phelpsa

It's not inferior to the blob-eye as it is essentialy the same car. I think the blob-eye is even uglier than the bug-eye. The blob-eye is the same comprimise as the bug-eye.

And why is it for the 'financially constrained' when bug-eyes are more expensive than equivilent classics?

Adam

TruthHurts

You are now contradicting yourself.

quote you earlier in the thread "51-reg bugeyes are selling for about the same price as the last of the classics"

At least try to be consistent.

phelpsa

2001 Y 2000 turbo

Franchised Dealer £ 9010
Independent Dealer £ 8625
Private Good £ 8395
Private Poor £ 6855
Part Exchange £ 7855

2001 Y 2.0 WRX (new shape)

Franchised Dealer £ 9095
Independent Dealer £ 8710
Private Good £ 8475
Private Poor £ 6920
Part Exchange £ 7930

TruthHurts

What is that meant to prove? That you just contradicted yourself?

"why is it for the 'financially constrained' when bug-eyes are more expensive than equivilent classics?"

"51-reg bugeyes are selling for about the same price as the last of the classics"

Which of those mutually exclusive statements do you believe?

Looking at your figures (taken from what source we have no idea)they seem to be more or less the same price.

phelpsa

The source is Parkers car guide.

Ok, I contradicted myself over the price, when you've been arguing that price doesnt matter? Why should you care then?

Adam

TruthHurts

Firstly Parkers is a bag of sh1te you may as well have just made some figures up.

I don't 'care' that you contradict yourself I'm just pointing it out because you seem to be making it up as you go along. What are you going to contradict yourself on next I wonder?

phelpsa

Making it up as I go along pahh. What have I made up? I'm just tryin to have a simple friendly debate not a offence throwing match!

Anyway I think im doing pretty well considering you're probably at least twice my age!

Adam

TruthHurts

You're 15 and own a bugeye? Well done.

As for the debate I already won it when you entered on the losing side.

Put simply what's wrong with the bugeye is that it isn't fast for the amount of money it costs to run. Add to that styling which is universally despised (except of course by those that own them) the fact it's slower than the car that came before it and that you can buy a blobeye for a few K more and it's clear to see the problem.

phelpsa

Thankyou

TruthHurts

You're welcome, when I was that age I had to make do with a MK2 escort.

fallwood

So what about those that bought them new, not really a financial decision then is it. I had the choice of 2 when I bought mine a bugeye in black with morette conversion and a blobeye in silver , price difference or 1.5k and 1yr in age between the 2, I could easily have afforded to buy either but preffered the look of the bug with the morette's , as they drove exactly the same I went for the one I liked the look of, to say that its a poor mans impreza is a very lame argument it cost the same new as all other imprezzas (appart from sti etc).

phelpsa

y car (the scooby is my dads) has a few Mk2 escort parts (steering rack). Its a 140bhp, 420kg Locost.

TruthHurts

People who bought them new got owned by Subaru although................we are talking about now, the present, or at least I thought we were.

Blobeye I drove MY2004 felt a lot faster than the MY2001 Bugeye I looked at when getting rid of my 'classic'.

phelpsa

May have felt it, but it only has an extra 7bhp and also gained 10 kgs.

fallwood

I generally buy cars 2 yrs old so I dont have to eat the huge losses incurred when buying new , so whatever is available around that age is what I buy, next yr I will be looking for a 2 yr old sti so I suppose it will be a blobeye, cant beleive ur making such a fuss over a set of headlights and a few minor cosmetic changes, from the headlights back the bug and blob look and handle practically the same, as for the classic , well its an old car isnt it ,I dont buy old cars.

TruthHurts

The classic is an old car yes.

The naysayers are aware of the 18 second 0-100 time of the bugeye I take it?

Blobeye is more than a few horsies.

fallwood

17.93s vs 17.49s, the blob's not exactly hugely faster, i'd be surprised if you could tell the difference on the road, as mine does it in about 12s I dont really care how fast it is in standard form.

TruthHurts

May as well be an eternity might it? Must be a p1sser when you're driving your fugly rally rep and get caned by a diesel.......

Obviously not modified cars like the mighty fallwood and his poverty fugly but you know what I mean.

fallwood

I am mighty indeed, mighty rich, mighty handsome and mighty happy I bought my bugeye, just wish you could be as happy with life as I am, looks really good parked outside my 500k house along with my 2 other cars. Poverty HA HA that one will keep me amused all day as im counting my money.

eric Scofield

A bit off topic ... but if this Truthhurts ... (I'll leave you to fill in the description, though tw*t springs to mind as a preference) is female then I'm a 95yr old Chinese sword swallower from Peckham ...

phelpsa

He has confirmed that he is male, therefore you are not a 95yr old Chinese sword swallower from Peckham

eric Scofield

Thank f*ck for that ...

EEZY

TruthHurts...I cant beleive you are getting away with this as lightly as you are, your remarks where you will calling people poor and saying about scavenging throuh bins...Your a dick!!! what makes you better then those people that actually have to do that....your personality??? your kindness?? your use of the internet to make new friends and talk to people with similar interests??

You also remarked about people being sad and coming on here when not at work....When in reality what is sad is people coming onto a subaru site to discriminate against subaru owners!!!

I own a 97 sport that cost me <3000 now im sure you will have a lot to say about this.....but i am 18 and have worked ****ing hard to get the car which i want!!!

Now you could own £1000000 worth of cars and you would still be a dick!!

now if you dnt mind im a stuck up bitch with no friends.com is missing there regular...

eric Scofield

er "I'm a stuck up B*STARD with no friends.com" I think you'll find ...

scooby.reed

your such a f@@king ignoramous visitor to these shores who uses UK hotels for comfort breaks because ther are obviously none in your ******* shanty town, and then further proceeds to come onto Scoobynet slagging Subaru's off regardless of the model because you drive a ******* German Cortina then get touchy when someone accuses you of catching your fella ******** a bugeye owner when the OBVIOUS FACT can be seen in your reply below that your 'partner' is some other shantytown sl@pper *******. P155 off with your german sh1te and hassle some other forum but leave Scoobynet and Subaru's alone. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder

scooby.reed

what a ****

Barmyclown

For all those people on about the differance in performance between a bugeye and a classic/ Blob onwards, How many Type RA/R or 22b owners do you see saying that the uk classic/ blobeye is an under powered slow piece of poo. Virtually none.

And there are to differant types of bugeye wrx, the 01 Yplate and 51 Plate, and the 02 , 02, 52 possibly 03 plate. You can tell the differance by the fact the MY02 has no visible radio ariel, other changes were allegedly made to the uppipe and ecu map to make the engine smoother at low rpm, could theses later bugeyes have secretly had the 03 engine mods of the blobeyes. And before anyone says surely they would change the official specs, at the bottom of them it says "subaru reserves the right to change the specification without notification" .

I don`t think this is the first time that they have secretly done this. And also no one is taking into account of the fact you could get a good engine or a bad engine on any of the models thus making a differance in performance.

Asbestos suit at the ready.

pslewis

Big and brave from the comfort of your swivel chair!!

Pete

yoza

Scooby-reed: I was looking around your car the other day, in Morrisons car park, I thought you had 4 flat tyres...

Didnt know you where on here.

There was some other pr1ck in the carpark with a SHAGGY plate, do you know him ?....he is a scouse **** too....

scooby.reed

too true, beats yours and your moma's trailer any day but if you can drag yourself away from the comfort of your sister's bed I'd be happy to oblige