On Sunday, December 20th I finally realized a dream that started with Forza Motorsport on the original Xbox, continued in Forza Motorsport 2 and finally made it into Forza Motorsport 3. Mary Ann and I are the happy new owners of a 2010 Subaru Impreza WRX STI. The above pictures are from the STI album, where you can find more if you like. If you aren’t familiar with the STI, it is a turbo charged all wheel drive beast with ~300 hp and ~300 ft-lbs of torque.
After driving up to Tahoe, CA a few times we realized that AWD would be a huge benefit and we’d been talking about getting a new car in the coming year. We knew we wanted a hatchback for the dogs too. We test drove a few cars similar to the STI like the Mazda 3, Mazdaspeed 3, Toyota Matrix and the Subaru Impreza WRX. The Mazda 3 was boring and the Toyota Matrix was worse than boring. The Mazdaspeed 3 and the Impreza WRX were both fun, but the Impreza WRX STI blew them away. We spent a few days making sure we got the best deal possible and eventually ended up with the car seen above whose only option is a trunk tray.