RE: Subaru Impreza WRX STI Type UK: PH Fleet

[embo182]

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[alorotom]

Almost every Impreza I see (old and new) seems to be driven by bald/shaved head, overweight, tattood yobs - the image they portray is really bad

Pleased I never bought an STi blob eye back in 2006ish

[rossub]

alorotom said:

Almost every Impreza I see (old and new) seems to be driven by bald/shaved head, overweight, tattood yobs - the image they portray is really bad

Pleased I never bought an STi blob eye back in 2006ish

Agreed!

However I’m 12 1/2 stone, still have some hair and no tatooes. Accounting professional qualification too

[SidewaysSi]

DoubleD said:

Well its good food for thought as im thinking of getting some sort of family car. Needs to be cheapish to run though to help fund another more fun car.

I am in the same boat though already have my more fun car, however need more practicality than an Impreza so will probably go Forester STI.

I am struggling to think of a more entertaining sub £20k family car right now...

[mcelliott]

alorotom said:

Almost every Impreza I see (old and new) seems to be driven by bald/shaved head, overweight, tattood yobs - the image they portray is really bad

Pleased I never bought an STi blob eye back in 2006ish

Ok pops.

[JJ55]

I had a 2005 sti ppp & although a truly iconic great car I never really gelled with it. No fault of the car it was completely reliable throughout my ownership. It just didn’t give me the buzz I thought it would. I also got annoyed by people constantly wanting to race me.

However if I lived somewhere that warranted it I’d happily consider a wrx estate from the same era as a winter car.

[alorotom]

rossub said:

alorotom said:

Almost every Impreza I see (old and new) seems to be driven by bald/shaved head, overweight, tattood yobs - the image they portray is really bad

Pleased I never bought an STi blob eye back in 2006ish

Agreed!

However I’m 12 1/2 stone, still have some hair and no tatooes. Accounting professional qualification too

Exception to prove the rule!

[alorotom]

mcelliott said:

alorotom said:

Almost every Impreza I see (old and new) seems to be driven by bald/shaved head, overweight, tattood yobs - the image they portray is really bad

Pleased I never bought an STi blob eye back in 2006ish

Ok pops.

In 37 ... and yes I am a father although thankfully my 4.5yr old can articulate and reason a response better than that

[anonymous-user]

rossub said:

wab172uk said:

I once went through a tank of fuel in about 100 miles.

Edited by wab172uk on Sunday 5th May 16:27

I can average 24 mpg in my Twin Scroll 2 litre Spec C, with 350bhp re-map. That’s 260 miles from the 50 litre tank.

Ok that’s driving like everyone else on the road and not too many heavy right foot moments, but it is do-able if need be.

I can get 325 miles out of a tank on a run in my 2.1 500BHP JDM STi after i remapped it in the cruise fuel zones, It used to empty the tank in 200 miles. It was never properly mapped for daily driver use, which isn't unusual for modded cars. How its mapped makes a huge difference.

[anonymous-user]

alorotom said:

rossub said:

alorotom said:

Almost every Impreza I see (old and new) seems to be driven by bald/shaved head, overweight, tattood yobs - the image they portray is really bad

Pleased I never bought an STi blob eye back in 2006ish

Agreed!

However I’m 12 1/2 stone, still have some hair and no tatooes. Accounting professional qualification too

Exception to prove the rule!

I started driving Impreza's aged 34, now aged 53, no tattoos, not a yob, not a full head of hair unfortunately but not shaved, 12.4 stone well within recommended BMI.

Been around the Subaru scene a very long time, met lots of very nice people as a result.

[mcelliott]

alorotom said:

In 37 ... and yes I am a father although thankfully my 4.5yr old can articulate and reason a response better than that

37? Hard paper round.

[TEKNOPUG]

The PPP has an ecu reflash and is warrantied. This means it has a very conservative and safe map. Consequently it overfuels. If you got a custom tune it would relaese more power and also greater economy.

[alorotom]

mcelliott said:

37? Hard paper round.

Come again?

[Augustus Windsock]

jsf said:

rossub said:

wab172uk said:

I once went through a tank of fuel in about 100 miles.

Edited by wab172uk on Sunday 5th May 16:27

I can average 24 mpg in my Twin Scroll 2 litre Spec C, with 350bhp re-map. That’s 260 miles from the 50 litre tank.

Ok that’s driving like everyone else on the road and not too many heavy right foot moments, but it is do-able if need be.

I can get 325 miles out of a tank on a run in my 2.1 500BHP JDM STi after i remapped it in the cruise fuel zones, It used to empty the tank in 200 miles. It was never properly mapped for daily driver use, which isn't unusual for modded cars. How its mapped makes a huge difference.

