RE: SOTW: Subaru SVX

[KDIcarmad]

The editor of Practical Performance car recently bought one of these. I bet he/they brake or do something silly to it in the next few months.

Personal I like the SVX, yes it is a bit over the top and it's not a aged well. I feel it look bit Citroen, if there had been a CX/BX/XM couple it would look something like the SVX. Look at the SM...





Does anyone agree?

Edited by KDIcarmad on Friday 25th May 11:05

[angusc43]

CraigVmax said:

Wow - it REALLY works on those rims. It always looks under-wheeled as standard.

I used to work for a company where the CFO drove one of those. He was strange and vindictive little man but I always grudgingly admired his choice of car.

[grosserbaby]

£850 great, Auto and miles not so.

I can remember sitting in one at the Subaru dealer in Sheffield when I was at university, I passed there nearly every day on my way to learn/pub, they never did seam to sell them but they were so weird then, still are and all the better for it.

[The Danimal]

Buy it and pretend you're Marty McFly on a budget?

[TooLateForAName]

There are plenty of people who replaced the auto with a manual from a legacy.

I had a 94 model of these and the gearbox failed twice (on the way to 130K).

Be sure that it is seeping from the rocker covers, iirc the steering rack could have problems and the ps fluid bubbled over onto the exhaust and looked like the rocker cover was leaking.

[fourwheelsteer]

KDIcarmad said:

The editor of Practical Performance car recently bought one of these. I bet he/they brake or do something silly to it in the next few months.

Personal I like the SVX, yes it is a bit over the top and it's not a aged well. I feel it look bit Citroen, if there had been a CX/BX/XM couple it would look something like the SVX. Look at the SM...





Does anyone agree?

Edited by KDIcarmad on Friday 25th May 11:05

I see what you're getting at.

Love the SVX, not sure if I'd take the risk of buying one unless it was clearly well looked after.

[thewheelman]

JulesB said:

Well, it is certainly a shed.

Hahaha, you beat me to it!

[Motorrad]

The Crack Fox said:

Whopping engine with cr*p performance saddled with nasty slushbox, lardy 80's looks, mega milage, potential for collosal bills..... but I love it

Add me to the list and also add almost impossible to source spares. I would but not for more than 500 quid.

[Watchman]

I love these, and there's so much scope for tinkering too.

[GravelBen]

By all accounts they're fantastic vehicles for relaxed GT-style touring, owners often talk about clocking up intercontinental mileages non-stop and still feeling fresh at the end.

[Itsallicanafford]

Bonefish Blues said:

This, very much this. C'mon guys, we're a broad church, shirley.

...Shirley, what's she got to do with it?

[Ftumpch]

I think I remember a Mr Clarkson saying that the Mercedes 300SEL 6.3 was proof that the Germans did in fact have a sense of humour.

Perhaps this is the Japanese equivalent??

[fozluvscars]

Hugo a Gogo said:

for 850 quid? what's the worst that could happen?

drive it till it dies

You could be seen in it

[Podie]

MagicalSeaOtter said:

Each to their own.

Balls currently submerged in 500g of Masala Bazaars finest.

I call custard!

[muppet42]

I'm sure it's probably been used in other productions, but my abiding memory of this that comes to mind is as Tim Curry's getaway car in Loaded Weapon...



Mr Jigsaw on the hunt for meecrofilm

On the SVX itself, I'd rather go for a z32 300zx. Granted, it'd be an import if you went for the less complicated NA but I just prefer the Nissan for a number of reasons including superficially

Edited by muppet42 on Friday 25th May 12:22

[FWDRacer]

Eighteeteewhy said:

I just can't see what it's good for.

Park it up on the front lawn and plant Dahlias in it?

Edited by FWDRacer on Friday 25th May 12:03

[deanb]

MG511 said:

I've always loved those, but never found a bottle of brave pills big enough. But, at £850, do you need brave pills? If it dies just use it as an art exhibit.

That's been done already.

I saw one a couple of years ago, in a contemporary art gallery in Yerevan in Armenia.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ylq4XqJ9lhw

[JayMan]

I can usually see the good in most things but I hate it.

The looks are awful, 90's styling at its worst.

I would spend my £850 elsewhere.

[Bonefish Blues]

Podie said:

MagicalSeaOtter said:

Each to their own.

Balls currently submerged in 500g of Masala Bazaars finest.

I call custard!

Custard may well need to be applied post immersion, but if ever there was a case of the custard test not being requested...

[anything fast]

the fking number plates worth the asking price alone