Pulled the trigger. Traded in the STi and rolled out in a '14 XV. !@#$ing night and day. No more launches. No more flatfoot shifts. No more teenage girls whistling at me. But it was well worth it.

Fully loaded, minus the upgraded security system and remote start. SO very comfortable! Subaru is finally taking the extra step to improve interior and it shows well with the XV. Nice leather, intuitive dash design, full touchscreen, quite a bit of steering wheel integration control, FINALLY insulate against road noise (HUGE plus!), etc etc.

Now of course, at roughly 150hp, it's hardly a work horse. On the CVT, traffic merging is painful. Very painful. Coming out of a tuned STi though, I am probably just spoiled. I will get used to that. They were calling for 2 days of snow this week, but it was called off this morning. Shame.... would have loved to have broken her in FAST, heh.

In all, I got a great deal. $20k on my trade in, all put down towards the $27.8 (haggled down from $29.5). A few more bells and whistles thrown in too.

Now.... let the check book come out, more research ensure, and the fun begin.