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Do you have it tuned so it doesn't pop and bang on every throttle liftoff at sport+? I agree with your sentiment up above because when I first got the exhaust , I thought to myself "i think I ruined the car, it's so loud" But now I've grown to really like it. I usually have it on sport but...

that hope has since been extinguished. When i find time, ill just tear into the car and start tightening/padding what i can.

hilariously true.

The rattles are driving me a bit nuts on this car. Acura has been less than helpful too. I've been second guessing whether having gone the FL5 route, I maybe could've avoided some rattles but I see some threads on that other site too, albeit there are far less complaints.

Nice! Any more pics of the dash plates (any other colors?).

I was the first DE5 to have the Borla exhaust and when I'd mentioned it between here or the other forums, (especially the other forum), a lot of people poo-pooed Borla. Glad to hear someone who actually has one comment positively on it becuase I really like mine.

I feel like this didn't get the comments it deserved but wow. I don't like how "flat" the 19" TE37s Saga's look but these look fantastic. Where did you get these?

Yep. There's not really much out there if you want a manual.

It's my 2nd car which I drive 2x during the workweek and take out sometime on the weekend and I already feel like I visit the pump with it too often. The tank is fine on the civic that gets like 30+ mpg. On this car, it's too small.

This. Like most things, there's a little bit of truth on each side. OP, I think most of your complaints are valid, but I mostly agree with the seats and build quality. I also agree with the responses that some are trifling. But I've noticed a level of white knighting on behalf of the DE5 here...

God those seats look marvelous. I don't like the stock seats in this car at all. I'm not a big dude and the FL5 seats fit me like a glove so the stock ITS ones don't support me very well at all.

I don't want to come across as talking shit but you said this seldom happens, but it sounds like it's happened with such frequency between you and your wife that you've noticed a pattern already. Here's me stalling my car now when I leave work today :p

Sorry but what kind of input are you looking at then? You are asking whether you should bend the knee or look at another dealer but you are also saying there's no leverage and they don't have to budge. In that case, isn't the only reasonable course of action here to shop elsewhere?

What's up with all y'all and chocolate flavored dairy beverages in the car??? :p

Lol oh boy what a project. Are you going to just try and clean out the underlayment or you replacing it? This is why I have a no food policy in my cars.

I felt the same when I first got it but I think part of that too was just getting used to how much louder it is from stock. Like optronix said though, the resonance definitely loosened up some rattles here and there. The annoying thing is it also depends on the temperature.

any photos on either the FL5 or the DE5?

TAKE THAT FL5 OWNERS! :p

The VA STi was such a good looking car to me and was actually one of the cars I considered before I picked up the DE5. At the end of the day, I wanted a new, reliable car vs chancing a used STi. I'm sure it's a joy to drive but I didn't consider it because I couldn't get over how ugly it was to...

the new WRX's are so damn ugly too.