Really????
Just can’t quite believe that, I drive my WR1 like a saint a couple of times on long journeys, steady throttle and hardly ever out of 6th, and never got that
As a counterpoint, SWMBO borrowed my Classic just after I met her and used it to travel from my house to Mablethorpe, a distance of 75 miles
Under an hour later my phone rang
“I’m here!”
“Here...where?” I replied
“My mums!”
“Impossible, it’s 75 miles away”
“Well I’m here. Brilliant car, overtook 3-4 cars at a time, reminds me of my Yamaha R6! Mind you, I’ve used 3/4 of a tank of fuel.....”

[anonymous-user]

Augustus Windsock said:

jsf said:

rossub said:

wab172uk said:

I once went through a tank of fuel in about 100 miles.

Edited by wab172uk on Sunday 5th May 16:27

I can average 24 mpg in my Twin Scroll 2 litre Spec C, with 350bhp re-map. That’s 260 miles from the 50 litre tank.

Ok that’s driving like everyone else on the road and not too many heavy right foot moments, but it is do-able if need be.

I can get 325 miles out of a tank on a run in my 2.1 500BHP JDM STi after i remapped it in the cruise fuel zones, It used to empty the tank in 200 miles. It was never properly mapped for daily driver use, which isn't unusual for modded cars. How its mapped makes a huge difference.

Really????
Just can’t quite believe that, I drive my WR1 like a saint a couple of times on long journeys, steady throttle and hardly ever out of 6th, and never got that
As a counterpoint, SWMBO borrowed my Classic just after I met her and used it to travel from my house to Mablethorpe, a distance of 75 miles
Under an hour later my phone rang
“I’m here!”
“Here...where?” I replied
“My mums!”
“Impossible, it’s 75 miles away”
“Well I’m here. Brilliant car, overtook 3-4 cars at a time, reminds me of my Yamaha R6! Mind you, I’ve used 3/4 of a tank of fuel.....”

Yup, really. I have a syvecs ECU running a MAP based strategy, so no MAF. Just mapped properly in the cruise zones with a 1.00 to 0.99 lambda target in the cruise areas.

piccie i took after i had done the map changes and popped over to a friends on a long run, then commuted to work for a week as i ran the tank down. This was when it gave the first sign of running low, i then drove to the fuel station and it had 325 miles on the clock. Just cruising i would probably get 350 miles out of it now.

[JayUK91]

TEKNOPUG said:

The PPP has an ecu reflash and is warrantied. This means it has a very conservative and safe map. Consequently it overfuels. If you got a custom tune it would relaese more power and also greater economy.

Can confirm this. My 03 STi PPP with just a K&N panel filter ran a 276 HP dyno run stock. After just a map tweak we achieved over 330 HP, but dialled back to 326 HP for daily use.

Instant 50 HP gain and 30 ft lbs torque just from a remap with no additional parts, there's no reason not to.

[MDMA .]

alorotom said:

mcelliott said:

37? Hard paper round.

Come again?

Your profile pic (if you) shows you as a bit of a receding hairline chubster. So not sure why you don't like the STI

[GibsonSG]

alorotom said:

Almost every Impreza I see (old and new) seems to be driven by bald/shaved head, overweight, tattood yobs - the image they portray is really bad

Pleased I never bought an STi blob eye back in 2006ish

Funny that. My wife drove these for years. And she's a mobile chiropodist in the sticks. If she couldn't get to clients in winter, she didn't earn any money. Plus having the quick ones meant she got to do more old people's feet in one day. Stereotypes eh?

Edited by GibsonSG on Sunday 5th May 21:53

[C.MW]

alorotom said:

Almost every Impreza I see (old and new) seems to be driven by bald/shaved head, overweight, tattood yobs - the image they portray is really bad

Pleased I never bought an STi blob eye back in 2006ish

The dumbest comment I've seen in a while. Why are you even here on PH?

[BlackPrince]

alorotom said:

In 37 ... and yes I am a father although thankfully my 4.5yr old can articulate and reason a response better than that

Im not sure if you're only referring to STIs from a decade ago, but these days in Canada anyway, most STIs I see are driven by 40-50yr old accounting/IT types. Yobbos drive AMGs and badly modified Audis. Come on mate get yer stereotypes right :P

Even on my numerous trips to the UK this year, most Scoobys and Evos are driven by geeky car enthusiasts and not drug-dealer wannabes (though last summer, I did get approached requesting drugs at a traffic light - and I'm a geeky looking Asian type)