Subaru WRX STI R Spec Part 2 – The Review

Subaru WRX STI R Spec Part 2 – The Review

Subaru WRX is a family favourite. Gay car enthusiasts snap up the range toppers left and right, and why? Because it is butch, hot, and sexy. That is something you just can’t fake, and why would you want to.

The muscular body looks as good now as it did in 2015 and is a gay-reader favourite. How do we know? You’ve told us so!

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ABOVE: 2021 Subaru WRX STI R Spce and other WRX models through the years.

WRX STI Spec R –  likes and dislikes

At just under $60,000, STI is a 4-door “hot hatch” to be reckoned with. Like any car, there is the scrumptious, and the “things that needs a rethink.”

The Scrumtious:

The Engine is a flat-four (aka horizontally opposed, boxer) with 221kw/407Nm. The sound is throaty without the mad cackle you get in some brands. Give it a bootful, then as you back off to change gears, the waste valve hisses deeply. It is tasteful, as long as it hasn’t been got at by chavs in fake Versace. It makes a gay man’s hreat flutter.

The gearbox is deliciously smooth. After very little practice, you can change with the silkiness of a Bublé ballad, with almost no hesitation. The short throw leaves the driver plenty of time to concentrate on the steering.

The Steering is hydraulic. There is a ton of road feel and you can sense the front wheels as if connect by a psychic bond. Directional changes can be made on a whim because the tuning is razor sharp. Sadly, this system isn’t compatible with much of the driver assistance and safety systems we’ve come to expect. It has the added benefit of making the driver feel like he is actually driving, not merely a passenger.

The Chassis is tight. Although the platform has a few years on the clock, it hasn’t dulled with time, and why would it. Suspension feels properly posh. Rear double wishbones keep things tidy on the tightest bends. You feel like you can push it further, even when you’re well outside your comfort zone. It allows you to feel the road through the seat of your pants.

All Wheel Drive is sensational. The Torsen rear LSD and a trick centre diff allow the experience to be tailored to the driver’s ability. There might have been one or two “code brown” moments without nannies looking after me. That only seemed to add to the joy.

It’s not unique to Subaru, and over the years has been enhanced with tasty treats like torque vectoring. Just in case you really bugger things totally, the traction control will sort most foibles. Take time to get to know STI before you really start throwing it about, just by way of warning.

The brakes are Brembos. They’re painted yellow to warn the punters to back the feck off. Front callipers are 6-potters that really mean business. It brings the 1532kg GT to a halt quicker than you can say, “peel my face off the windscreen.”

Things that needs a rethink

The Ride is a trifle firm. OK, let’s don’t mince words: it makes your jubblies go off like a jelly on springs. Sure, you need firm suspension in the absence of fancy active shockers, but why the buggery bollocks make you feel like you’re in a blender on anything less than a billiard table surface.

Cabin Noise can be a little on the raucous side on the crappier New South Wales roads. Course aggregate tarmac is 2/3 of the price of the uber-smooth stuff. That looks great on a balance sheet but why inflict it on the drivers who paid to build it? Well you may ask.

The 19” wheel look sexy AF, but the low profile tyres don’t help the noise any. It’s worth noting there is a Space Saver Spare.

Sightly dated interior design needed a freshen up. I hoped that the mid-life facelift might give the dash a nip and tuck. It didn’t. Do I hate it? No of course not. WRX STI is not about being pretty, it is about going fast and there is no point pretending otherwise.

Lack of Driver Aids and Active Safety could be a problem for some. Manual Scoobs are sans EyeSight, which is Subaru’s safety suite. I’m not one to tell tales out of school, but this really frosts my cookies. WRX got 5 Ancap stars back on 2014. That means it is now almost geriatric in ratings terms. The ANCAP debrief notes there is no AEB, city or otherwise. There is no active lane control or blind spot monitor. The latter is warning-only.

The Drive

I took the boys for an great big gay outing earlier in the week.

Things went badly tits-up when Covid-Free Australia was no longer as Covid free as it was. Max, Ethan, Casper and I high-tailed it back to town, pre-lockdown. Sadly, my suburb, along with many other Sydney suburbs, is a hotspot. Onya Gladdy, you utterly useless article.

Now that Gladdy, our slightly less-boasty state leader, has pulled down the shutters, David and I were limited to a local Covid-Safe review.

We thought the fuel consumption of 10.5L/100k was, while not the best, was by no means bad. It is going to need to improve hugely when the new models touches down.

After a string of fabulous twists and turns, interspersed with a smattering of freeways K’s, we decided that any car that makes a couple of greying old farts feel like 18yo’s was pretty damned good.

I was in the back for the twists, and David was in the back on the freeway. Despite a bevy of bilious bends, I got the better end of the stick. David bitched about the noise at 110kph. It didn’t matter, because I couldn’t hear him.

Top Tip: If you hold a gear for too long, the rev limiter may cut in when you least expect it.

We our video for more.

WRX STI R Spec Details:

Price: $59,440 ($65,478 RDP)

Engine: Turbo 2.5L 4cyl Boxer, Petrol (98ron only)

Economy: 11.2 (combined), We got 10.5.

Transmission: 6-speed manual

CO2: 259g/k

0-100: Approx. 4.9 seconds

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