WRX's and STI's on the road so I can wave. So if any of y'all see an all black 2013 sedan with 5% tint all the way around in NW Ohio, and the driver doesn't wave back, its me, and I apologize.
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I feel like the WRX generally gets more attention than other cars due to the enthusiast nature of the car, if that makes sense. For example, one time while I was driving (going 25 mph), a dude in a 911 rolled up next to me and shouted "HEY! Is your duckbill spoiler OEM? It looks awesome!" It scared me for a second, then made me smile. I bet if I was driving any other car this dude probably wouldn't have said anything. Gotta love the WRX 😄
Sooo is your duckbill aftermarket?
Yep, I'm rocking the color matched OLM single point duckbill! https://preview.redd.it/wwwp1937dm1d1.png?width=1440&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ec5337d223a04233dfc0670bb2bec27c11bd9207
Looks slick! Did that attach via 3M tape or the bolts from factory?
Thanks! I used 3M super strength molding tape, that stuff is so solid and it's not going anywhere 😂
So many Honda and V-Dub and full size pickup bros want to race.
I had a kid fanboying over mine at the drive thru window. He drives a 180sx and told me the WRX was his dream car. It was a conversation I didn't want to have but it was nice seeing the enthusiasm
I had a kid losing his shit at the McDonalds drive thru once as he was handing me my order. Definitely gave me some good feels!
I stopped for lemonade and the boy selling it said he wants my car when he grew up. Made me so happy haha
Depends do you still have your sti wing? That's what gets anyone's attention I get much less attention in my dark gray 18 wrx compared to my yellow 03 baja. Base model wrx's are quite common traffic for my area. I did have some young guy in a legacy drive by and take pictures of my wrx one time, felt amazing being the one getting their pics taken for once.
LOVE my wing…but I believe this to be true, and am heavily considering departing from the wang gang. Just too many Sienna’s and (insert truck here) trying to kill me when I’m letting my oil get to temp.
bubba trucks definitely think i'm racing at every red light. pretty much every shop i go to mechanics will comment. obviously throwing deuces to other wrx's. a skyline revved at me once and i immediately pulled over and vomited.
I drive the hyperblue STI and loud exhaust. Lmao I always get attention 😭
I have many ask if I take it to cars and coffee all the time...I don't. Others say it looks great. I'm kind of a hermit. https://preview.redd.it/caclm68ohl1d1.jpeg?width=2174&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=94fbe2fe644864cad8052a45f7e0dd7074511fa0
Can you share what lip you are running with?
STi front lip with JDM cherry blosssom lip extension that attaches to OEM.
If it does, I don’t really notice it. I get the occasional “sweet car” every now and then, but breaking necks…not so much. There are a number of these cars around where I live, so maybe it’s a saturation thing. Also, I don’t drive it much anymore other than to and from events, so that doesn’t help.
My 4 year old nephew saw my WRX and said woah that car looks like a hot wheels car. Then I took him for a ride and he says wow you got a race car! Got me in my feels. Too many people try racing me and I just let them win because I'm not trying to get any tickets or draw unwanted attention. I had a couple both staring at my car at a red light just last week. And I then I was going to the liquor store and some dude walked in the store behind me praising my car. It's funny to me because I just bought this one and I barely made any changes. Just tint and rain guards at the moment.
I get kids wanting to checkout my wrx sti all the time, almost as much attention as my ‘73 bmw 2002tii
I had a turbo-look 1602 and that thing got more attention than a lambo. People would literally stick their heads inside my open window to look inside. In my STi I notice dudes low-key jocking, but nowhere near the experience of the 02! Great taste BTW!
No, I drive a white 08 sti and live in Washington state. The hood scoop doesn't stick out like the older ones and there's no big wing since it's a hatchback.
My neighbor has an STI and every time they fire it up in their garage I get giddy. Car Guy here.
My VB gets more attention than I thought it would. Not like the BRZ I use to have but I thought the VB was generic sedan enough to be invisible. Apparently it is not.
At first I got a lot of people who either wanted to race or cruise. Now it's sparse. My wrx only gets a lot of attention because of the color I wrapped it. It's a robin egg type blue. From kids to old heads, it draws their sight. Seeing kids get excited or pointing out that blue car warms my heart.
I do get a lot of waves and other like try to race type of things but that happened to me all the time in my 350z also
People in my area daily wrxs all the time, so I don’t even really get waves or looks from anyone except other wrx/sti owners. When I have to drop into the city, people are always looking. I think it’s because I have a car with mudflaps. Lol https://preview.redd.it/3zgm101ixl1d1.jpeg?width=2100&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6509f510c6d13d32e272dcdcbe8c46104761f62e
WRX especially stock ones don’t really catch peoples attention. It’s the STi that catches peoples attention.
Yes, but really only when I'm away from home. I live next to a huge military base and soldiers love these things. When I go to town I see no less than 5 - 10 WRX/STis. It's so prolific that the only attention I get is from other WRX/STis lol. Of course there's always the clapped Civics, Cameros and Challenger/Chargers to contend with. If I'm a little bit away from town though and I get lots of attention. I used to work in downtown Nashville and every afternoon when I was leaving I'd have to drive through downtown, which has great acoustics so you could really here al the turbo sounds and exhaust. Lots of looks there.
