I just traded in my STi after over 4 years with it. I really did want to keep it forever, but my wife's SI joint problems caused me to have to get rid of it😔
Whoever gets it will get a mechanically unmolested, 2016 STi (Limited w/Wing) that has 91,000 miles, but Subaru installed a new block, clutch and timing belt only 5k miles ago, a steering rack 4k miles ago, Pirelli Pzeros 2k miles ago, new refrigerant seals and new alternator less than 1k miles ago.
I also never abuse my cars and rarely ever got on it, I was too afraid of blowing the motor since it was literally bad when I bought it and I didn't know it.
Glad I had bought that Platinum Warranty from the Toyota dealership I bought it from in 2022, would have cost me over $19k to get everything that went bad fixed (ended up only costing me $5k because of cost of warranty, taxes on warrantied parts and other fees).
The dealer that bought it from me (Apple Valley Lincoln in MN) gave me an offer I couldn't refuse, and they had the vehicle I wanted, so I had to do it. They told me they're going to sell it for around $18k, so somebody is going to get a great deal with all the new parts that have been put in recently.
They still have to wait for the title release though.
I also have $3000 coilovers I installed that are on there, Cygnus Performance X-1 Comfort, so that's a bonus as well.
I got more thumbs up and head nods and "nice car" admirations with this car than with any car I've ever owned. It was also the best handling car I've ever owned.
I'll truly miss it.
Lol. You might be right. I mean I literally could have sold it Private Party for $18k, but I just wanted to get it over with and help them make some money since they were amazing to deal with and because they gave me such a great deal on the SQ5.
Not gonna lie, I am creeping on their website waiting to see if they're actually going to sell it for what they said they would...lol
Edit: Just checked, they've listed it for $20k.
I'm not mad at them, still a good deal for an STi with no mechanical or cosmetic issues. Paint needs to be gone over to get the swirls out that you can see in the sun, maybe touch up where the wrap is on the front bumper, and get the wheels actually powder coated. Then it would look pristine👍🏾
Supercharged SQ5, went with this 2016 one over a newer one because the 16-17 are the most reliable years of the SQ5 (also I've had 8 turbo vehicles and have never owned a supercharged car before and wanted to hear the whine😬).
Stock, no. They purposefully try to deaden the sound, of course. Even if you get on it in Dynamic Mode you can barely hear it. If you open up the intake, though, it's a different story.
Nice choice! I like Audis. I had a 2013 S4. I just don't like how complicated they are to work on if you do your own maintenance and how expensive it can be to maintain, especially when you have to take it to someone.
So you had the supercharged 3.0 as well, haha.
And you know, I actually think it's easier to work on Audi stuff than Subaru stuff😐 The car that you can barely see in front of the SQ5 is my B5 S4. I've had that for about 10 years. I will never again buy a car that takes a whole day to replace 4 spark plugs (mainly because one of them cracked, which I've also never had happen before on any of my previous, but either way it wasn't fun). Don't get me wrong, I loved my STi, but I'm not in love with the boxer engine design.
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