When me and my wife played to start a family, we welcomed our daughter by buying a brand new 2018 WRX STI. She is 6 now, and it's still our family car. One of the best family cars for us car enthusiasts. The only other ones I'd ever consider would be a Civic Type R or Mitsubishi Evolution.
jeez that’s pretty awesome haha. also so cool that the car has taken care of your family for the last 6 years. hope to have ours with my family as long as you had yours 🙏🏼 thanks for sharing
I have a 2018 honda sport hatchback 6mt. I always tell my wife if we need to upgrade to a bigger vehicle I will sell my car for extra cash. She always tell me no since I won't ever find one with a manual transmission anymore. But we made it work and a got a kia telluride. Those are fun to drive also.
Nice you ended up keeping the 6mt?? You’re wife is cool as hell haha, glad us car people found partners who understand our passion 💪🏼 And tellurides are great, I love the space and looks. Was comparing that to the palisade/Santa fe
This is how I plan on having the best of both worlds when the time comes. I hope to find a partner as understanding as everyone's in the comments. I think an unmentioned but nice and still fun family car would be the 2009-2020 Lancer Ralliart Sportsback if you are looking for a bit more room in the trunk. Same Engine as the Evo X in a different cast with the Evo 9 AWD system. Or another family car for an enthusiast would be the Infinity Q50, 4 door on the VR30DETT engine. Both are Auto, but still fun cars with the ability to perform.
ultimately that’s probably the most important factor and I’m just so lucky my wife supports my obsession haha. Performance sedans in general seem solid as a family hauler, why does everyone decide they have to be boring cars 🤷🏻♂️ then again, most people aren’t into cars so it’s fair
Two things are keeping my WR X. from being a dad car, no rear, AC and no remote start so I can cool the car off in these brutal Louisiana Summers before I put my toddler into a 120° car
this is actually huge and why I considered a Tesla Y or some 3row with these features. luckily we have a garage but otherwise when out I have to manually cool the interior before getting in. pretty big inconvenience
@@onsite_nate from my garage it’s fine. IE: we went to the zoo in June and the car was blistering when we got back. I might trade my VB in for a turbo outback
I have 2018 4runner and the space in the wrx VA and VB is bigger for car seats than the 4runner. I have a 3yr old but we’ve had the 4runner since she was 1. Thought about it in depth and was in the market for one but finding the right financial options for them used sucked especially with miles. My wife has a Kia Telluride and thats like a mini van basically.
nice man, kinda figured most SUVs out don’t offer that much width space compared to these. and yeah, finding a low mileage, OEM and decent valued STI seems more difficult as time passes. For sure they’re out there though, hoping one day you find one that’s just right for you guys cause I love these things
I'm currently driving around a VA STI and NC MX5, and have been eyeing a Civic Type R or Yaris GR (I live in Australia, the closest thing to you would be the Corolla GR), what do you think of the Corolla GR chassis/motor?
Don’t have much experience of either tbh, but from what I hear there’s been more reliability scares for the GRC when tracking it compared to the CTR. But for street driving, and you’d benefit from that AWD I’d say GRC
planning on getting a Subaru WRX STI but I do not know which year model to get the 2018 or the 2019 model as my first car. been always my dream car to own but searching through most of it have been junked up with mods.
yeah anything 18+ is pretty solid. I think 19 or 20 they strengthened the motor with the type RA bottom end, hopefully bulletproof 🤷🏻♂️ in general finding one that isn’t beat to crap is the most ideal but it is getting tough
@onsite_nate interesting, the 19 model got some changes on the piston forgot what subi did to 19-21 model. But it is true finding a decent used one that aren't abused before being swapped to dealerships are one hard thing to find, hopefully I'll manage to find out that suits my all the checked mark or I may ended up going for the 2022 VB
When me and my wife played to start a family, we welcomed our daughter by buying a brand new 2018 WRX STI. She is 6 now, and it's still our family car. One of the best family cars for us car enthusiasts. The only other ones I'd ever consider would be a Civic Type R or Mitsubishi Evolution.
jeez that’s pretty awesome haha. also so cool that the car has taken care of your family for the last 6 years. hope to have ours with my family as long as you had yours 🙏🏼 thanks for sharing
This is a power point presentation for his wifes parents on why he gets to keep the car, hahahah
you’re not entirely wrong 😅
NEVER sell your cars for SUVs. Wifey wants all your cars home. 😤❤️
Yay first comment. Awesome video. Can you do a video on how you wash your cars video.
ill look into this 👍🏼 thanks for the suggestion and I’m glad you enjoyed !
