What happened to old pete lewis, legend that man. was a great forum back in the day.

 

He blew up and all that was left was a smoking pair of shoes.

 

I'm still alive at 58.............which is more than can be said for the bug

 

Midlife (Shaun) that is a blast from the past I did hear on the grapevine that you still had the bug??? or is it sitting in your garage feeling sorry for itself the consulting work still going strong ??

 

More to the point and what I’m interested knowing, how many of us, you old timers still own a Subaru?, I’ve just bought my 7th at the age of 50, I must be barmy

 

I've been on here since the late 90's under various names as I usually forgot my username and or password. There weren't many registered users back then and I suppose I had an Impreza before some of you lot were born!

49 this year and on my 5th Impreza, starting out as a fledgling owner of a brand new Catalunya (number 100) way back in 1997. The pleasure of a P1 in 2000 which now seems a lifetime ago and now enjoying a Spec C Type RA Hawkeye and something from the dark side for the summer weekends.

bugger - i feel old now

but on the plus side insurance is relatively cheap

Cheers Rob

 

Still going strong at 59, same as MY 99 owned since new, cant be many left now.
161,000 engine could do with a refresh now.

 

Assuming you get 25 mpg, that equates to 6440 gallons of petrol used.

At £4.00 av a gallon thats £25,760, over 19 years, £1356.00 a year.

If like me you can,t put a price on contentment, thats a real cheap way to go around with a smile on your face for 19 years.

I,m on £12.800 worth of smile miles..............

can someone check the math( it,s not my strong point), and i could be talking nonsence it has been know

 

41 and on my 14th Subaru

Did try and be more sensible with a M3 but swapped it for my present Spec C

 

'Once you have black, you never go back'

 

Pretty much spot on...

The ave price of (all) UL in 1999 was around 60ppl *. Today, literally, the national ave of SUL is 130.6 **. So over the last 19yrs (albeit very crude ***) that's a 'per annum' ave price of 95.3ppl, or £4.33 per gallon.


* Source (page 3): http://researchbriefings.files.parli...12/SN04712.pdf

** Source: https://www.petrolprices.com

*** Pun unintentional lol

 

I was here 2000 onwards (alias Fosters originally) with a prodrive my00 turbo, but life got in the way.

 

 

Were the 2.5 engines really that bad then ....

 

I've been on here pretty much from the start but with various user names (STiBlues, WRXBlues, etc) as I keep changing laptops and forgetting passwords...
54 years old and 13 Imprezas and 2 Leggys since 1998

 

@ProdriveTim, @Anger
Of your 15 and 14 Subarus respectively, which did you enjoy the most?

 

My original UK2000 in some ways - it felt so quick compared to anything else I had driven at the time. Unfortunately I learnt about legendary scoob lift-off understeer with that one...
That said, still fondly remember No.2 - an STi Version 3 - only running around 310-320bhp but plenty quick enough and best gearbox out of all of them (in my opinion). After that, probably the first JDM twinscroll I owned - a black 'API 350' Blobeye STi.
I wouldn't describe myself as a good driver and actually find I can cover the ground fastest in the Blitzen Leggy - only 302HP but you can drive it ***** out without it biting your backside! The Leggy suspension (again in my opinion) seems to suit UK roads better. My Spec D is an absolute bone-breaker!

 

I wish I'd had 7 Subaru's

Having owned or driven 30+ other company cars by now,
I find just don't need or want a different private one to a Subaru.
The only one that came close was Lancia's 16V at the time I owned a Martini 8V.

At 54 I thought I was old geezer in my Subaru but like +Doc+ , if I can wrestle the keys back from my sons, I'm off to pass some Germans this weekend.

On the other hand I wonder what time I can put up in my Audi 100

 

The RA out of the classic




This one out of the newages, spent far to much on it tho with a built 2.35 putting out 557 on pump fuel

 

Joined in 2005 with a 2.0 GL NA scoob,

Thats long gone, but i do have a nice H6 3.0 now

Although it's due for some TLC, bloody Subaru reliablity!

112K and a cvjoint is failing, seriously dissapointed lol

Some familiar names in the list, and some not so familiar

Some that will be missed, and some that wont

 

 

Hello stranger

What you driving about in these days?

Cheers
Frank

 

Sixty years Young and on just my second Impreza.

 

I'm 37 on my second Subaru joined years ago under another name but forgot my login details. Used to drive a black forester turbo

 

Nice one

 

Cheers Young man

 

@ProdriveTim, @Anger
Thanks for the answers, good to know.
I guess that when you've owned a few you know which are the genuinely desirable ones.

 

 

Hi Kosy,

Yup. Still got it. Must be 10yrs + by now :eek
Good to hear all is well bud. I’m sure you’re missing the P1.... I miss the seats

Cheers
Frank

 

I think you could call me an old timer
One of the original muppets.
Sadly the Impreza is long gone though...