RE: Impreza 22B STI: Time For Coffee?
Discussion
These cars make for so nostalgic for a period in my life when I hankered after and could afford many of the everyman cars that were on sale. Now its all over-priced Bmws and Audis...Also from when EVO started and really helped embellish the SUBARISHI cult that was so popular from about 1997 to 2000. Great cars, so sad that we may not see their like again...Is it a co-incidence that EVO went off the boil at about the same time Subaru and Mitsubishi did?
I've been lusting after a classic Subaru for far too long now. The 22B is way way out of my reach so I'll have to keep eyeing up adverts for V5 Type R's. Its a pity that the cheaper UK turbo's and grey imports ended up in the hands of chavs. I've seen far too many of them being modified badly and driven around by idiots.
Something like this would go down a right treat.
Something like this would go down a right treat.
Top rung of the Impreza ladder. Can imagine I'll ever have one, which is a bit gutting. My brother had a P1 for about 2 weeks and said that it was so fun he only got about 11mpg with it just due the right pedal giving such a shove in the back... he sold it to a mate for £2k more than he paid for it as well. Cheeky sod eh?
GC8 said:
In the case of Subaru, the choice is made by the concessionaire and not by FHI, who rely on their UK importer to know their own market.
This is why the first Impreza Turbos had two part seats with tweed trim.
IM Group asked for advise and Jesus said tweed was necessary as well as button saying "Bright" on the dashboard (WTF that did I never worked out...)This is why the first Impreza Turbos had two part seats with tweed trim.
mazdaman1980 said:
mdavids said:
mazdaman1980 said:
Lovely, classic scooby but the Evo 6 Makkinen edition was far superior. Overrated by scooby nuts to get this iconic status which I'm not sure it deserves. I'm sure many will argue that but hey ho.
That's missing the point though and you could make the same point about any iconic car - there will always be something superior on another car. Desirability doesn't just depend on facts and figures, BHP and 0-60 times. Character and history comes into it as well and the scooby has those in spades.A clean, unmolested 22b could be a very wise buy just now.
giblet said:
I've been lusting after a classic Subaru for far too long now. The 22B is way way out of my reach so I'll have to keep eyeing up adverts for V5 Type R's. Its a pity that the cheaper UK turbo's and grey imports ended up in the hands of chavs. I've seen far too many of them being modified badly and driven around by idiots.
Something like this would go down a right treat.
Sounds like you want a p1!Something like this would go down a right treat.
Lefty said:
Sounds like you want a p1!
Nope! The DCCD is one if the main reasons behind my Type R desires. I went out as a passenger in a relatives V5 (funnily enough also in grey) and my word that thing was a nutter. Being able to control the diff allowed for some rather fun moments on a quiet road. I need to make sure I have one within a years time.Small point - when the 22B and M3 CSL came out, both were heavily criticised for their rock hard ride that made them near torture on normal roads.
Now both seem to be hailed as all time classics - shows how the fashion for silly alloys and rock hard suspension has changed perceptions.
Now both seem to be hailed as all time classics - shows how the fashion for silly alloys and rock hard suspension has changed perceptions.
giblet said:
Lefty said:
Sounds like you want a p1!
Nope! The DCCD is one if the main reasons behind my Type R desires. I went out as a passenger in a relatives V5 (funnily enough also in grey) and my word that thing was a nutter. Being able to control the diff allowed for some rather fun moments on a quiet road. I need to make sure I have one within a years time./biased
Lefty said:
giblet said:
Lefty said:
Sounds like you want a p1!
Nope! The DCCD is one if the main reasons behind my Type R desires. I went out as a passenger in a relatives V5 (funnily enough also in grey) and my word that thing was a nutter. Being able to control the diff allowed for some rather fun moments on a quiet road. I need to make sure I have one within a years time./biased
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