Subaru Impreza Drivers
Discussion
Now I'm ready for a total flaming here but, when the Impreza came out, is it 12 years ago, they were an enthusiasts car, usually driven quickly, but safely and I aspired to one. Never actually bought one as I believed that the grey imports would kill the then high re sale price. Now, with them priced so much lower, there are a lot of them being driven round by young, base ball hatted nutters at ridiculous speeds without apparent thought. Now I am not saying this just to cause trouble and I don't know what the final point of all this is except I was tailgated at high speed this morning whilst on my bike, by a young impreza driver who then overtook on the wrong lane off the roundabout, onto the slip road and straight into the outside lane of the dual carriageway. Still love the impreza but not sure I would want one anymore. (Or do I drive my Tivvy like that sometimes too and other people curse me?)Hate to generalise but got it off my chest.
one of my brothers mates has one and pays over 3K for insurance. When I asked if he would ever leave home he said that he'd rather have his car than his own flat.
he is a baseball hatted, trakky B wearing twit BUT did work his arse off to pay for the car and drives moderately sensibly for the max muppet type
he is a baseball hatted, trakky B wearing twit BUT did work his arse off to pay for the car and drives moderately sensibly for the max muppet type
bga said:
one of my brothers mates has one and pays over 3K for insurance. When I asked if he would ever leave home he said that he'd rather have his car than his own flat.
he is a baseball hatted, trakky B wearing twit BUT did work his arse off to pay for the car and drives moderately sensibly for the max muppet type
I bet he'll be wishing he hadnt said that in 2-3 years time when the cheapest property is a billion million gillian thrillion dillion euros. (and his car is worth half the price of his insurance!).
Im just jealous though cos I have spent my money on property
I have to admit that I thought long and hard before buying mine, for exactly the reasons outlined. But when push came to shove there was nothing else (On the practical estate vehicle front) that came close for the price.
Do I regret it? Only when I'm driving in town with the windows down and the stereo up, when I can feel people shaking the coffee beans.
unfortunatly they tend to have the driving skills of a blind numpty on crack and all Scooby/Evo accidents tend to be big ones 
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I can't say I like the image of my old-shape Impreza too much. It's a superb car, though, and I can't honestly find anything to replace it with even with a budget of 30k (the new ones are too soft).
I wish other Impreza drivers would stop waving at me too - I don't want to be your friend just because you've got the same car as me.
I wish other Impreza drivers would stop waving at me too - I don't want to be your friend just because you've got the same car as me.
From personal experience I would say that it has a lot to do with the car's raw ability. Without a lot of restraint they go very quickly indeed, you don't need to do anything to the car to make it that way either. So for the pocket money they are going for it should come as no suprise that people drive them like total 
everywhere.
Sadly it doesn't teach them how to drive better. If they want to improve their skills, give em an old 1300cc MkI/MkII Escort and let them loose. They will have more fun and their skills will improve massively in comparison.
The ones who stack their scoobs on the first lap are the ones who have no idea about how a car behaves when pushed hard - the extent of their knowledge is the equivalent of a drag strip. Try larging it in a scoob on the race track and the understeer will send the car straight off into the kittylitter (if they are lucky - an armco/bank if they are not). Getting a scoob or an evo to turn in at speed takes a fair amount of skill. Even long term owners have trouble getting them to do so (I've watched them try at the local cruise venue - I know I can get my FWD estate car around their practice roundabout faster than they can managed in their glued-up muppet machines).
Getting back on the subject - a well driven scoob is a joy to watch, from the passenger seat of from the sidelines. I don't quite put scoobs in the same category as novas/fiestas/saxos yet, or at the other end with bmws/mercedes/volvos - admittedly they are getting there...
everywhere. Sadly it doesn't teach them how to drive better. If they want to improve their skills, give em an old 1300cc MkI/MkII Escort and let them loose. They will have more fun and their skills will improve massively in comparison.
The ones who stack their scoobs on the first lap are the ones who have no idea about how a car behaves when pushed hard - the extent of their knowledge is the equivalent of a drag strip. Try larging it in a scoob on the race track and the understeer will send the car straight off into the kittylitter (if they are lucky - an armco/bank if they are not). Getting a scoob or an evo to turn in at speed takes a fair amount of skill. Even long term owners have trouble getting them to do so (I've watched them try at the local cruise venue - I know I can get my FWD estate car around their practice roundabout faster than they can managed in their glued-up muppet machines).
Getting back on the subject - a well driven scoob is a joy to watch, from the passenger seat of from the sidelines. I don't quite put scoobs in the same category as novas/fiestas/saxos yet, or at the other end with bmws/mercedes/volvos - admittedly they are getting there...
Seeing as it shares a lot with the old (original) audi quattro, i imagine it handles similar (never driven one, but have been driven in one)
They used to say about the old audi that it stuck through corners till ridiculous speeds, but because it was 4WD would give no warning that it was about to let go. Of course, when it does let go you are about 40mph quicker than anything else, exitting at the same bend!
Like the idiots that think having a 4WD allows them to drive in any road condtion (snow, ice, floods) without taking proper precautions and due care.....
I suppose some drivers think their Subarus are invincable at the first bend, but of course everything has its limits....
Edited cos some how the end of my sentence wasn't there....
>> Edited by Buffalo on Monday 18th August 16:25
They used to say about the old audi that it stuck through corners till ridiculous speeds, but because it was 4WD would give no warning that it was about to let go. Of course, when it does let go you are about 40mph quicker than anything else, exitting at the same bend!
Like the idiots that think having a 4WD allows them to drive in any road condtion (snow, ice, floods) without taking proper precautions and due care.....
I suppose some drivers think their Subarus are invincable at the first bend, but of course everything has its limits.... Edited cos some how the end of my sentence wasn't there....
>> Edited by Buffalo on Monday 18th August 16:25
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