5 things every STI generation taught us (and one satisfying L): 1. The GC8 was never supposed to be a street car. Subaru literally built a homologation receipt so they could go rallying, and we all just collectively decided it was the greatest sedan ever made. That's not marketing — that's earned reputation written in gravel and broken axles. 2. The GD (blob eye through hawk eye) is the golden era and it's not close. 2.5L EJ257, DCCD center diff, the steering feel that made you believe Subaru's engineers actually drove their own cars on mountain roads at 2am. If you owned one between 04-07 and didn't blow a ringland, congratulations — you're in the minority and you know it. 3. The GR hatch is the sleeper pick that everyone's finally catching onto. Wider, stiffer, and the last STI that still felt like it wanted to fight you. The fact that clean examples are now commanding GD money tells you everything. 4. The VA got comfortable and that's where the split happened. More refined, bett...