Video ✅ The Subaru WRX STI is a car of much debate. From the EJ’s notorious reputation of being either a powerhouse or a wear item – it seems to be pretty divisive car nowadays. I’ve had the opportunity to drive almost every kind of Subaru combination you could imagine – and my conclusions are almost always the same – so what’s different about this one? Thankfully Offtheline Peformance presented me with this Subaru WRX STI Limited – a Hawkeye STI With LEATHER INTERIOR and much more detailed goodies. It also helps that this package makes 600WHP in this four door rally monster. So is it worth driving a 600HP Subaru? Let’s talk about it. ✅ Is a 600HP Subaru STI Actually Worth It?
⏩ Video content: Is a 600HP Subaru STI Actually Worth It?
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or more you know I always say that I
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need to stop reviewing Subarus because
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none of them are different enough and
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I’ve done pretty much every Subaru in
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existence well I finally found a
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different one this is the 2007 Subaru
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STI Limited now what makes the limited
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different from say all the other ones
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well the motor
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is the same it’s more so the little
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details now the STI Limited doesn’t have
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a wing believe it or not it’s wingless
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and at the same time it has a sunroof
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and leather interior if you notice it’s
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a little bit different of a vibe in here
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because usually when you drive the STIs
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it has the blue interior inserts and
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stuff like that so that is kind of a
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nice change of pace as well oh yeah I
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forgot to mention this makes 600
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horsepower
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good
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so this is one of 800 and there’s 400 of
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them in white and 400 of them in Gray
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only GD STIs had the sunroof and the
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wingless trunk and the black calipers
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and even the black carpet is different
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from a lot of the STIs the Turbo System
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is an ETS rotated kit with a Garrett
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g3770 with titanium piping and toway
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exhaust it’s got the OTL virgin motor
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and OTL 600 horsepower package so the
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call was built by off the line
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performance they’re incredible people
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extremely smart and they specialize in
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series but they build just about
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everything the cool thing is about it
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there’s the OTL actually right behind me
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there’s their sign but the cool thing
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about it is they help me with their
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roadkill nights Dodge project with the
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Hellcat red eye Magnum swap
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thank you
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so they can learn to adapt pretty
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quickly and off the line has been
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building faster Brews for over a decade
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so it’s pretty awesome stuff so if you
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think about it this is the Subaru that
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kind of checks everybody’s boxes it’s
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comfortable it has a six-speed
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transmission it’s got a built EJ so one
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big thing about Subarus the biggest
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gripe I have you’ve heard it a million
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times it’s not even the unreliability or
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the quality control it’s more so that
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they use the same engine forever right
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it just kind of got stale and yes the fa
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is different but when it came to the
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boxer platform I typically thought about
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the EJ now the other thing about this
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car is that this kind of proves you can
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actually have these cars launch almost
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perfect as a streetcar Justin the owner
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of this car and also the rsti one of my
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favorite Subarus I’ve ever reviewed
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mmm
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which was essentially the Subaru RS with
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a fully built SDI swap in it making 700
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horsepower Justin
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knows how to launch these cars from a
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dig and when he launched this thing I
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was blown away from how smooth it was
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typically with the evos and the STIs
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when you do a dig launch they get this
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really bad wheel hop and this kind of
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like and then it goes
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this thing just goes it is incredible to
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see it launch also side note we are at
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ice cream Cruise out with 13 20 video
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and he raced a mark 5 Supra with a
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little bit of work done to it and it
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wasn’t even a race by the end so it was
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pretty cool to see this is a back half
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like crazy and Subarus let’s be real a
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big part of it is their personality
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foreign
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this having the wingless trunk it’s kind
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of funny that the special edition one is
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the one without the wing typically when
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brands do kind of upgraded versions of
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their sporty cars they put more arrow on
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it but this time you’re like no we’re
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gonna go kind of more of a sleeper look
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and put less arrow on it which I thought
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was an interesting decision
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foreign
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build I have ever driven typically when
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I drive a fast Subaru and you get that
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wastegate footer you know it has this
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weird chop to it it’s like it’s like
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this chug
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foreign
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of it this one the wastegate sounds like
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it’s doing everything right and it
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doesn’t have as aggressive of that chop
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a lot of times when you drive a fast
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Subaru feel like it’s gonna break at any
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moment
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oh
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oh man Justin’s RCI was the consider for
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my favorite Subaru
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this one’s gonna be close Also let’s
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talk about the different faces of super
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right the different grills I think the
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Hawkeye is the perfect blend of old
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Subaru The Blob eye is a second for me
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it also rides extremely smooth but
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whenever you ride in the suit where you
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sit a little bit high up that’s one
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thing I’ve always noticed and it’s like
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would you like to see the hood scoop sir
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like it’s like no choice you gotta know
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what you’re driving
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foreign
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the number one thing though about this
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car
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admittedly is the end angered Bay the
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engine bay is absolutely beautiful the
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titanium exhaust work the single turbo
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setup with the intake with the titanium
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colors around it it has a Billet
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aluminum intake manifold that just sets
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everything off as well oh
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yeah the all-wheel drive grip kind of
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throws you off and also the bushings do
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have to be replaced in the shifter so
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I’m being
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tell but you know this is Justin’s baby
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and you gotta be careful at the same
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time
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the same time
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it’s still pulls like a freight train
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first gear is
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a short second gear really gets going
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third and fourth gear are the magic
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gears in this thing Justin and the team
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at off the line when they got their
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hands on this very rare limited edition
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Subaru they put their heart and soul it
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has all the best parts of the business
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the suspension the wheels and tires the
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brakes the taillights are even brand new
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the headlights are the only thing a
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little fogged up but they’re gonna fix
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those as well but honestly this color
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this white color has this Pearl in it
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that’s just gorgeous in the Sun
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yeah when it comes to just like being
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able to drive around town go fast slow
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down it doesn’t feel too race car I know
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that might not sound like a compliment
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but this kind of meets in the middle
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it’s definitely fast enough he has the
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RCI as his race car this still beat a
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whole bunch of people at ice cream
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Cruise
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it checks all the boxes
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come on
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honestly I think
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unless I find a Subaru that’s insanely
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different from this one I don’t think
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I’m gonna review one for a while because
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this one really satisfies and fulfills
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the need of the Subaru and shows that
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the EJ can be done right it’s a
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love-hate relationship to build one of
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these cars I don’t care what anybody
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says it’s just part of the game and on
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that note what do you guys think about
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the Limited STI
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awesome it’s a really perfect package
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for a Subaru in fact it’s a contender
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for my favorite super I’ve driven for
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sure and on that note I’ve bled on
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Tuesdays Thursdays and Sundays and I
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will see you guys next time take it easy
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have a wonderful day goodbye
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thank you
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