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Just a quick post to welcome my Impreza to the pistonheads world, after getting rid of my modified focus ST. The car is completely standard apart from a de-resonated centre section to give a bit more of the famous Subaru rumble, I am tempted to add a cobra back box as well as its still a little quite from the exhaust when your up the revs.
Cheers for looking!
Carlos
Cheers for looking!
Carlos
rossw46 said:
I remember the 1st time I've ever saw one back in the day, I though "Wow ! Bloody hell !", yours give the same thoughts.
Cheers mate, I feel the same everytime I go to get in it... Such a physical thing to drive as well you really have to muscle it a bit to get the most out of it!Butter Face said:
Looks ace! A bloke I know had one of the very first, they're cracking!!
Yeah I agree still such bood proportions as well everything is just right about it... It has that thing of looking just like a rally car that all blokes hanker for when they see a car like it as well... That my girlfriend doesn't share haha It's number 206 should anyone be interested also :-)
TheAngryDog said:
The WR1 is one of the best Imprezas made imo
I appreciate this section is where we all say 'Wow, your car is great!' But the WR1 was nothing more than a Prodrive parts bin special with a paint job exclusive to the EU market with which different suppliers could do as they pleased.IM cynically chose to add some Pro-Drive tweaks (PPP++ and some suspension mods (shorter springs?)) and then market as some testament to Solberg's then success. The 'wide body' 2005 model was far better (and cheaper) in almost every way.
Happy to be corrected on all of the above but as a former Impreza owner, I am still a little embittered that Subaru / IM did not keep up with the times. The A45 AMG is by no means a spiritual successor yet there are a surprising number of former STi owners who have now gone Deutsche in one form or another.
Yours is a lovely example and I hope you enjoy every single mile in such a good looking car. I still treasure memories of my 2002 Blobeye Sti PPP
You could say a C63 AMG is just a C class with some AMG bits on, the WR1 is on different suspension set up entirely different wheels, different engine tune, it had DCCD before any other UK cars as well which was pretty massive on its own and it completely changed the understeering nature of the standard STi as I understand it... The colour was obviously the main thing that made it stand out but there are a lot of other differences too... I certainly think it justifies its 'special' status anyways.
Personally I think the bulges look much more pronounced in this colour as well :-) certainly all personal how you feel about them and I can see why many people don't like them as it is pretty 'look at me' but I love it and I certainly don't think it's similar to the A45 AMG as awesome as they are they are a bit more numb I think, probably a bit safer handling wise...I would certainly love one though haha!
Personally I think the bulges look much more pronounced in this colour as well :-) certainly all personal how you feel about them and I can see why many people don't like them as it is pretty 'look at me' but I love it and I certainly don't think it's similar to the A45 AMG as awesome as they are they are a bit more numb I think, probably a bit safer handling wise...I would certainly love one though haha!
DG3 said:
Looks like Ribble Head Viaduct, last time I was there was 38 years ago, driving a Dolomite Sprint. Drum roll, that looks epic OP, a lot of love for it, enjoy!
It is you are very correct that road headed for hawes is probably my favourite local ish road it's awesome and the views are pretty epic. Thanks, I am doing my level best to enjoy every minute! Well just ordered a cobra back box to go with the de-res centre section to bring out a bit more noise but hopefully not too much, at the moment the exhaust noise disappears completely once on boost so I just want to address that... Didn't want anything too loud like blitz nur spec etc... Will get some pictures and video when it's on!
Carlos24 said:
Well just ordered a cobra back box to go with the de-res centre section to bring out a bit more noise but hopefully not too much, at the moment the exhaust noise disappears completely once on boost so I just want to address that... Didn't want anything too loud like blitz nur spec etc... Will get some pictures and video when it's on!
I am sure the Cobra will be quieter. I had a Blitz Nur Spec on my Classic and it was way too loud. I ended up swapping it for a Magnex with someone who wanted a louder exhaust. I was thankful, though I still found it very loud!
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