RE: Spotted: Subaru Impreza R205
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Trusty Steed said:
fishman said:
300bhp/ton said:
Trusty Steed said:
Soon to be seen racing round a council estate near you!!
That is such a dumb ass view of the world 
. Used to live on a council estate and it could be guaranteed on Friday and Saturday late night that someone would be driving one up and down the estate with a death wish. GTR Cook said:
juggers said:
It can go around a track just as quick as a GTR
Really?Edited by juggers on Tuesday 29th May 13:03
Edited by juggers on Tuesday 29th May 13:05
Nice car but I'd rather buy a standard Sti for half the cost and tune beyond this spec for a lot less or if it has to be factory standard a UK Evo X fq400 could be had for less than this, and is probably better in most respects.
superman84 said:
GTR Cook said:
juggers said:
It can go around a track just as quick as a GTR
Really?Edited by juggers on Tuesday 29th May 13:03
Edited by juggers on Tuesday 29th May 13:05
Nice car but I'd rather buy a standard Sti for half the cost and tune beyond this spec for a lot less or if it has to be factory standard a UK Evo X fq400 could be had for less than this, and is probably better in most respects.
Must say if I had £40k to spend on a car it wouldnt be going the way of this Impreza. I've always had a things for Jap cars though (loved my Honda V-Tec)and have always fancied a Mitsubishi Evo.....Tommi Makkinen edition of course :0)
Shame that the running costs would probably ruin me!
Shame that the running costs would probably ruin me!
Looks quite nice, love the colour, but too expensive imo. Theres better options to spunk 40k on, M3s, C63 etc etc. If I was going to spend it on a Subaru though, I'd buy the daddy of all Imprezas, the 22B
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But fxuking hell, the s201s were ugly as shiit.
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But fxuking hell, the s201s were ugly as shiit.
KB_S1 said:
Compared to what?
They aren't really track cars, make much more sense on tricky roads.
...see this is the thing, at 300bhp+, you really need to be on a track to exploit this, and they are not really suited to this...we run a e36 328 on kw variant 2 and it just seams to eat them up and it's far from the most sophisticated of machines.They aren't really track cars, make much more sense on tricky roads.
Itsallicanafford said:
KB_S1 said:
Compared to what?
They aren't really track cars, make much more sense on tricky roads.
...see this is the thing, at 300bhp+, you really need to be on a track to exploit this, and they are not really suited to this...we run a e36 328 on kw variant 2 and it just seams to eat them up and it's far from the most sophisticated of machines.They aren't really track cars, make much more sense on tricky roads.
Dave Hedgehog said:
rb5er said:
Dave Hedgehog said:
thats a lot of money for a fast taxi ..
Again, what a stupid thing to say.So, after a glut of porches including 993tt and 996tt and a z4m, I just bought an 08 wrx sti hatch with the Prodrive upgrade to 330 plus nicer back boxes and 330s alloys. At £13500 I think it was a steal and certainly a lot of car for the money.
I now totally get why Sccobies have such a fan base and the spread of cars over nearly 20 years means there is something for all pockets.
Great fun, all year round, capable and tunable.
The GTR is nice but now very expensive with running costs to match and the old 911\M3 argument is just boring. 911s are great but they cost fortunes to run properly. Fact. M3s drop money faster than my wife. Don't get me started on AMG/XKR depreciation!
The featured car is sweet, not for everyone at 40k for sure but a nice machine for sure. But for me, sensible STIs can be had for under 15k and for that kind of money, how can you knock them?
I now totally get why Sccobies have such a fan base and the spread of cars over nearly 20 years means there is something for all pockets.
Great fun, all year round, capable and tunable.
The GTR is nice but now very expensive with running costs to match and the old 911\M3 argument is just boring. 911s are great but they cost fortunes to run properly. Fact. M3s drop money faster than my wife. Don't get me started on AMG/XKR depreciation!
The featured car is sweet, not for everyone at 40k for sure but a nice machine for sure. But for me, sensible STIs can be had for under 15k and for that kind of money, how can you knock them?
superman84 said:
Probably poor driving, a well driven evo or spec c impreza would absolutely rape an e36 in the corners.
..... Could be poor driving, cannot comment about a spec c but we ran at an evo club meet at cadwell last month, a lot of evo's most models, some stock, most of them tuned...they would pull away on the straights but we caught it all back in the corners, they were all not being badly driven...Im not knocking them, but I just got the impression that they over complicate things, light weight, rear wheel drive, sensible bhp and a good suspension set-up and you've got them covered, without big bhp, 4 wheel drive, active yaw control etc etcItsallicanafford said:
..... Could be poor driving, cannot comment about a spec c but we ran at an evo club meet at cadwell last month, a lot of evo's most models, some stock, most of them tuned...they would pull away on the straights but we caught it all back in the corners, they were all not being badly driven...Im not knocking them, but I just got the impression that they over complicate things, light weight, rear wheel drive, sensible bhp and a good suspension set-up and you've got them covered, without big bhp, 4 wheel drive, active yaw control etc etc
True theyre not meant as pure track cars but the track times speak for themselves and have proven that they can hang on road and track with much more exotic machinery. If that was an MLR event then there would been some well set up cars capable of really quick times - I'd be amazed if an e36 was catching all of them in the corners. Are you sure you weren't out during the beginners session? Not that I'm knocking you just that I think you're underestimating their abilities in the bends. superman84 said:
True theyre not meant as pure track cars but the track times speak for themselves and have proven that they can hang on road and track with much more exotic machinery. If that was an MLR event then there would been some well set up cars capable of really quick times - I'd be amazed if an e36 was catching all of them in the corners. Are you sure you weren't out during the beginners session? Not that I'm knocking you just that I think you're underestimating their abilities in the bends.
...no we were not catching them all, but I honesty thought we were in for a pasting when we turned up and saw row after row of evo's and we were the only BMW there...but on the track the old girl was far more competive than.a circa £4k 15 yrs old car should have been....just our observationGassing Station | General Gassing | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff