I've never owned a WRX STI but my cousins fiance did and I drove it regularly when I went down to Orlando. His must well modded in terms of both performance and visual appearance and it was a monster to drive, very fast and very planted on the road running high performance summer tires of course. That being said it was a little exhausting to drive, the ride was not completely unbearable but it was pretty firm. He ended up trading it in a couple years ago for a 330 ZHP. Comparing that to driving my X is comparing apples to oranges. I wold daily the X before I'd daily the STI, but it would make a good weekend driver.

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2004 BMW X5 4.4i-Sports Package-Premium-140,000 Miles