I have a 2018 honda sport hatchback 6mt. I always tell my wife if we need to upgrade to a bigger vehicle I will sell my car for extra cash. She always tell me no since I won't ever find one with a manual transmission anymore. But we made it work and a got a kia telluride. Those are fun to drive also.
Nice you ended up keeping the 6mt?? You’re wife is cool as hell haha, glad us car people found partners who understand our passion 💪🏼 And tellurides are great, I love the space and looks. Was comparing that to the palisade/Santa fe
@onsite_nate yes, I still have it. She is somewhat a car girl herself too. I learned to drive manual from her haha 😄
Another great vid! Congrats to you and your wife
thank you sir 🤠
This is how I plan on having the best of both worlds when the time comes. I hope to find a partner as understanding as everyone's in the comments. I think an unmentioned but nice and still fun family car would be the 2009-2020 Lancer Ralliart Sportsback if you are looking for a bit more room in the trunk. Same Engine as the Evo X in a different cast with the Evo 9 AWD system. Or another family car for an enthusiast would be the Infinity Q50, 4 door on the VR30DETT engine. Both are Auto, but still fun cars with the ability to perform.
ultimately that’s probably the most important factor and I’m just so lucky my wife supports my obsession haha. Performance sedans in general seem solid as a family hauler, why does everyone decide they have to be boring cars 🤷🏻♂️ then again, most people aren’t into cars so it’s fair
Two things are keeping my WR X. from being a dad car, no rear, AC and no remote start so I can cool the car off in these brutal Louisiana Summers before I put my toddler into a 120° car
this is actually huge and why I considered a Tesla Y or some 3row with these features. luckily we have a garage but otherwise when out I have to manually cool the interior before getting in. pretty big inconvenience
@@onsite_nate from my garage it’s fine. IE: we went to the zoo in June and the car was blistering when we got back. I might trade my VB in for a turbo outback
I have 2018 4runner and the space in the wrx VA and VB is bigger for car seats than the 4runner. I have a 3yr old but we’ve had the 4runner since she was 1. Thought about it in depth and was in the market for one but finding the right financial options for them used sucked especially with miles. My wife has a Kia Telluride and thats like a mini van basically.
nice man, kinda figured most SUVs out don’t offer that much width space compared to these. and yeah, finding a low mileage, OEM and decent valued STI seems more difficult as time passes. For sure they’re out there though, hoping one day you find one that’s just right for you guys cause I love these things
I'm currently driving around a VA STI and NC MX5, and have been eyeing a Civic Type R or Yaris GR (I live in Australia, the closest thing to you would be the Corolla GR), what do you think of the Corolla GR chassis/motor?
I may be biased. But go for the Type R!
Don’t have much experience of either tbh, but from what I hear there’s been more reliability scares for the GRC when tracking it compared to the CTR. But for street driving, and you’d benefit from that AWD I’d say GRC
@@onsite_nate Thinking the same! Or maybe I should just bite the bullet and get the s2k. Your content makes me itch for it everytime I see it ahaha
planning on getting a Subaru WRX STI but I do not know which year model to get the 2018 or the 2019 model as my first car.
been always my dream car to own but searching through most of it have been junked up with mods.
yeah anything 18+ is pretty solid. I think 19 or 20 they strengthened the motor with the type RA bottom end, hopefully bulletproof 🤷🏻♂️ in general finding one that isn’t beat to crap is the most ideal but it is getting tough
@onsite_nate interesting, the 19 model got some changes on the piston forgot what subi did to 19-21 model.
But it is true finding a decent used one that aren't abused before being swapped to dealerships are one hard thing to find, hopefully I'll manage to find out that suits my all the checked mark or I may ended up going for the 2022 VB
What exhaust do you have on there?
just OEM 🥲 lifelong debate whether I change it because it’s pretty quiet but most of the time I like it
@@onsite_nate yeah I think keep it because it’s quiet enough for the family.
it’s already a dads car, it’s got four doors.
some cars like the Lexus IS has pretty cramped rear space, so could be a struggle fitting rear facing seats in it