Good afternoon. I refuse to modify my STI power train wise because I want it to last but I did order a nameless cat-back exhaust and I cannot wait to get it and install it! I will take care of my 2017 STI with the proper maintenance and driving! Great channel, keep it up!
Great vid. Almost 19k miles on my 2016 sti. I've been tuned since about 5k miles. Stage 2 now with a custom tune. Regular maintenance and keeping track of your cars numbers/stats us key imo. Not one problem here. I even send logs to my tuner every once in a while to make sure everything is fine.
Congratulation on your marriage. Mine will be 30 years next Feb 7. got 10,000 on mine and have a couple of minor issues. One is the radio acting up in connecting and disconnecting to audio source and phone, and my trunk gets stuck even after applying all 3 methods of unlocking. the rest of the car is just a plain monster. Couldn't be happier and like you, I don't thrash the car. I get on it sometimes but I take care of it like a baby. Glad you are back. Viken
hey ! I also have the same issue with you on having the trunk get stuck upon trying to open it. I haven't found any fix on it so far besides pushing it down first before lifting it up. I took it to the dealership and even after lubricating it, the problem still persists.
awesome to hear Elsa is running flawlessly. I own a 2017 STI and I modded the car to cobb's stage 3+ FF package around 6k miles. It now has almost 18k and I have had zero issues but yes, I do agree that it is mostly in how one drives it, how one maintains it and how it was modded and tuned.
my sticking trunk latch got fixed at the dealer. They replaced it and now it's fine. Other than that, @10,000 miles, I love this car. Reliable and just too much fun. Just a great car
Dont listen to the hate man your videos are very solid and i really look up to you for keeping the car up the way it deserves to be! Congrats on getting married too man!
Great channel and congrats on the marriage! In Denver as well, 14k on my 16 STI Limited, also zero issues. Running T6 5w-40 but thinking about going to Subaru synthetic for the winter. Are you going to stick with Schaefers 5-40 through the really cold months?
David G Cool, not knocking anyone who mods their car. I will be doing the same to my 17 STI. That said, how can you prove your car is more reliable? I think the evidence speaks for itself: cars that are stock generally have less issues than modified ones. That doesn't mean stock cars are exempt from problems, like ring land failure, but again, overall, stock cars--for various reasons, such as driving habit--are "most reliable" (to quote myself).
ConsumerFanatics my gas mileage has improved from 17 mpg combined highway and city to 21.8 mpg and my oil consumption has improved drastically with the AOS
Are you making a little power for adding exhaust, is it noticeable? or you just want a better sound? Im really debating, if i still want to keep mine, or trade it in for something i could slightly modify and not worry about ringland failure. All i want is 300hp to the wheels, but i cant really trust the stock block on this car.
i have a question. I have a 2012 stock STI with only 28k mines. When I'm WOT after 5k rpms, my car starts to become hesitant. Dealership says its the wastegate preventing overboosting that all STIs do this. the problem is, this happens in both cold / hot weather 100% of the time. Dealership won't look too much further into the issue because it's an issue from the factory and there's nothing they can do. When i watch other stock STI videos for WOT pulls, i dont see the RPM hesitate like mine does. Any advice? I bought the car with 27k miles and it started doing it 800 miles in. I don't drive the piss out of it and i baby it.
Hey man. Love the vids. I own a white 16' STI with 6k on it and am curious about your warm up and cool down routine. I try my best to do 2 mins on each end, but at times I find it difficult if I am in a hurry. Wondering how bad it is if you don't do that every single time and if 2 mins is excessive in your opinion? Take care and thanks for considering to reply.
I park my car in the garage so when I took it out I noticed oil on the floor so I checked it didn't look like engine oil so I jacked it up and noticed a leak by the steering wheel rod
Don't know if it's issue but got 2016 wrx and every ounce and while if in going up hill slow it will lung like it's loosing power for sec then go away. I have 11k miles on it and bone stock except nameless axle back with muffler Delets. Could this have to do with compression cuz I no longer have mufflers ????? Have had it to dealer they can't find anything and ideas and it is the cvt
Idk man I have it and I've been disappointed..... It's a proper race car your meant to push it! Completely stock you could just feel like it could give you a lot more!! And top speed is 145 it really needs a 7th gear. I had stage 1 and off it blew up after a week. Coming from a Cayman GTS don't think I'll buy the STI car again. And subaru's service is shit! In the Porsche never had any problem and I had a custom tune a headers fitted on. Plus the service is impeccable. Sorry Subaru... Bought you to have fun as its really a kids car as I just started Uni but Porsche is untouchable rn. Selling back this weekend
Sorry to hear about your experience. With some cars (most cars) when you modify them, you should not have an issues. However with these Subarus, sadly it's a pay to play situation. Anything can go wrong, some people get away with it, some don't. People who never had this happen won't understand. Best of luck with whatever you decide to do!
