RichieT

Welcome along.

Great track day footage. Nice one.

Yes, and he continued talking after it as if it had never happened. (Quote) The biggest moment of my life (Unquote), and you would never tell from his calm voice. You can see in the small screen how frantic his arm movements are trying to save the spin. The 2017 STI has benefited from this.

It might be too late, however I might be better to take things a bit easier. Then again I also had this discussion with my motorbikes. Does it realy do any real harm or should you drive it fast straight off. I'm sure there is a discussion on this on the forum somewhere. lol

Hi, I can't help you with the mechanical question however welcome along, I'm sure someone will be able to assist you shortly.

Yes it was the same for me. Drove the car 200 miles and a guy I work with who has had 5 Subaru WRX's in his time asked to see the engine. I was initially shocked to see the mess however I soon clicked on that it is protection during shipping.

Nice one and great to see your loving the car. Welcome to the 2017 era, we are breaking new ground Just a few comments to make on your post. Are you really ment to keep the revs below 4000. Ouch. I can't remember how many time I have hit the limiter. I have a lot of wax showing on my engine, however I'm not to bothered about it as it's doing a job of protecting the components. I also love the sound and the worrble that comes from the car, however I'm planning in installing a cat back exhaust shortly. The noise insulation inside is good however I often switch the radio off and role the window down. lol I agree with you regarding the starlink system, and it's even worse when you down load the app, now that is crap. lol Yes I have been using a bit of fuel as well, most of which is BP's unleaded 97. One thing I did take advantage of was the Autoglym life shine protection system on offer from Subaru. http://lifeshine.com Enjoy the ride. :-)

Mechanically not a lot has changed on the STI in years I guess. One of things that was changed from Mark Higgins 2014 TT lap record was the steering. This now has less turns from lock to lock after this big near miss. In addition to the steering being tweeked Subaru have also fitted a D shaped steering wheel which feels really good and easy to handling. It feels good. Changes to the Subaru Starlink Infotainment system which includes voice recognition. It also has the keyless access and start system installed, so you dont use a key in the ignition, you just need to have it in your pocket and you can open and lock the doors with your fingers, and use the push button start. I think that is everything. Same car effectively but just a little more refined with extra touches. I hope this answers some of your questions. Richie.

This is the first STI I have had so I can't pit agaist an older model. The reason I have this STI is due to the heritage of the STI as I think they have all looked great throughout years.

Hello Cory. Welcome along. Where abouts in Glasgow are you from. I'm from Barrhead. Nice car you have for some of these great scottish roads. Take care.

Well I traded in the lovely XV with 12000 miles on it, after two years and ordered this 2017 WRX STI. My local dealer had sold all the 2016 models so they had ordered a WR Blue 2017 demonstrator which they kept for me. I'm really well impressed with it. I'll never miss chance to post some pictures. Big thanks to the lads of http://www.eagleshamgarage-subaru.co.uk for all the help, advise and service.

That was out there. lol

The car has a wash, aqua wax and the Rally Armour mud flaps installed. The Wind deflectors were already fitted when I picked the car up last week.

Now that is the very nice WRX. All the best for driving it.

I had mine fitted when I purchased the XV. TBH, they are great, I'll be getting an STI next month and will be getting mods done to it before picking git up. one of these mods will be wind deflectors.

Looks great too.

Great cars. I went to The Ignition festival in Glasgow yesterday. Test drive of the Blue WRX STI just confirmed I want one. Roll on next month. As for the Lavorge, as great car up-setting the British Touring Cars Grid.

Great car for some great roads in Shetlands.

Welcome.

Great winter video. I did the same to go climbing and found the car handled very well on the single track roads in the highlands. I never got any footage of the car getting us there, however I do have footage of the climb. lol. Beinn Udlaidh, Quartzvein scoop 01

Something I'm considering doing myself. Looks very good.

Yes the XV is a typical Subaru and drives very well. Welcome to the forum.

lol.

Welcome enjoy your purchase and the forum. :-)