Hi all.... A newbie here!
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I thought I would introduce myself and say hello to you all.
I am currently driving a '99 mica blue classic subaru turbo. I love my car to peices, but I am looking at running another cheaper deisel car (something VAG) alongside, or maybe keeping the subaru off road for a while.
Anyway, I live in the West Midlands, and after searching the classifieds on here for years, I thought I would register, so here I am.
Kathryn.
I am currently driving a '99 mica blue classic subaru turbo. I love my car to peices, but I am looking at running another cheaper deisel car (something VAG) alongside, or maybe keeping the subaru off road for a while.
Anyway, I live in the West Midlands, and after searching the classifieds on here for years, I thought I would register, so here I am.
Kathryn.
Older model Diesel VW Polo/Golf TDI or Audi A3 TDi, alternatively Diesel Ford Fiesta or Vaux Corsa.
They are all pretty reliable if you keep on top of servicing and there should still be some reasonable quality cars around with a FSH of some sort (part dealer/ part independent), and most modern diesels even with 100K on the clock will still drive very well and give you good service. Just make sure you get a long MOT and you're away. All depends i suppose though on how much money you have to spend, and then there's tax and insurance as well to consider on top of the purchase price.
They are all pretty reliable if you keep on top of servicing and there should still be some reasonable quality cars around with a FSH of some sort (part dealer/ part independent), and most modern diesels even with 100K on the clock will still drive very well and give you good service. Just make sure you get a long MOT and you're away. All depends i suppose though on how much money you have to spend, and then there's tax and insurance as well to consider on top of the purchase price.
Keep the Scooby for the weekends...omgus said:
Hi Newbie 
I often think about doing the same thing with my scooby, but they are made to be driven.
I agree, however I don't drive it enough for it to be at all economical.I often think about doing the same thing with my scooby, but they are made to be driven.
I know the words Subaru and economical do not really go together, but my car hardly has chance to warm up properly before I am back on the drive.
I would much rather keep it, but all I use it for is the school run, it's built for so much more.
Hi,
I owned both a W reg Mica blue classic and a 05 plate Skoda Fabia VRS that I bought brand new and remaped to 190 BHP with Angel tuning.
The Skoda was every bit as fast as the Subaru, and returned 48MPG when the Scooby was giving 26MPG on the same journeys.
Dont expect Subaru levels of grip.... in fact dont expect any grip if it rains, and you have to live with a diesel clatter instead of a boxer burble, but its horses for courses.
I owned both a W reg Mica blue classic and a 05 plate Skoda Fabia VRS that I bought brand new and remaped to 190 BHP with Angel tuning.
The Skoda was every bit as fast as the Subaru, and returned 48MPG when the Scooby was giving 26MPG on the same journeys.
Dont expect Subaru levels of grip.... in fact dont expect any grip if it rains, and you have to live with a diesel clatter instead of a boxer burble, but its horses for courses.
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