Congrats on getting married man! Great video, I sure hope your car stock doesn't have any issues at 15,000 miles, but my car that's heavily modified needed a built motor? I expected it to happen and said that in plenty of my videos. Did I expect it to happen this early on? No, but it did happen. Evan Shanks had his fail at around 20k miles. It's all up in the air. The only reason I said I would consider to sell the car, was because I THEN realized how much it costs to maintain these cars. Just like how so many people who modify these cars tend to find out once it hits them. A friend of mine just sold his Hawkeye, I'm sure you watch his videos. He sold his Hawkeye because he didn't want to deal with the issues the car offers and wanted to move on. Can't judge someone for making a personal decision. Just remember, these cars are extremely sensitive, and you're right about that. There are so many cars out there at the same price that don't have any problems when people modify them, and beat them up. You can't imply that I "drove my car hard" and didn't take it to a reputable tuner. My tuner is great, and I didn't necessarily drive the car as light as you do, but I don't redline it everyday. I do occasionally have fun. When you modify these cars, they can't take it. Other cars can. Simple as that. Still amazing cars when they're working, and that's why so many people continue to buy them. They're a blast. Best of luck with your car, hope it continues to be as reliable as it currently is.
Mrlolibre Pretty sure Evan did mention that his dad knew the previous owner of the STi, which is why he bought it. He knew it was well taken care of. But, even if that was the case, does that mean Evan was going to only drive the car to Church on Sunday's and that it's not his daily driver? Probably not. Point is, when you modify these cars, you are at HUGE risk of getting Ringland Failure or other issues in general here and there. Does that mean EVERY STi owner will have that happen? Absolutely not, everyone does their best at maintaining their car and driving their car while occasionally having fun. The rest just happens, it's all up in the air. Some are lucky, some are not. When I bought my car, I was the same way. "It'll never happen to me, the people who it happens to just beat their cars up on a daily basis." I was wrong, which is why I try not to judge people anymore, you never know what will happen.
Mrlolibre A great example is this, if you buy a used Golf R, and don't have any issues with the engine blowing up, none of that. And the next owner doesn't have those issues either, what does that say? It shows how these cars are generally less reliable once modified, but with most cars, you have to pay to play! I 100% agree with that. Some cars you just don't have to worry as much.
you've had nothing? wtf its only been 15k. an ok reliable car shouldn't have probems for atleast 3-5 years or up to 60,000 miles. a great reliable car should go 8years + without problems and easy hit 100k. as long we're taking care of them ofcourse. 15k is still a baby.
Just past 50k on my STI with it seeing track/autocross duty here and there. If you can drive like you have some common sense from time to time then these cars will last.
Hi - I wish you a happy married life, congratulations. I am inclined to get a used 2016 STI sometime next year, I am wondering how rough is the suspension and noise levels for every day driving. Some reviews on the youtube make it sound like it isn't good for everyday driving. I understand its not meant to be a super quite car, but I want to determine if it is too much to handle everyday. I would appreciate your response. My current daily driver is a 2010 Forester.
It's quite comfortable. It's not a Mercedes-Benz, but it's not supposed to be. I don't anymore, but I did daily mine and found it perfectly fine. The noise levels things is crazy to me that people would say that. It's not noisy at all and the suspension is stiff, but not overly so. Look on my channel for my "Is The Subaru STI Good For Road Trips" -- I talk about some of these things on that video.
Bro I love Subaru like no other. But when it comes to the sti and especially '15 suspension updates. There is no excuse for not "beating" on the car. Cause how could you beat on a car that made exactly for that purpose. I'm sorry but there is nothing exiting or proving about your sti surviving 15k miles cause you treat it like a minivan. You have the wrong car in your hands, stingy is what I say
I feel like you don't even use the STi for what it is. This isn't an exotic. Relax. If you do the maintenance. The car shouldn't not be able to handle it.
10k on mine, zero issues so far!
