New lad from Somerset! WR1 FQ340 or 2.5 WRX STI?

[Smasher]

Hi all,

Been reading up and allot of useful info on here.

I am currently on the lookout for either a WR1 or a 2006 2.5 WRX Sti, or a 2005 FQ340.

If anybody has owned a combination of any 2 of these your thoughts on them for comparrison would be much appreciated.

cheers Smasher.

[WR1 Bro]

Danr55 has had all three.

What are you going to be using the car for? Daily communting? Track work? Occasional spirited driving?

[Smasher]

I will be only using it for daily commute 15 mile round trip, and a bit of sprited driving now and then, never on track.

[WR1 Bro]

For daily driving some might suggest the 2.5 is a better car. I personally prefer the higher revving nature of the 2.0. The downside to the 2.0 is that it costs more for a "stage 1" type performance modifications.

Similarly, the Evo is cheaper to modify for some initial performance gains.

Head and heart decision is what it is all about.

[Smasher]

Thanks Bro,

I wouldn't be looking to modify any of them, I have had a couple of Subaru's so you could say I am a bit attched to them, but I have always liked the look of the WR1, and I want an Evo to say I have been there and found if they are better or not.

I looked at buying the 2.5 Sti brand new, and have always kept on eye on them price wise, I am glad I didn't buy one new now after the price drop. I have seen some really nice ones for about 13K.

[WR1 Bro]

What Scooby's have you had int he past? All pics are welcome on this forum

[Smasher]

I've had a 99 2.0 sport it was only 3 years old when i got it, and a couple of years back I brought a 93 WRX of a mate 280bhp awsome bit of kit.

I will post some pics up of some of the nicer cars I have had. Best of all at the moment was a Skyline R34 full nismo kit, i was nearly in tears when I sold it to buy a bigger house!! Currently I have an RX8, anybody looking for one!!

[WR1 Bro]

Very interested to see the Skyline pics.

[M9JOC]

Very interested to see the Skyline pics.

R34 GTR i want one i want one now

when im finished with scoob ownership it might be my next port of call

[Thomo no 11]

welcome Kev!
go for the evo your be back ere soon enough to pick up a wr1

[M9JOC]

welcome Kev!
go for the evo your be back ere soon enough to pick up a wr1

If he wants a faster car with worse reliability on comparison with WR1 the evo should be bought.

or WR1 and mod to suit.

[Smasher]

Very interested to see the Skyline pics.

Ok I may have bitten of more than i can chew but hopefully this will be the link to my post which I have just done with some pics of my old skyline!!

forum/viewtopic.php?t=12051

can you chaps let me know if this has worked

cheers Kev.