Dan W

Charcoal grey hatchback STI with Gold wheels and XRC on number plate entering Newport Sainsburys today.

Very quiet exhaust.

STI Glenn

They are standard Dan

legacy82

Yesterday a Nice clean blob sti with private plate s500 byg on A4063 inbetween tondu traffic lights and the aberkenfig roundabout

Dan W

It was very quiet. No Burble.

Does the Hatch have unequal length manifolds then?

andyleonard55

Im running the standard exhausts on my 2010 hatch and it is quiet compared to most scoobys I hear,when eventually my Jetex cat back quads arrive(still Bl**dy waiting) it will sound better than it does but still wont sound like most others do,dont know why,Ty suggested to put a resonating centre pipe in which might help but also might make the cabin noisier

LuckyWelshchap

If you want a noisy cabin come into mine.
I think a flight in a plane is quieter !

Peter Pan

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Nice Silver S203 on the dual carriageway heading towards the McDonalds roundabout in Pontypool just after 8 this morning

Infected by sti

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Can't say I've seen one of those in the flesh yet, do we have nearly a full house of the S series

Peter Pan

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Would seem so, it certainly looked the genuine article, S203 grill badge, 203 alloys and rear spoiler. I'm sure those cars are out there as rare as they are but like my old man, he's got a nice Spec C but he's not a member on Scoobynet so I guess people on here wouldn't know the car or have seen it around.

Dan W

Are you sure it was an S203 and not Glenn in his S204?

I only ask because I pass Glenn's place every morning on my way to work and on that morning his car was not on is drive. When I passed around lunchtime it was back.

Being such a rare species I am just wondering if what you saw might have been Glenn. There really aren't that many about. Was the car you saw a Hawkeye or Blobeye?

I am sure you know that if it was a blob it was indeed an S203 but if it was a hawk it was likely an S204.

Hurhur

Blue wrx blob Went to shop in Dunvant? By hungry horse

Say 4.30
Looked out my window and it was parked up

mervil

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BusterBulldog in his works van near Sainsbury in Blackwood

Busterbulldog

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Im fitting a heating system in Woodfieldside...mind you I only live down the road from Sainsburys

Peter Pan

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It was without doubt a blobeye which would make it a 203, identical to the one towards the back of the Brian Long hard back Impreza book.

mervil

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I was collecting some bits from Parts Center on the estate ! I was in a big yellow van

Dan W

I see. I am pleased to hear that because I will enjoy keeping a look out for it.
I have not seen an S203 in the flesh. I had to ask though seeing that Glenn was out and about at the same time. I was in two minds to ask aswell because you seemed quite sure in your original post.

there are sooooo few Imprezas about these days its always a treat to see one.
I see two RB320's fairly regularly in and around Usk. A white 3rd Generation saloon in the same area but thats about it. I see Glenn's of course as I pass on my commute but apart from that I see the odd WR blue blobeye hear and there. Nothing else.

Simon (SSS) and I were discussing this the other day up at Ace Performance Cars Headquarters. Where have they all gone???

LuckyWelshchap

Come up to Aber Dan, they're all over the place here.

I know of at least 7, and the only 'doubles' are two WRC blue STis.

LuckyWelshchap

Blue WRX (I think) S22 reg (?) heading north on A467 by Glyndawr Ind Estate before 08:00.

My apologies for seeing you too late (too busy looking out for how far the tailback at the roadworks was !).

Dan W

I made a flying visit monday. I think I saw you parked outsaide Queen Street School.

My visits are always very brief presently. i am still hoping to pop in and catch up Dai.

dan

LuckyWelshchap

Yep, that would have been me.
Tied the wreathes to the cenotaph to prevent the wind blowing them everywhere, then started 'the school run' collecting the 'Poppy Boxes'.

Busterbulldog

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When I lived up there it was xr3i ,rs turbo city,guess they moved onto Scoobs instead. Blaina boy me,married an Aber girl. Lived in Hillcrest,Cwmtillery for a few years.

Busterbulldog

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Next time wave or blow a kiss ...are you local then?

The Stitcher

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White Newage spec c Gelli industrial estate around 6 pm tonight

WacPo

Snap. I'm a Blaina/Nantyglo boy that married a Cwmtillery (Victoria St) girl.
In my day we aspired to 1600E's - needless to say I never had a bugger!

LuckyWelshchap

Ah, Hillcrest.
Used to call it 'the Snakepit' when we delivered the milk, didn't we Dan ?

Peter Pan

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Obviously not sure how local the S203 is as it's the first time I've seen it but I'll keep an eye for it again. Your right, getting a pretty rare sight I was only saying to the Mrs the other week that we can go for a Sunday drive and clock up a fair few miles and not see another these days.

Dan W

Crikey, that takes me back Dai. We did indeed call it the Snakepit.

Remember the Blue Hliux Dai - and the blue Bedford van? I used to think the van was great. That was the first vehicle I properly learned to drive in.

Dan W

I just want to add - that even though we used to call Hillcrest the Snakepit I personally like the area. My ex misses lived just around the corner just down from the Blaentillery.

Aber used to full of XR3's 3i's RS's Cosworths etc. People had some very nice cars there back in the late 80s and early 90's. Some 3.0 S Capri's about aswell.

Apart from the higher end models about there was a few older cars that had seen better days.
I can remember that the police would regularly pull over boys in the Mark I and MarkII Escorts to check if they had MOT’s and were road worthy.

I can remember a boy in Six Bells owning a green Turbo 2000 in about 1998-1999. It was the first Impreza I saw with any regularity.

Then Dai (luckwelshchap) bought his Catalunya and that was a regular site on the roads of Aber. The only two Imprezas in the town at that time.

What year did you buy that Catalunya Dai?

Dan W

When out on a fairly long drive me and my oldest boy set ourselves a mission to count how many Subarus we see compared to a once less common sight on our roads such as-BMW's Audi's or VW's.

We pick pick one manufacturer and count how many we see compared to how many Subarus.

Need I even outline the outcome.

bigphilbaby

seems alot people bought impreza in south wales area, all i keep seeing, not sure because i used to own one that i notice them more or fact they try race me all the time lol