T-WRX 30k and only a steering rack leak and two radio updates !
Congrats
Good afternoon. I refuse to modify my STI power train wise because I want it to last but I did order a nameless cat-back exhaust and I cannot wait to get it and install it! I will take care of my 2017 STI with the proper maintenance and driving! Great channel, keep it up!
Congrats!
I just bought my first STI today (2016) and cannot wait to enjoy it and tune the shit out of it
Absolutely fantastic video man! Love your channel!
Congratulations!!
Congrats as well!!!
Great vid. Almost 19k miles on my 2016 sti. I've been tuned since about 5k miles. Stage 2 now with a custom tune. Regular maintenance and keeping track of your cars numbers/stats us key imo. Not one problem here. I even send logs to my tuner every once in a while to make sure everything is fine.
Congrats on the wedding and looking forward to your videos!!!
Congratulation on your marriage. Mine will be 30 years next Feb 7.
got 10,000 on mine and have a couple of minor issues. One is the radio acting up in connecting and disconnecting to audio source and phone, and my trunk gets stuck even after applying all 3 methods of unlocking. the rest of the car is just a plain monster. Couldn't be happier and like you, I don't thrash the car. I get on it sometimes but I take care of it like a baby.
Glad you are back.
Viken
hey ! I also have the same issue with you on having the trunk get stuck upon trying to open it. I haven't found any fix on it so far besides pushing it down first before lifting it up. I took it to the dealership and even after lubricating it, the problem still persists.
Congrats man!
Great to hear congrats ! Also have had no issues on my 16 STI limited , Nameless muffler delete only . just hit 40000km !
2011 wrx here, stage 2 tuned by jrtuned since 2000miles, now i have 95k.
congrats!
awesome to hear Elsa is running flawlessly. I own a 2017 STI and I modded the car to cobb's stage 3+ FF package around 6k miles. It now has almost 18k and I have had zero issues but yes, I do agree that it is mostly in how one drives it, how one maintains it and how it was modded and tuned.
yup i love mine. i am currently at 61k miles. very reliable just have a esx axcleback and pro tune.
15,000 miles on a car is like a honeymoon phase
my sticking trunk latch got fixed at the dealer. They replaced it and now it's fine. Other than that, @10,000 miles, I love this car.
Reliable and just too much fun. Just a great car
Welcome back, Congrats on getting married!
My 2016 STI has 13k and issue free for me as well so far.
I just got my 17 sti pearl white and I love it!! I only had it 2 days lol
damn wish i had a garage
Congrats on the wedding!
20k on my 2016 sti with stock tune, catback and grimspeed aos. Zero issues so far.
even if you're stock, do you think the AOS completely solves the oil issue ?
jaredk817 not sure. I did it because I found some oil in the intake when removing the intercooler.
I am just like you brother, I just drive and enjoy it responsibly.
20,100 miles on my 2016 sti. Stage 3 E85 flex fuel. No issues.
same here 25k already
how long have you owned it
T0mm Teddy 2 years
2 years 20k Miles damn , that's too less
T0mm Teddy yea I work a lot and I hardly ever drive it but when I do its hard miles lol
Dont listen to the hate man your videos are very solid and i really look up to you for keeping the car up the way it deserves to be! Congrats on getting married too man!
19k on mine and no issues
Truth!
2017 STi, 2k miles. Peachy!!!
Great channel and congrats on the marriage! In Denver as well, 14k on my 16 STI Limited, also zero issues. Running T6 5w-40 but thinking about going to Subaru synthetic for the winter. Are you going to stick with Schaefers 5-40 through the really cold months?
Ha I use Schaefer's at work for frac pumps. That's a 3000hp V12 diesel and I just got a 19' STI,.... FREE OIL Bitches!
my 2015 STI 14,500 miles, 100% stock
淼苗 fucken pussy China man
dee cee fucking bitch ass .
Good advice. Stock is always most reliable, but just as important, so is being responsible with the car. Congrats on the marriage!
ConsumerFanatics my 15 Sti with a few boltons and tune is more reliable and faster than stock
David G Cool, not knocking anyone who mods their car. I will be doing the same to my 17 STI. That said, how can you prove your car is more reliable? I think the evidence speaks for itself: cars that are stock generally have less issues than modified ones. That doesn't mean stock cars are exempt from problems, like ring land failure, but again, overall, stock cars--for various reasons, such as driving habit--are "most reliable" (to quote myself).
