Wednesday 9th February 2011

PH Gives Away A Subaru: What Happened Next

Competition winner and PHer Rob Ellis picks up his brand-new WRX STI

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It's not everyday you get to give away a car but, in the general scheme of things, it does rate quite high on the 'warm fuzzy feeling' scale.

We found this out when the prize of a brand-new Subaru WRX STI was handed over to Rob Ellis, winner of our recent Dream Garage competition, the other day at Cross Roads Subaru in Shipston-on-Stour.

And we're pleased to report that Rob Ellis is pretty much over the moon with his new acquisition.

"I absolutely love it to bits - what a driver's car! The short-throw gearbox, the seats; it's just fantastic," says Rob. "I've got two young children, so the practicality of the four-door is very welcome, but the car still looks great and I can utilise the performance when the chance presents itself".

Glad you're enjoying it so far, Rob. We have to say, though, that we did have somewhat mixed feelings - you could have stuck our feet in terracotta and called us conifers when we realised we really were going to have to give away the keys to a brand new Subaru WRX STI, so green were we with jealousy.

Joking aside, though, congratulations once again Rob and we hope you and your newly acquired pride and joy enjoy many happy miles together....and you'll be able to follow Rob's progress with right here on PH via his WRX blog...

See... we do give away cars on PistonHeads...

 

[British Beef]

Lucky git. Good luck and enjoy!

Will be interesting to hear how it compares to some of his old cars in the performance department, especially his old Esprit V8.

[Greg_D]

Those new imprezza's are Soooo much better looking than the hatch.

Not a bad looking car at all in the scheme of things, maybe a spoiler on the back to balance off the package perfectly

[SteveS Cup]

How long before it's in the Classifieds!?

Only joking, hope you enjoy it! Must be a great feeling giving a car away but I can imagine it's better receiving it!

[SteveS Cup]

Greg_D said:

Those new imprezza's are Soooo much better looking than the hatch.

Not a bad looking car at all in the scheme of things, maybe a spoiler on the back to balance off the package perfectly

The proper STI Hatch is better looking imo than the new saloon. However, the old Hawk Eye is better lookign than all of them!

[Beyond Rational]

Crouching will never catch on as a way to conduct business.

[soad]

That motor sure looks sweet

[derestrictor]

Greg_D said:

Those new imprezza's are Soooo much better looking than the hatch.

Not a bad looking car at all in the scheme of things, maybe a spoiler on the back to balance off the package perfectly

Really like that, excellent dab of fortune.

Never seen one on the road; don't think I ever will.

[LimitedSlipDisk]

Beyond Rational said:

Crouching will never catch on as a way to conduct business.

I agree, too many overheads.

[Mr Whippy]

Beyond Rational said:

Crouching will never catch on as a way to conduct business.

[JamieBeeston]

I thought it was Oggs then!

[Acheron]

Where are the competitions? I always seem to never see them

[hornetrider]

Awesome prize, lucky bar steward! Not quite sure how I managed to totally miss this competition mind

[doodles19]

Lucky bugger

Congrats fella.

[epom]

best of luck to you with it... keep it between em !! front of that car looks great as does the colour !!!

[Ephraim]

Grats to the winner!

The chaps at Crossroads are a nice bunch too. Got the wife's hawkeye WRX from them, and they were a pleasure to do business with.

[gib786]

Very nice, congrats. Really does need a spoiler to sort out the back end though

[big dub]

SteveS Cup said:

How long before it's in the Classifieds!?

Only joking, hope you enjoy it! Must be a great feeling giving a car away but I can imagine it's better receiving it!

Would've been in the next day if I'd won, to fund an R32 with a few mods
Though I guess putting at the end of your entry "I'd like to win the WRX so I can sell it to fund an R32 project", wouldn't go down too well

[TomTVR500]

Life really isnt fair...

[alphaone]

Congratulations !!! With the money you saved on the car maybe you could splash out on a big feckoff spoiler for the back :-)

[mosc7pc2]

Don't think it's right calling him a lucky bugger!

People who have read his garage will tell you that he's a well deserved winner!

Thumbs up and congrats!