Hey guys, so I think my next car is going to be a WRX STI Hatchback so thought I'd join the fold so that I can do some research on the car. I currently have a Civic Type R FN2 Championship White edition that I just bought 3-4 months ago, and whilst its a brilliant drivers car, it doesn't have low end grunt that I now crave. Obviously, I knew this from before, but I had never owned a VTEC car but have now ticked that box so now to move on to a forced induction jap car. I used to have a Mitsubishi Colt CZT which I had remapped to 206hp which was epic and super light and may buy another one day as a weekend, stripped out toy, but thats another convo. Anyway, here are some pics of my current beauty:

 

And below is a lovely 645CI that I owned before the Type R (if anyone is interested):

 

Welcome!

I do love a V8 . Never done Veetech thingy though, too inpatient I guess.  Joking aside, looks good mate 

Look forward to hearing how you get on. Just ask if you have any questions.

hello and welcome.

 

how much are you wanting to spend on a Hatch?

Haha thanks, it doesn't take too long to hit vtec ;) Also, the limited edition has an lsd so its awesome in the twisties.

Ahh the v8 was a monster, I had the resonators removed and the exhaust sounded like thunder! 

Budget wise I'm not too sure, ideally a px with cash towards the hatch to avoid the headache of people calling/tyre kickers and its just had a £425 service with nearly new super sports tyres. However, not in a rush as i don't want to make a costly mistake.

Also, I need to save a little for a car budget, my daughters nursery fee in unfunded months costs £618...ouch

Wotcha and welcome - Love a hatch me - there are some nice examples out there. There are issues with ringland failure on the 2.5 lump, Jap imports have a 2.0 and dont suffer the same so look for, at the very least an aftermarket remap, has been done along with service history. Subaru do a patch themselves and I had Subaru confirm the same modified parameters were included in the PPP pack I had on mine however some 330s and PPP pack owners have suffered so put by some money for a quality RR and ECU map if it has not been done