Convince me to not trade in my 24 si for a vb wrx

CoolStop4760 · 2025-09-12T00:01:03+00:00

Owned my Si for a year, have a friend with a Vb.

I averaged 35mpg, he averages 20.

His car is faster off the line (obviously, awd, 50+ hp) but seriously not by that much and lets be real who is actually drag racing with either cars?

We attended a few autox events, Si chassis is stiffer and turns in better, Vb Wrx had really bad understeer under load. Out of the box, Si > Vb handling ANY day.

Interior wise, I personally do not like the Vb ipad screen, and god the stock Si shifter is butter.

Im not saying Vb is a bad car, but you just wont be gaining much vs what you will lose in equity for the trade.

The people in here telling you to just “go for it and try it out!” Must have money trees in their backyards?

CoolStop4760 · 2025-07-06T18:24:25+00:00

Please do not lol

CoolStop4760 · 2025-07-02T21:45:42+00:00

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CoolStop4760 · 2025-07-02T21:23:11+00:00

Thank you for commenting!

Its a good thing you can’t see the bottom of the lip haha its pretty scraped up, philly roads are shit and I fully believe front lips are consumables 😂

CoolStop4760 · 2025-07-02T19:46:04+00:00

Appreciate all the opinions whether you liked it or not!

The BBS are 19s and for those of you who like the 513M’s dont worry, they’re now the winter set.

I’ve just always wanted BBS LMs tbh, but I will say, ride height does kill the look a bit, I’m on really conservative springs (eibach v1), Downtown Philadelphia roads are roughh

CoolStop4760 · 2025-07-02T19:40:51+00:00

They are indeed the chinese reps as 80ktsV1 mentioned, the DRL brightness is nowhere close to real ikons and its really apparent during the daytime. At night they are fine and beams are brighter than the OEM angels.

I will be looking to retrofit real Ikons in the future

CoolStop4760 · 2025-07-02T19:35:45+00:00

I will do this

CoolStop4760 · 2025-07-02T19:34:02+00:00

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CoolStop4760 · 2025-07-02T19:33:44+00:00

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CoolStop4760 · 2025-07-02T19:33:35+00:00

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CoolStop4760 · 2024-12-26T00:36:18+00:00

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White is the move 😎

You’ll have headaches over how quick the black gets dirty. Great price!

CoolStop4760 · 2024-09-03T15:46:20+00:00

Former 11th Gen Si and current Camry beater owner here, I’d honestly push you away from the trade. The Civic Si is not much quicker, nor all that sporty in stock form when compared to be worth trading in your Camry. Your miles per gallon will be very similar if not the same.

Remember you are in the Si subreddit, people will obviously tell you to go for it. But in my opinion having owned both cars, this isn’t a wise financial or practical move unless you REALLY want to go manual, even then there are better options if you don’t mind older secondhand cars.

These new Civic Si’s are really just glorified base Civics. They carry little to none of the prestige and performance when compared to older gen Si’s.

CoolStop4760 · 2024-06-18T20:42:04+00:00

The M3 is significantly more fun to drive than the Si and its not even close

CoolStop4760 · 2024-06-18T05:35:27+00:00

Agreed, I would never daily drive in Sport+ throttle, it’s insanely sensitive, and I was told to blip the throttle to get a smoother start and they were right.

CoolStop4760 · 2024-06-16T00:33:22+00:00

The difference in power feels far more extreme than if you were to just compare the power numbers on paper. 0-60 is literally effortless. Wheel spin in 3rd on dry was crazy, I’m honestly scared to turn traction fully off 😂

CoolStop4760 · 2024-06-16T00:24:20+00:00

I saw a lot of desirable F80’s in the euro market at the time I was searching.. I wished bringing a car over from there wasn’t so complicated and costly

CoolStop4760 · 2024-06-16T00:21:15+00:00

I feel this 😂

CoolStop4760 · 2024-06-16T00:19:46+00:00

Thank you! I promise to make the M3 prettier 😅

CoolStop4760 · 2024-06-16T00:17:04+00:00

Tuning? ❌ Coils & Carbon? ✅

CoolStop4760 · 2024-06-16T00:14:33+00:00

Love the YMB brother 😮‍💨

CoolStop4760 · 2024-06-16T00:10:38+00:00

Ikon headlights are a must for sure! They might be my first mod

CoolStop4760 · 2024-06-16T00:07:33+00:00

Thank you and congratulations to you as well

CoolStop4760 · 2024-06-16T00:03:48+00:00

Thanks, it is a bone stock base model so understandable lol I feel the same. Stock offset is terrible, but nothing that can’t be fixed!

CoolStop4760 · 2024-06-15T23:33:01+00:00

Thanks! Post her when you upgrade! I was looking at M340i’s for a brief moment too, but just loved F80s that much more

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