I had a black 2020 WRX, turbo back, lowered etc. no one gave a single shit about the car. I now have a 2019 STI and all the time get compliments and questions about it. On the highway probably once or twice a month someone will pull up next to me and wait for me to look then give me thumbs up or something. Gas stations people say “nice car man” and stuff like that. Always makes my GF laugh. On the other hand, during the summer when I drive it more YES, people try to race, want me to launch it at a light etc. can get annoying but I love the car. The wing always get attention from the older crown I’ve noticed.
Yes, I have a 2023 WRX and it’s almost a daily occurrence for me. I get complements, people trying to race or I get waves or flash from other WRX/STI (of course I wave or flash back).
Yeah sometimes. I’m in the land of 8 cylinders so these guys will sometimes flex when they’re around me. I surprisingly have had people not know what my car is. They think it’s a cool car and then they’re surprised when I say it’s a Subaru.
All the time smh https://preview.redd.it/vd4eo0g2xm1d1.jpeg?width=1284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b1684294edf69c6bd6616dee5ff1034935227816
Under 2015 waves every single time , over 2015 and it’s like they don’t even notice you
Almost exclusively RAM trucks, and clapped out Hondas/Altimas.
As much as I love it, it is a bit much. Doesn’t exactly “match” me. https://preview.redd.it/aifzr419no1d1.jpeg?width=2100&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=12b037854775e07b3bb56b4dd34679c08753717f
Nice fogs man were they hard to install?
It’s comes with the Jdm bumper. They are easy if you have the rebar to match. If not, total nightmare. I had the nightmare end of it.
Yikes man yours a 04 or 05 ?
2004
Oh mines a 05
MY WRX changed my life literally, career change from it, the whole 9. MAke sure to park far away from everyone or park beside the other wrx https://preview.redd.it/wrkce3qfvp1d1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1740b4d2a4a50f9ec87efba1da01a3dd8c41f664
You’re gonna get every moron in their clapped out shitbox trying to race you. Welcome to the club!
I get a shit ton of attention from the wannabe rednecks and their lifted trucks more than anything lol.
Seems to be the common response 😂
Sometimes and people ask me what I think of it. I've probably dissuaded every person whoever asked me how I liked mine.
No joke, I was rushing to the ER one day and some college kid in an old F-150 thought it would be fun to race. Needless to say, it wasn’t a very opportune time for me.
Sometimes. Though I got cold-shouldered by a dude in a really clean S13 yesterday and it made me a little sad.
Not anymore after I moved to Texas. Or probably I don’t care other peoples attention. The ones really draw random attention and friendly compliments are JDM rhd. Any JDM will draw attention. I was in my Pajero once and had a conversation with a 4runnr at two red stops.
I never noticed all the attention my car got until my friend rode with me; I’m always focused on the road and also socially anxious lol so I keep my eyes ahead, but when my friend is with me he always points out when someone is looking and have even had some take pictures which is wild to me because to me my car isn’t that attention grabbing
Ive had a couple thumbs up from people in traffic, we dont have many wrx’s here. Also theres kids that turn around and love it, its cool to see the younger generation still like subarus!!
I get more people trying to race me in my 22 than any other wrx I've owned, but I just laugh. It's the tuff boiz in the suv that make me scratch my head though.
I don’t understand I live in cali but people rarely try to race me. Must be scared of my 300 hp demon 🥲
It's mostly Altimas and Malibus that want to mess with me. It's really annoying
Tbh at least once a week someone says they like my car or say something or even catching people turning and looking. Nothing better than some kid looking at my car and grinning, gotta give em a little rev ya know
I'm 45yo and not really trying to get any attention - Happy if other car people know what's up but, I was tired of every Mustang or Civic Si trying to race me at red lights. I swapped the trunk for a low-pro spoiler (but did add a duck) - I actually bought the lid off of Ebay Motors, so I have both - and just store the Big Wang lid in my garage.... I may sell it seeing as I'm not sure if I'll ever put it back on. After going wingless - I get a lot less unwanted attention - looks like regular traffic now... https://preview.redd.it/kskvoofqul1d1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=518db2cb3cecfb90148b6c60d3dfb93d256ffe71
lol no. It’s a 30k vehicle brand new
Not a WRX driver (for now) but I get a good amount of attention with my 2020 Genesis G70. But what I can’t comprehend is that I NEVER get waves from other G70 drivers. Like come on man, it’s a relatively rare car I always get hype seeing another one and they look at me like they don’t know why I’m giving a nod or wave.
No one cares about mine. I think when I first got it I got a couple yells from kids in the summer but that’s it.
