satancom

My other car is a 1980 petrol land rover.. If my impreza never feels slow i just use that for a few days

hardsy555

my 04 sti ppp is great and i would not change it period.. though at times you do get used to it, but...put a passenger in it and then watch there face turn white and its all good in my opinion.

New_scooby_04

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Drive anyting (within reason) regularly and the level of performance becomes "the norm". It's all a matter of perspective though, as those who have got into a "normal" runabout after have indicated!

Ns04

Henrik

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As NS04 says, you get used to the power.

When I went from 221 to 350, it felt fast, for a couple of weeks

myblackwrx

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Never driven mine to the fullness of it capabilities (too scared tbh) and it's 'only' a 93wrx with 260bhp but have enjoyed the occasional high rev standing start,going through the gears, just to see how quick it really is

Henrik

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This is also true, I now drive a lot slower than I used to, simply because it gets up to speed way too quickly, so it's not as much fun.

Mifo

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I know exactly what you mean. I bought mine in august, I drove it back from the previous owner on a 120 mile journey. It felt like a rocket.
Now Im used to it so it doesnt feel that fast.

Probein

You know what'll make you realise how quick it is again?

Let somebody else drive it while you're a passenger. I let my bro drive mine, and I was almost sick. Literally shat myself, it really really doesn't feel anywhere near as quick when you're driving yourself.

Mifo

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yes totally true. I let my dad drive a few times I actually felt a little nervous!
you really feel it push you back into your seat.

Leic_Matt

Exactly what I do. I have an R reg Escort saloon, and swap it out with the mean machine when I get too used to the speed. And obviously when I run out of petrol money too

Tired Old Dad

Agree totally, car seemed very quick to start off with, but suddenly became slow. 2.5L engine, sports cat,frontmount and remap it is now fast again, but for how long and when do you stop?
Spoke to a guy who had 400bhp in a RA classic, but this did 8mpg and how can afford that at the moment.

bighead

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just done a 2.5 conversion as my P1 "felt" slow with 400bhp
now with 460-480 and is feeling slow every day that has past ! .....NOT

Leic_Matt

I hope you have a Shell Drivers Club reward points card

bighead

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lol my other "drive " is a Suzuki 750 K4 ...a faster machine (just ! )that use less petrol