GI: Selling car

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5doorfury
Posts: 109
Joined: Tue Jul 17, 2007 7:36 pm
Car: 2004 infra red svtf zx5

- sold -
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Doc
Posts: 336
Joined: Sun Feb 19, 2012 4:27 pm
Car: to many to list
Location: Princeton MN
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More info and pics please.
blcksvt2003
Posts: 630
Joined: Wed Mar 24, 2010 10:31 pm
Car: 2003 Black SVT focus
Location: woodbury

i have seen his car in woodbury before, it is in great shape! and that exhaust sounds badass for sure. the thing rips and sounds great! not ricey at all.
#722 of 6,158. Stage 3 clutch, aluminum flywheel, MSD coil and wires, C.F.M. offroad pipe, front and rear FSwerks stress bars, Mach HIDs, C.F.M. short shift/w svt knob, Volant intake
5doorfury
Posts: 109
Joined: Tue Jul 17, 2007 7:36 pm
Car: 2004 infra red svtf zx5

- sold -
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5doorfury
Posts: 109
Joined: Tue Jul 17, 2007 7:36 pm
Car: 2004 infra red svtf zx5

Stuff I forgot:

- Ceramic brake pads and drilled/slotted rotors.
- Lamin-X on headlights and foglights.
BlackSVTGuy
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Joined: Tue Jan 19, 2010 3:43 pm
Location: Coon Rapids

Nice svt, what kind of car are you looking to get into?
5doorfury
Posts: 109
Joined: Tue Jul 17, 2007 7:36 pm
Car: 2004 infra red svtf zx5

BlackSVTGuy wrote:Nice svt, what kind of car are you looking to get into?
2012 WRX Hatch
Miller
Posts: 479
Joined: Mon Jan 04, 2010 5:04 pm
Car: 02 Black SVT Focus
Location: Mankato

Good luck with sale, I recently sold my 02 with torsen, borla, short throw, tune, etc for only 6 with under 70k miles. Might be a tough sale, but I love the car you're wanting to get into!
5doorfury
Posts: 109
Joined: Tue Jul 17, 2007 7:36 pm
Car: 2004 infra red svtf zx5

@ Miller - Thanks! (I think?...) I'm not sure what was going on with your car, but the dealership offered me that much for my car... Do you think that your "racing-type" mods hurt your car's value? Or being 2 years older?

Either way, the car will be available for actual purchase about 2 weeks before my new ride gets to the USA. If not, I will happily leave it at the Subaru dealership and keep the winter tires. ;)
Patalrob
Borlatap
Posts: 3559
Joined: Sat Dec 15, 2007 11:08 am
Car: 06 Wagon, 02 SVTF, 00 ZX3
Location: Aitkin, MN

Gas was a little cheaper when he was trying to sell. Gas is on its way up again. So dealers love to have the smaller cars to bring customers in.

Also did they give you trade in value before or after you looked at the 2012 WRX?
00 ZX3 "RattleTrap"
06 Wagon Doggy mover
95 Chevy Silverado Tow rig for lawn mowers
02 SVTF ...........
ZX2_racer
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Joined: Mon Mar 10, 2008 11:15 pm
Car: Pitch Black 2007 ZX3 S
Location: STC
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Is this car at c&c today?
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5doorfury
Posts: 109
Joined: Tue Jul 17, 2007 7:36 pm
Car: 2004 infra red svtf zx5

Thanks for the insight Patalrob. That makes sense. I actually just drove a WRX this morning for the first time, so before.

@ZX2, I'm not sure what you mean by C&C, could you explain?
TS07ZX3
Posts: 141
Joined: Wed Jul 29, 2009 6:24 pm
Car: 2007 Focus SE Hatch
Location: Albertville, MN

(C&c) Cars and coffee
Patalrob
Borlatap
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Car: 06 Wagon, 02 SVTF, 00 ZX3
Location: Aitkin, MN

How did you like the WRX?
00 ZX3 "RattleTrap"
06 Wagon Doggy mover
95 Chevy Silverado Tow rig for lawn mowers
02 SVTF ...........
5doorfury
Posts: 109
Joined: Tue Jul 17, 2007 7:36 pm
Car: 2004 infra red svtf zx5

@ Patalrob - We (the soon-to-be-wife and I) really enjoyed the Subie. Are you thinking about getting one as well?

Anyways, the radio and speakers are complete CRAP in that car, and will get replaced right away, but everything else was what I expected. I've heard mixed reviews about the standard gearbox, but it seemed great to me. The car we test drove had the short throw shifter in it though. I haven't actually shifted the 5 speed without the STS.

The one thing that I did NOT expect was how smooth the power comes on from the turbo. After driving in other turbo hatches where you feel a rush of power come on and really know when you are under boost (like the Mazdaspeed 3) this car was surprisingly well mannered. It honestly caught me off guard how simply it handled the power. Granted, the car that we drove had only 15 miles on it, so I never stepped into it fully, but I definitely gave it enough gas to spool the turbo a bit.

It seems like you could easily get that car to 300+ hp/tq and still have an easy to drive, daily driver. ;)
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