MickeyWRX

yeah i always get the kids saying it looks great which is good but it would be better if older blokes would say it but i would have to get a TVR for that, chavs always ask about the top speed - i say around 150 and they say nah it'll be out 160 plus i grin and get back in the car get the odd boy racer up my **** in a 30 zone trying to impress his chav mates that i havent got the ***** to race through the town cente (coz they were born with the abillity to race)

chippy17

had my MY99 wagon for about a month and have not really had any attention one way or the other, even though it is bright red! What I have had is some ribbing from mates calling it the 'council estate chav car!'. The other joke was, 'does it come with an ASBO as standard'!?

SwissTony

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Tall Paul

I have a MY00 wagon. Don't get that much attention TBH. I think because they don't have the big wing on the back like the saloons people don't tend to know what it is and generally ignore it.

New_scooby_04

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I think the wing is a factor! Big wing = flash git in fast car in many people's minds. The wagon is much more discreet!

Still, I will be getting the Prodrive wing on my MY99 saloon car when I can find one at anything like a sensible price!

NS04

rb5ban91r

not too bad dont really get alot of stuff said kids say "nice car mate" other say " cool its got a dump valve"

cars nowt special really totally standard my99 scooby uk spec

mind you since owning it some ******* stood on the roof and caved it in a bit ( luckily it popped back out ) and i've now noticed a ding in passenger door bloody great

scoobymadburd

We get a lot of people looking i think its cos its a wagon and its unusual to see them cruising about!! We have had a nice designer scratch put up one side of the car but we sorted that out when the camera caught them doing it!! LOL


Claire

Brun

I'd like to modify my comment on post #2.
Have just driven past 4 lads (bout 11 years old) who were sat on a bench till they spotted me, at which point they all stood up on the bench and gave me a salute and the "we're not worthy" action - Not bad for 6k's worth of Jap tin can

Edmondo

Seemed to have attracted a lot more attention since De-Cat and Ninja BackBox went on........mind you I tend to bring it on myself as I love it when it pops and Bangs

monty baber

addy

The problem i tend to get is people always seem to think because you have a scooby you always want to race.Ijust let them get on with it most of the time.Ithink the wife always has problems with racer boys more than i do

Edmondo

Neilo

i think that the " bad attention" is more localised on the classics (as they are the shape everyone associates with a "subaru")....or anything with a hooning great spoiler....

No one has asked me if mine has got nos yet....but if they do, i shall politely reply, yes. As it does

jowl

he he. It's fair to say people talk more notice when my Ninja BB and Pro-drive spoiler went on

Neilo

ive had the prodrive spoiler on since delivery and it didnt seem to make any difference to who noticed it.....bit weird really....

Barmyclown

phelpsa

Completely standard 2002 WRX and it gets no attention whatsoever, unless they know about subarus Tend to get the odd look from people when its parked but no trouble or vandalism. When the full de-cat goes on it should get a few more looks though

lowlander

Don't have a subaru at the moment but remember that sort of attention my old westfield and Caterham used to bring. Mostly very positive with people being complimentary. Got the odd chav hurling verbal abuse at me. Don't know why really. These sorts of cars did turn heads though and although I loved driving them, I didn't like the attention they brought. All this didn't matter when driving out of town though and blatting down a nice twisty back road.

I remember being stuck in rush hour traffic in the Caterham. I had about 30 people actually stop and ask me about the car whilst waiting for the traffic to move again. The worst thing about driving an open top car is that there is nowhere to hide !

All the best.

Martin.

pimmo2000

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Although I drove a sport, it looked the business and I got a bit of attention. No one ever tried to race me from the lights! I found a lot of people shouting subaru at me for some reason, and one asked me how I can afford an Evo ???
Now I've sold it I can say I never had any trouble or damage to the car, apart from me hitting a ******* fence, I was late for work and kinda didnt leave enough space to stop
Got my caps robbed several times but who hasn't, Spat on and egged but not damaged... Miss it really, looking forward to my turbo, if I ever bloody find one

Nich B

I get the look into the far distance as they search for the Subaru rumble and ignore the fact its a Forester, import, full decat, etc etc.

Even Impreza owners seem oblivious to it, mind you I am getting close to 300bhp so they notice that when I press the go pedal

Everyone ignores it, no problems parking, chavs havnt got a clue, and thats the way I like it

Real street sleeper

Abdabz

Typical day was yesterday for me. Windows of the house open a family walk past, dad in his 40's and 2 young sons stop and openly discuss how its the best rally car in the world etc.... Then driving through town and the ladies cant help have a look and a gang of young lads all shouting "nice subaru mate" etc Mines a black MY02 WRX with morrettes and 5"HKS exhaust...
Its been keyed once outside my house but 3 years of Impreza ownership and just a key down the drivers side... Still not happy about it but when I read of the doors being kicked in and keys demanded etc I count myself very lucky...

Scooby Dan

My STI seems to get lots of good attention especially from kids, they usually wave or stick their thumbs up and give the odd shout if I give it a bit when pulling out of junctions. I always get people young and old asking me about the car, even my mums neighbour loves it and she's about 82!
Yesterday I was sat waiting for someone and a lad got out his mobile and took a picture of it!

LEE-WRX

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Mostly good attention, try not to park anywhere too dodgy, due to having a carbon fibre bonnet, the kids all seem to love it, lots of "cool car mate" and "how fast does it go" comments, pictures a couple of times, most the chavs admire it which is nice, rather that than being keyed or tyres popped.

Get a lot of grief off middle aged mondeo and vectra man, bmw and audi drivers try to bait me for a race, most the time i just ignore them, have been known to embaress them though lol

Plenty of female attention, quite funny sometimes especially when they stop kissing there boyfriends to look at the scoob instead

generally very good, got attention from would be car jackers in a bmw in leamington spa though, didn't hang around !

afroking

haha, mint!!

duSTI

People just stop and stare these days, hopefully for the right reasons

C2forWRX

just when your experiance with the car didnt seem too bad

Silvafox

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I've had mine 2 years now and mostly get a good attention (mainly from the younger ones) Had a couple of chavs shout things a while ago.... said 'we like burning Subarus' as they walked past as I had the window open. Just ignored them.

Had one woman shout out '...nice car, get rid of the girl though...' as my missus was sat next to me. That can be taken two ways...either she wanted my missus out so she could get some action...or my missus looks like a bulldog licking pith of a thistle...?!

Some old bloke on our street starting talking to me while I was cleaning it a few months ago, telling me he used to drive cars for Ford years and years ago...he even had a sit in it while it was covered in shampoo...while his dog was pi$$ing up my neighbours house!

On the whole...its all good!

MikeCardiff

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Better than the Subaru attention though is my wifes MGF - as shes young and ( although I say it myself - which I have to as I've married her and its too late now ) good looking, she always gets the anorak 60's MG owners bothering her.

She was on her own in Tescos once, just putting the shopping in the car, when some old bloke comes up and gives her a flyer for the classic MG owners club, saying they had local meetings etc... WTF ? does he just always carry them around with him, or had he been stalking her ???

Not that I would drive it though, dont want attention from male hairdressers thank you very much !

oobster

Mostly good attention for me, but i have noticed that people won't let me out into traffic at busy junctions as much as they did with my old, sensible diesel Pug.

bengsi

I usualy get all the kids waving and asking the usual "how fast" question but the only abuse I get comes from the local drunks who usualy hurl abuse at a distance but have very little to say when they see the brake lights come on! Possibly something to do with the exhaust making last nights frosty jack enduced hangover that much worse!