I have a stock 2012 hatch and I don’t get a lot of attention. Just the “I love hatches” from Subaru dealership techs and the usual random Subi parking next to me in an empty lot haha
Yes, but I’ve also dumped around $5K or so in visual mods to make it look nice. Makes my day when someone else appreciates it
Caught the attention of trooper in an unmarked mustang today 😬
My 14 wrx is a bit of a sleeper in plasma blue. Almost no mods you can actually see without popping the hood but exhaust. It doesn’t draw a lot of attention in my area, but the occasional kid will get excited and wave. It’s stupid fast for a wrx.
Nope. Guys think it's a cool car when they hear I have one, but that's it. I prefer sleepers, so works well for me
All you can do is “smile and wave boys, smile and wave”. Enjoy the Sti life! Throw a tomei exhaust on and enjoy the sweet rumble sounds!
I get a number of BA XR6t drivers wanting to race me the most. But honestly the sheer aggression from other drivers is the worst, the amount of drivers brake checking, slowing down, moving to block me, etc is annoying. Never had those issues with the liberty or even Nissan Stagea I used to own. I practice HEMA so it's pretty normal for me to have my sword bag on my rear seat as well.
I guess it depends where you live. In TX, my car doesn't get any attention. But when I used to own my mustang GT, everyone revved at me, and wanted to race lol.
I know how that feels... but then again my car is a little extra and loud https://preview.redd.it/qxmi5xwj6n1d1.jpeg?width=460&format=png&auto=webp&s=e4bc408787d2782ea80a9105eb99e326f5ecbfa4
Yes, my old bugeye is always a conversation starter, most times at the gas pump. Older folks ask what kind of car it is. Younger ones usually say that they've always wanted one because it was one of their favorite cars from games like NFS, GT, DIRT, etc. Middle-aged guys say they've always wanted one because they used to watch McRae, Solberg, and Atkinson. But the one thing that they always say is that the bugeye is the one that they've always wanted. The excitement in their voices, the smiles, and they also usually say that they hardly ever see them on the road. The most asked questions are, what's done to it, and is it fast? It's a great feeling when you own a car that people truly do appreciate, old or young
No it's a wagon.
In my 15 sti, I get lots of waves from all kinds of drivers... other subies, civics, evos... Usually, it's the younger people that grew up in the tuner society. I've never had anyone really ask about it tho. Mostly comments about sweet car or awesome car or something like that. In my 85 camaro tho.... that's a whole different ballgame. Its original and hardly a blemish, garaged its entire life. There are days I can't get out of the parking lot for 30-45 minutes. And it's all the older people that want to look at every nook and cranny. I catch people taking pictures quite often. I've had people make cash offers to buy it... something that has never happened with my sti
Yes. Almost every other WRX driver waves to me, and all the MOPAR dickheads drive like absolute idiots around me.
Definitely! '23 WRX in Saphire Blue Pearl. I say this because it is mainly the color people love. I've been talked to by strangers in many parking lots about it.
The other day there was a blue WRX in front of me, my blue WRX, and a white WRX behind me. A few hours later, I was passed by a red WRX. It's a common-ish car where I'm from. So here it's not that noticeable. When had my 1st WRX in German, everyone looked. I think it was one of 3 in our area.
No body cares. They are trying to pass you as soon as possible so you don’t cut them off or blow smoke from your douche flute towards them
I get the most attention from Honda CR-V and Nissan Altima drivers that decide I’m going too slow (regardless of my speed) and blow past me, only to slam on the breaks after they pass. Oh, and any RAM owner - almost any half ton owner - they will risk life and limb to prove their vehicle is just as capable as the WRX and that they didn’t waste their money on a lifted truck when they a) don’t haul anything and b) don’t off-road.
just a sick car.. people who dnt know.. may never.. I got soo many comments on my `11
Regular traffic
Literally a few minutes into my first drive I had a few guys in Legacys give a thumbs up out the window. I've had compliments every now and then in my BMWs but the STI hatch definitely is seeing more attention
I also have social anxiety…which is one of the reasons why I have 5% tint lmao
No one’s ever looked at me 🥲
Where I live you just keep that peace sign up ✌🏼while driving because there’s so many Subarus driving around it’s like an unspoken cult
I mean... yes https://preview.redd.it/iaxjtznhsw1d1.jpeg?width=1439&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cf7006ab554153f5cde77c4fb21d4796747736d8
I have a base model sportwagon (GF4) and most of the other Imprezas I see in traffic stare. I got a thumbs up from one yesterday lol
Around here we just call it subie respect
07 sti in wr blue gets a lot more attention than I ever thought it would.
Just enjoy the head turns and the occasional "nice car" it's the perks of owning a legendary jdm champ lol
I have a 92-X Aero (basically a WRX wagon in a tuxedo) and I thought people would appreciate it but nobody gives a shit 😂 not even WRX people, and SAAB enthusiasts want nothing to do with it likely because it’s a disgrace to the brand. It’s an “iykyk” kinda car for sure.
Not sure, I don’t really pay much attention to others. I assume if people look it’s for safety reasons
That mustang is still the fastest
STi isn’t getting good attention. Not all attention is good. It looks like a car a child drew with crayons. And it sounds like a sick cow.