Hi all,

I am in the process of purchaing an 05 STi. The car is completely stock and in awesome condition.

One thing that was odd is that the guy told me that with STi's in general, if you do not drive or start them for about 4 days, the battery goes flat so he said be sure to start it up every coupld of days if I am not driving it. He has had the car since new and he said it happened since he got the car and Subaru said it was normal due to all the electrics and security system.

Quite frankly, I do not buy it. To me it sounds like an alternator issue, faulty diodes perhaps as I have experienced this before with another vehicle.

However I would like to know if anyone has experienced this issue.

There are no mods at all to the car not even an aftermarket alarm or any electricals so I doubt that Subaru would see this as acceptable.

Let me know your thoughts as I have not put any money down as yet but if this is a big issue then I will not even bother with the auto inspection tomorrow.

Thanks in advance.

Emille