WRX STi-R joins A4 in my garage!!

["G Spark" <sparkg@wave.co.nz>]

At the end of this week my trusty and much loved A4 will be joined by a
virtually new (1600kms) Subaru Impreza WRX Sti-R.

Before you turn too green I should point out that I'm babysitting it for a
friend who's away for three weeks and is worried about security in his own
garage.

But he has said to use it and take it for a squirt. I'll have to think about
that (briefly).

The Sti-R is a limited build development of the WRX by Subaru Technica
International with 205kw of turboed power in a car under 1200kg - 0-60 time
reputed to be low 5s although I won't be testing that :) .
Good info here:
	http://www.smh.com.au/drive/content/980130/news/news1.html
	http://home.netvigator.com/~europa/New_cars_pages/Subaru.htm

No way I'll be swapping it for my A4 though - lacks refinement and build
quality and WRXs are thick on the ground here - every boy-racer wannabe has
one.

Sorry about all the Subaru content but one has to keep an open mind.

Greg Spark
'96 A4 1.8Tq 5sp mtm 187hp.
http://avant.extreme.com/a4.org/registry/details.asp?car=887
Hamilton, New Zealand