Cobra and STI

[Seth]

Right now I own a 2001 Cobra. I drive 2-1/2 hours to and from college (Geaux Tigers! LSU!) about once every other month. As you can imagine, the insurance isn't exactly cheap on the cobra. But I am lucky enough to have my parents pay for my insurance. (I bought the car though and just put it under their name.) I track my car about twice a year and more if I can.

So im wondering what you guys think about the STI, specifically 04/05 and 06. Would the insurance be any cheaper for my parents? I know I'd get more MPG. Haha! How would it handle on the track compared to the cobra? On the cobra I got Nitto 555 275 front and 285 rear, offroad x-pipe, hawk street/track brake pads, and MGW short throw shifter.

What are yalls thoughts?

 

[dino lord]

Much better handling. Don't expect any better mpg. My Mach with 410s got better highway than my intake, exhaust, tune 05 STi. They're fun as hell, though.

 

[Seth]

Really? What's your average MPG on each? Highway and city.

 

[dino lord]

Mach saw 26-27 highway, usually 19-20 mixed (right foot mod). STi never once got better than 24 mpg on a tank. And that was cruise control at 70 up 45.

 

[SlowSVT]

STi typically get about 17-18 mpg. My 04 gets about the same gas mileage as my Outback turbo.

 

[Seth]

26-27? How in the world are you getting that MPG with highway cruising at 70 and with 4.10 gears?! Unless you're traveling for hours and slipstreaming 3 feet behind a 18-wheeler. The best I got in my 01 cobra was 27 and that was cruising at 60 for 6 hours and slipstreaming every once in a while.

 

[snakeraper11b]

First of all, it's called drafting, this isn't need for speed. Second of all, no you didn't, you have to be within inches to reap the benefits.

 

[Brutal Metal]

by a late 90's Saturn that gets 28 mpg for under a thousand and keep the Cobra too

 

[OW99]

by a late 90's Saturn that gets 28 mpg for under a thousand and keep the Cobra too

This. I bought a 4Runner for 150 bucks and have 600 total in it right now. I drive San Antonio to houston from Utsa all the time.

 

[dino lord]

26-27? How in the world are you getting that MPG with highway cruising at 70 and with 4.10 gears?! Unless you're traveling for hours and slipstreaming 3 feet behind a 18-wheeler. The best I got in my 01 cobra was 27 and that was cruising at 60 for 6 hours and slipstreaming every once in a while.

Mach has a more efficient motor, lighter car, less drive train loss, and a higher (numerically lower) fifth gear compared to the 99/01 Cobra...