One of my best friends cousins that I know pretty well also just got a 05 wrx about a month ago, and he wanted to break it in (manual says 1k miles, understandable) so tonight me, him, and my friend (95 modded eclipse, see past threads for my vid compilation of our cars) go out cruising, and we end up just fooling around goign back and forth on the streets. We come up to a 4 way stop and at first take of normal, and at a 10 roll I here him honk and floor it, so immediately I jump on it, initally he was ahead, at around 70 we were about even and at 90 i started to slightly pull at 100 i let off and was almost a whole car ahead. No for run 2 we go over to an industrial park with a straightaway road 4 lanes divided, about a mile+ long. So my friend in the eclipse was I guess doing his own thing, and we decided to let him fly down the road and see if there were any cops. Alright finally a run from a stop. And i'll admit im not a pro and not real great off the line. But we agreed on teh third honk we'd go. no he rev'd up a lil but i don't think he really built up boost and I took him off the line right away (so it was pretty much driver), but nonethless we are honestly about even drivers. the final run we hit going back on the other side of the road. this time my buddy pulled to the side and honked for us three times. I had an ok launch but to much tire slip, the 1-2 shift was a lil rough and right after shifting to third my foot slipped of the clutch, but no harm and we in third is when we were about even, when i was in 4th doing 100 at about 5k rpms i was half a car ahead and pulling, thats when he let up and then i let up at around 105-110, a good distance ahead , so it was fun, im sure a better driver would have beat me, (turbo, and all wheel.) and he did take pull ahead from a roll,(had a lil advantage as it kind of caught me off guard) and the third run off the line he was ahead, but in the higher speeds the crossfire caught up and pulled. just thought i'd share, any comments would be great, or advice for next time. (ps. i never droopped the clutch, just lightly feathered it out somewhat, but I can never find that right spot of right before it engages. i always seem to end up inching a lil when i first rev it up a lil). oh yeah he has a manual in case u didn't figure it out.

 

Nice runs. 3 wins in a row! Good night.

You said, "boost:, so I'm guessing he had a (Subaru Impreza WRX) STi.

BTW, I like your sig.

 

its a regular wrx, w/ stock turbo. not a sti

 

Oh ok. Almost the same thing...

 

acutally there is a big difference. The sti has more power and is much faster. Sti matches up with the mitsu evo.

 

There is about a second difference on the dragstrip between an STI and a WRX.

 

I know this. Notice the underline and the smiley. Kinda joking...

 

haha, i wish we had some crossfires here that werent driven by old ladies, my buddy's stock looking wrx would PWN them lol

 

hmmm...stock "looking"??? . wrx's are nice, but styling wise i think they are rather ugly, I'd get a evo over a wrx/wrx sti anyday just my preference

 

I agree the WRX/STi is ugly... I'll take an EVO...

Actually, I'll wait for the AWD 300 hp Caliber SRT-4... hmmm...

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