id do the bike man. or buy a dd. i say if you wanna go balls out on the sti, you should have something that can still get you to work. YEAR ROUND. if you live in FL or somewhere that the bike could be a reliable all year transport, id say go for it. buuut of the two options given i still say bike. youll appreciate the sti more if it a slow going piece by piece project. plus youll learn to drive it better at each stage. to me putting the money into it all at once would be like a premature ejaculation.... "BOOM.. now what?".