ConsumerFanatics my gas mileage has improved from 17 mpg combined highway and city to 21.8 mpg and my oil consumption has improved drastically with the AOS
David G Right on, brother. Glad to hear.
ConsumerFanatics and I'm at 21k on my 2015
Elsaaaa!
We miss you and your vids. 😅
I wanna auto x my ordered 2017 Sti just scared of the dreaded oil starvation when doing long high G cornering. Any input?
Are you making a little power for adding exhaust, is it noticeable? or you just want a better sound? Im really debating, if i still want to keep mine, or trade it in for something i could slightly modify and not worry about ringland failure. All i want is 300hp to the wheels, but i cant really trust the stock block on this car.
i have a question. I have a 2012 stock STI with only 28k mines. When I'm WOT after 5k rpms, my car starts to become hesitant. Dealership says its the wastegate preventing overboosting that all STIs do this. the problem is, this happens in both cold / hot weather 100% of the time. Dealership won't look too much further into the issue because it's an issue from the factory and there's nothing they can do. When i watch other stock STI videos for WOT pulls, i dont see the RPM hesitate like mine does. Any advice? I bought the car with 27k miles and it started doing it 800 miles in. I don't drive the piss out of it and i baby it.
do you mind putting links in for all the fluids and their correct numbers for the 15+ sti?
Do you still have the STI? Still recommend it? Cross shopping against the Golf R now. Thanks in advance!
Hey man. Love the vids. I own a white 16' STI with 6k on it and am curious about your warm up and cool down routine. I try my best to do 2 mins on each end, but at times I find it difficult if I am in a hurry. Wondering how bad it is if you don't do that every single time and if 2 mins is excessive in your opinion? Take care and thanks for considering to reply.
I own a 15 sti with 25k miles and I got a power steering fluid leak took it to the dealership and got it fixed it was Still under warranty
jaime carrasco how did you notice you had a power steering fluid leak?
I park my car in the garage so when I took it out I noticed oil on the floor so I checked it didn't look like engine oil so I jacked it up and noticed a leak by the steering wheel rod
is this supposed to be a joke? so your car can corner better by just changing the diff fluid?
hey could you specify which schaeffer's gear oil you used for your front and rear diff?
hey elsa, what bout FRS/BRZ when it a good time to change the trans and diff on em, my 86 is at 25k
Don't know if it's issue but got 2016 wrx and every ounce and while if in going up hill slow it will lung like it's loosing power for sec then go away. I have 11k miles on it and bone stock except nameless axle back with muffler Delets. Could this have to do with compression cuz I no longer have mufflers ????? Have had it to dealer they can't find anything and ideas and it is the cvt
Do you still have this car? Did you ever have ringland failure?
Poor Evan shakes
I'm gonna have to ask you a favour and get you to make new videos.. haha. great content as always bud.
Idk man I have it and I've been disappointed..... It's a proper race car your meant to push it! Completely stock you could just feel like it could give you a lot more!! And top speed is 145 it really needs a 7th gear. I had stage 1 and off it blew up after a week. Coming from a Cayman GTS don't think I'll buy the STI car again. And subaru's service is shit! In the Porsche never had any problem and I had a custom tune a headers fitted on. Plus the service is impeccable. Sorry Subaru... Bought you to have fun as its really a kids car as I just started Uni but Porsche is untouchable rn. Selling back this weekend
major price gap for many people...
Sorry to hear about your experience. With some cars (most cars) when you modify them, you should not have an issues. However with these Subarus, sadly it's a pay to play situation. Anything can go wrong, some people get away with it, some don't. People who never had this happen won't understand. Best of luck with whatever you decide to do!
Hey I just noticed you have posted a video in about two months why the disappearance ?
Congrats on the wedding. You just mention about order the STI from Japan, and wait 3 month to ship here. Could you please tell me more detail. Thanks.
who's he talking about at 4:50???
