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Well the time had come to replace the Pontiac Vibe so I sold it to my folks. It will be just as good to them as it has been to me I'm sure. Anyway, bye bye Vibe, hello Subaru STi2007 Satin Pearl White Subaru Impreza STiStock 300HP/300Torque 6spd transmission.gold 17" BBS Rims over big Brembo brake systemFully loaded with power windows, cruise control, power locks, electric adjustable headlight height, ABS, AM/FM 6disc Ipod sound system with upgraded amp and sub, racing seats, DCCD (Driver controlled Center Differential) AWD.On the truck still. my first spy shot of my car haha.When it finally was brought across the street to the subaru dealership and still covered in protective tape.My Vibe in the background.Interior shot.Engine bay shot. Can someone say turbo? Meeting the new addition to the family.Family Portrait on delivery. (Vibe, STi and Legasti)Me and the wife AKLGTNext few are from a photo shoot I took while cruising around.All three cars in the garage.

Nice Subie

What are the little "wing" things behind the rear window for?Everyone says that front end is ugly but I like it

Congratulations! Nice car!! Looks like it will be a lot of fun!How will you get the Vibe to your folks?

Congrats!

the little spoiler re-directs air flow to the large spoiler to make it more functional then older models.my folks will be flying to alaska and driving the Vibe back to Canada.

you two stop tainting our garage with subarus!!! LOL... as i said before, i drove a 06 Sti and they are gorgeous and drive amazing.Enjoy it and be safe since you got like 10 times more HP then the vibe. lol.

congrats!!! It looks great!

3 years of waiting.... and it's finally here. the pics of the car do not do it justice. the white is beautiful (and i don't like white cars). however, this is a pearl color, it's white but more off white or cream with metallic flakes in the paint. It is the same white that came on the limited production STI Limited (only 400). I test drove one of the gray ones while i was in WA last Nov. They had a white one there too and both my dad and i really loved that Pearl color. It's just gorgeous! but i guess i can deal with the huge wing... otherwise, the car is beautiful.

Quote, originally posted by Mavrik »the little spoiler re-directs air flow to the large spoiler to make it more functional then older models.oh cool I see the spoiler now... at first it just looked like two little white things sticking off the car haha

*envy envy envy envy*Someday I will have one. The wife always says we should get a Evo, but I said the STI's are better.... I guess it all depends on which one of our cars quits first, lol. For once I am hoping the Vibe does once it's paid for.... my garage can't handle 2 lancers.Either way, you picked a great car Mav, we want a full report on it's driving abilities.

Well I have driven the 2007 Evo 9MR and comparing it to my 2007 STi... well I love the STi a LOT more. I'll have a full report in a few days

the Evo is an impressive machine. however, the dealership up here has a terrible service department. plus, the Evo crew are having a hard time with their trannies seeming to break much more than the STI's (6MT MR versions). I am really looking forward to driving the STI once it's properly broken in. Mav gets to do that...

Very nice car. When did they start putting the vortex generators on the rear? (ie the little wing on the rear windsheild) I kinda like that better than the row of 'spikes' on the Evo's.

Sweet Club O... where all the booty short ladies hang

uploaded my pics this morn.

Quote, originally posted by tangerine »Very nice car. When did they start putting the vortex generators on the rear? (ie the little wing on the rear windsheild) I kinda like that better than the row of 'spikes' on the Evo's.2006 was when they put that little spoiler on the back.

Mav,Your new ride looks awesome.I am very envious.I saw one yesterday at the Subie dealership behind my work,drools.I'm glad you finally got the performance you wanted.Let me know how much faster your's is compared to Hope's.

That is one sweet ride. Enjoy it!!!! ....oh, and don't let all that extra power catch you off guard ....

Lovvvvve the new ride.... Not feeling the gold rims, i know it's a subi thing an all just never struck me as a good color for the car.Good luck with it.... O B T W.... have you heard about the subie tire issue?I have an uncle who works for a tire shop who informed me that if a subie blows or shreds a tire or damages a tire that is unrepairable there is a VERY good chance that you will have to replace all FOUR tires depending on the other three tires and what tread life is left on them.If you don't replace the all four tires you have a very good likely hood to be buying a brand new tranny in the not so distant future.Apparently, because of the sofistication of the four wheel drive system and if the tires aren't closely matched in the outside diam. it will damage the AWD system.The company that he works for actually has a disclamer that owners of subies need to sign if they only want to replace the one tire that is bad verces all four.

yes, that is pretty much true. however, tires are pretty easy to come by up here. LOL. winter tires, and summer tires. we have 3 sets in the garage now! good thing they are all the same size. unfortunately the wheel offset and lug pattern is different.

awesome subie, love the white ones with the gold rims, very hot, lucky ******* you lol

Looks Good, Phil. The gold wheels are a bit much for me, I'd go with either white or gunmetal wheels myself.What are you going to do with your Vibe's old Icon wheels? I see you have your stockers back on your Vibe.

drool... let us know when u learn how to drift

Quote, originally posted by keithvibe »Lovvvvve the new ride.... Not feeling the gold rims, i know it's a subi thing an all just never struck me as a good color for the car.Good luck with it.... O B T W.... have you heard about the subie tire issue?I have an uncle who works for a tire shop who informed me that if a subie blows or shreds a tire or damages a tire that is unrepairable there is a VERY good chance that you will have to replace all FOUR tires depending on the other three tires and what tread life is left on them.If you don't replace the all four tires you have a very good likely hood to be buying a brand new tranny in the not so distant future.Apparently, because of the sofistication of the four wheel drive system and if the tires aren't closely matched in the outside diam. it will damage the AWD system.The company that he works for actually has a disclamer that owners of subies need to sign if they only want to replace the one tire that is bad verces all four.I work for subaru and am not concerned in the least and have never had any objections from customers when we sell them 4 tires. everyone is very educated here in regards to their subarus.my ICON rims are sold/would not fit the STi anyway.

