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06 wrb sti for sale in falls church
Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2007 10:03 am
by chicken n waffles
dunno if anyone's looking for a deal on an sti, but $26k is a steal for this car.
http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/showthr ... ?t=1179347
Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2007 10:21 am
by hotsam
Nice find....wish I could get it, but I'm in the market for a LGT Wagon (baby).
Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2007 10:36 am
by sirwilliam
Good find but I would be extra cautious from this:
"OEM Trailer Hitch"
What exactly was he pulling? How much weight? Is he having problems w/ his tranny now and deciding to sell it off real quick so that he doesn't have to shell off the cost for fixing it since SOA will deny his claim?
Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2007 10:46 am
by chicken n waffles
well why don't you ask him?
Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2007 11:50 am
by sirwilliam
chicken n waffles wrote:well why don't you ask him?
I don't care to b/c I am not shopping for an STi. I am just throwing out to the members what caught my attention so that they can inquire about it. But thanks for posting the for sale thread link.
Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2007 11:56 am
by zaxrex
sirwilliam wrote:Good find but I would be extra cautious from this:
"OEM Trailer Hitch"
Yeah, you gotta watch out for those bastards with those punk-assed trailer hitches.
Oh, wait.... I have a trailer hitch.
Since the STi is not an automatic, hauling a heavy load will place strain on the clutch and the engine more than killing the gearbox. Shocking the gears by slam-shifting and clutch dumping is what will kill an OEM manual trans. I haven't looked, but I havn't heard of too many stock STi blocks killing a 6-speed because of too hing of an output.
Hauling heavy loads with an automatic will shorten the life of the torque converter and valves. On a manual, you are either in gear, on the clutch, or out of gear. When you are in gear and hauling, it is just like accelerating when you drive hard. If you take care in shifting, your trans can last a long time, even if you place a higher load on the engine through the transmission.
Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2007 3:15 pm
by moxnix
Guess I better take the trailer hitch off the miata if I ever go to sell it.
Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2007 3:56 pm
by Mr Kleen
moxnix wrote:Guess I better take the trailer hitch off the miata if I ever go to sell it.
Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2007 4:55 pm
by sirwilliam
zaxrex wrote:sirwilliam wrote:Good find but I would be extra cautious from this:
"OEM Trailer Hitch"
Yeah, you gotta watch out for those bastards with those punk-assed trailer hitches.
Oh, wait.... I have a trailer hitch.
Since the STi is not an automatic, hauling a heavy load will place strain on the clutch and the engine more than killing the gearbox. Shocking the gears by slam-shifting and clutch dumping is what will kill an OEM manual trans. I haven't looked, but I havn't heard of too many stock STi blocks killing a 6-speed because of too hing of an output.
Hauling heavy loads with an automatic will shorten the life of the torque converter and valves. On a manual, you are either in gear, on the clutch, or out of gear. When you are in gear and hauling, it is just like accelerating when you drive hard. If you take care in shifting, your trans can last a long time, even if you place a higher load on the engine through the transmission.
So you are saying that towing can not effect the gears and/or differential(s) at all? Wow, guess I had it wrong.
Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2007 5:31 pm
by chicken n waffles
moxnix wrote:Guess I better take the trailer hitch off the miata if I ever go to sell it.
LEWL!
Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2007 10:12 am
by zaxrex
sirwilliam wrote:So you are saying that towing can not effect the gears and/or differential(s) at all? Wow, guess I had it wrong.
Yes Will, that is exactly what I said
Tell you what, take out some of your trans fluid and some out of his, send it out for analysis and we will see whose transmission has been beaten on more...
Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2007 10:30 am
by sirwilliam
zaxrex wrote:sirwilliam wrote:So you are saying that towing can not effect the gears and/or differential(s) at all? Wow, guess I had it wrong.
Yes Will, that is exactly what I said
Tell you what, take out some of your trans fluid and some out of his, send it out for analysis and we will see whose transmission has been beaten on more...
Look, I am just looking out for anyone who was interested in this vehicle. I am not saying that the persons car is or isn't messed up. I am just saying to be careful. Some people just don't follow formulas and limits for doing stuff. Don't want to spend a good dollar on something that you would end up getting fixed. They could also change out the tranny fluid right before selling so that analysis could be skewed. Just ignore what I say and buy the car.