Congrats on getting married man! Great video, I sure hope your car stock doesn't have any issues at 15,000 miles, but my car that's heavily modified needed a built motor? I expected it to happen and said that in plenty of my videos. Did I expect it to happen this early on? No, but it did happen. Evan Shanks had his fail at around 20k miles. It's all up in the air. The only reason I said I would consider to sell the car, was because I THEN realized how much it costs to maintain these cars. Just like how so many people who modify these cars tend to find out once it hits them. A friend of mine just sold his Hawkeye, I'm sure you watch his videos. He sold his Hawkeye because he didn't want to deal with the issues the car offers and wanted to move on. Can't judge someone for making a personal decision. Just remember, these cars are extremely sensitive, and you're right about that. There are so many cars out there at the same price that don't have any problems when people modify them, and beat them up. You can't imply that I "drove my car hard" and didn't take it to a reputable tuner. My tuner is great, and I didn't necessarily drive the car as light as you do, but I don't redline it everyday. I do occasionally have fun. When you modify these cars, they can't take it. Other cars can. Simple as that. Still amazing cars when they're working, and that's why so many people continue to buy them. They're a blast. Best of luck with your car, hope it continues to be as reliable as it currently is.
Evan Shanks purchased his STI used though. So, there's no telling how the previous owner treated the car.
Mrlolibre Pretty sure Evan did mention that his dad knew the previous owner of the STi, which is why he bought it. He knew it was well taken care of. But, even if that was the case, does that mean Evan was going to only drive the car to Church on Sunday's and that it's not his daily driver? Probably not. Point is, when you modify these cars, you are at HUGE risk of getting Ringland Failure or other issues in general here and there. Does that mean EVERY STi owner will have that happen? Absolutely not, everyone does their best at maintaining their car and driving their car while occasionally having fun. The rest just happens, it's all up in the air. Some are lucky, some are not. When I bought my car, I was the same way. "It'll never happen to me, the people who it happens to just beat their cars up on a daily basis." I was wrong, which is why I try not to judge people anymore, you never know what will happen.
Mrlolibre A great example is this, if you buy a used Golf R, and don't have any issues with the engine blowing up, none of that. And the next owner doesn't have those issues either, what does that say? It shows how these cars are generally less reliable once modified, but with most cars, you have to pay to play! I 100% agree with that. Some cars you just don't have to worry as much.
Matt Coffey it was a $5,000 fix. :(
Mrlolibre that sti was tracked
you've had nothing? wtf its only been 15k. an ok reliable car shouldn't have probems for atleast 3-5 years or up to 60,000 miles. a great reliable car should go 8years + without problems and easy hit 100k. as long we're taking care of them ofcourse. 15k is still a baby.
Hey mate would u mind pls tell me specifically or pls explain the part "some people don't know how to drive? " pls and thank u
Loading the engine.
Get some coilovers!
10-15 minute warm ups? Mine is 30 secs to a minute
Just past 50k on my STI with it seeing track/autocross duty here and there. If you can drive like you have some common sense from time to time then these cars will last.
Pretty sure no one talks about ringland failure and big problems on a STOCK Sti
What happened to Elsa?
Did he blow his engine or something? Lol
Still running strong! VROOOOMMMmmmmmmm
Would you have let Harambe tune your car if he were still alive?
Hi - I wish you a happy married life, congratulations.
I am inclined to get a used 2016 STI sometime next year, I am wondering how rough is the suspension and noise levels for every day driving. Some reviews on the youtube make it sound like it isn't good for everyday driving.
I understand its not meant to be a super quite car, but I want to determine if it is too much to handle everyday. I would appreciate your response.
My current daily driver is a 2010 Forester.
It's quite comfortable. It's not a Mercedes-Benz, but it's not supposed to be. I don't anymore, but I did daily mine and found it perfectly fine. The noise levels things is crazy to me that people would say that. It's not noisy at all and the suspension is stiff, but not overly so.
Look on my channel for my "Is The Subaru STI Good For Road Trips" -- I talk about some of these things on that video.
Thank you for sharing your experience, it helps. I will go ahead with STI.
Explain "Load up the engine".......
Google “lugging engine”
Bro I love Subaru like no other. But when it comes to the sti and especially '15 suspension updates. There is no excuse for not "beating" on the car. Cause how could you beat on a car that made exactly for that purpose. I'm sorry but there is nothing exiting or proving about your sti surviving 15k miles cause you treat it like a minivan. You have the wrong car in your hands, stingy is what I say
Shmokeboyz preach brotha lol
Congrats on your gay marriage
Justin G bitch ass
12K Stage 2+... cylinder 2 is gone lol
Elsa Jean?
I feel like you don't even use the STi for what it is. This isn't an exotic. Relax. If you do the maintenance. The car shouldn't not be able to handle it.
@zayd lmfao
Tyler Dowd it's meeeee
The Subaru Addict :DDD
Congrats on the wedding!