Congrats Mav.....make sure you write PLENTY of service RO's to pay for this bad boy!! And make sure you get your CSI bonuses!

Congrats,....Still it's kinda sad to see your vibe with the stock hubcaps. I hope you have as good of luck with this car as you did with your vibe. Have fun....sniff,sniff.

Mavrik, your car is flippin' awesome. I'm insanely jealous.

Quote, originally posted by ajflan »Mavrik, your car is flippin' awesome. I'm insanely jealous.Thanks I have more pics to post later from the weekend's autocross event.

I look foward to those.

Quote, originally posted by 4X4CHICHI »Congrats,....Still it's kinda sad to see your vibe with the stock hubcaps. I hope you have as good of luck with this car as you did with your vibe. Have fun....sniff,sniff.I don't even have hubcaps on it right now lol... took them off.

Was out at the Alaska Speedway park for SCCA Autocross this past weekend. The wife (AKLGT) and I shared our (her) Legasti (Legacy GT with STi turbo, Intake manifold, Intercooler, TGV delete, SPT catback exhaust, SPT intake and gutted cats, stage 2 Access Port maps) but I brought out my new car to scare all the participants :DLeft to right:00maddogg (Jerry) me and Jaylyons1 (Jay)No thats not our truck though... I wish it was!And just to show the large turn out of Subarus at SCCA events here in alaska...The Legasti

ha ha! ya, except the very last car on the right was Mike's Evo. what an awesome weekend! I cannot wait til the next event (Sunday). hopefully I can get a hold of Kiwi for the coilover adjustment tool and the rims arrive so we have some decent rubber! i think our times will be much lower b/w the 2!

you should take sound clips so i can hear the ROAR of turbos that looks AMAZING!!! I need to visit Alaska sometime Mav so hows the scarying of others with the new sti going?

Quote, originally posted by northvibe »you should take sound clips so i can hear the ROAR of turbos that looks AMAZING!!! I need to visit Alaska sometime Mav so hows the scarying of others with the new sti going?haha well I have gotten a few comments from people who saw what I was able to make a pumkin do. I doubt they are scared but very curious.if you end up here in alaska, you'll get a taste of the turbo.Hope has a vid but not sure how good this is... was kinda windy.

looks great, mav.i love the red stitching on the steering wheel, e-brake, and shift knob n boot. it woulda matched the interior better if it was blue tho. ya know it would look tight if you replaced the blue interior accents w/ white ones btw, am i the only one that thinks the steering wheel design closely resembles the vibe's??

some new pics from autocross weekend. no I didn't race the car yet.surrounded by family.Red, White and Blue

Great pics. I think the red-white-blue cars in front of the hauler & mountain would make a fantastic poster!LORD! All those rocks in photo #3 will sure take the shine off that pearl-white paint job on your new STI in a hurry!

yeah we don't autocross on those rocks lolI have some pics to post as soon as I upload them of my tail light swap and clear car armor.

Some more pics.I had clear car armor installed on the front bumper, hood, fenders and mirrors as well as a piece along the edge of the scoop. I also swapped out the tail lights with 2004-2005 model tail lights. I like them MUCH better on there then the chrome looking 07 tail lights.

I'M A BLK MAN WHO IS GREEN WITH ENVY MAV HOPE..IT MAY BE TIME TO STEP UP TO A SUBIE

lol. i will have some spiffy BBS rims coming very very soon. gold bbs rims on his and silver/gray on mine.

yeah, silver BBS for you in the summer and silver ASA rims for winter. I got my gold BBS rims for summer and a second set of silver BBS rims for winter.

Very nice car, I went to subaru.com and took a look at the specs - impressive stats for a four banger.I'd get killed on fuel though, premium is running $3.40/gal around here and dropping 10MPG from my vibe... I'd be in the po'house. But the last time I had control over 300 hp... it was a V-8 that got worse mileage..Impressive car, congrats!

I am so freakin jealous!! That is a sweet car Mav! You and Hope have some sweet cars.Hopefully someday they will make the Evo's legal down here and I can start a new project.Have fun you two!

Quote, originally posted by Celtic_Curse »I am so freakin jealous!! That is a sweet car Mav! You and Hope have some sweet cars.Hopefully someday they will make the Evo's legal down here and I can start a new project.Have fun you two!thanks man For some reason it seems doubtful the evo will be allowed in canada. And its very silly really about that front mount. I think that rule needs to be changed. Otherwise you could just buy an STi. They are just as fun

Mavrik, your subie looks great!

Finally got my hella superton horn set installed thanks to most of my friend Dale's help. I painted and assembled both sets, he's installing them. Hope and I bought a set each for our cars while at PDX and so yesterday I got around to dismantling them to paint the casing. She wanted black to blend in on her Legasti and I wanted white as a contrast to stand out behind the black grills of the STi.I'll post up more pics of the install on her car once we do it. Right now just got mine in tonight.While painting.Hood up and ready.Re-assemble of the horns.Close up...Work in progress.Indoors with the flashIndoors without the flash, they don't stand out to much which I like.Outdoors with the flash.Pretty small stock horn compared to the hella superton horns.Now I want someone to (removed) me off on the streets so I can sound these bad buys off.

heheh your nose now has nostrils looks good

mine most likely will go in tonight. we'll see....