Was tootling down the road in my Corolla GTi-16 in mid 1995 when an ugly green wagon thing stuck its scoop adorned nose out of a side road in front of me. He took one look at me and started to go and I thought 'What the f**k is this goon doing?' All of a sudden he was gone and I was impressed with the traction and speed. All I could make out was the Subaru letters on the back.... bought a car mag.... looked it up.... the rest is history!

 

In 2004 i was wanting a toyota gt4 my boss said get the impreza instead now on my 4th have moved away but keep coming back

 

The rally pedigree that Subaru once had did it for me & the great Mcrae

 

I always wanted one as I'd got pictures of various racing cars on my wall at home... loved Richard Burns and Colin McRae. Had not been paying much interest to cars as I'd spent a lot of time abroad before I went to uni and visited a girlfriend in the Channel Islands. Her dad was manager of a Subaru garage there. One day he came home in a 22B and I asked if I could sit in it. He have me the keys and told me not to stack it. What an introduction lol

Despite a very long degree at university I managed to get one before I qualified using my student loan and a part time job... quite how I managed to scrimp to afford it I'll never know.

 

I had just sold my SLK and child no 4 was on the way and I needed a sensible 4 seat saloon.....then I drove past a forecourt with an 03 Blob STI sat there for £9995. Er. Well, I wonder why there are so many of these cars on Manx roads? So I found out for myself and am now on my second....I'll try not to crash this one.

 

Fun with a good level of practicality - I cant think of many other cars that have the same mix the Impreza does, especially at the price they can be had for now. Also as someone else said it's a bucket list car, is a great feeling owning an icon.

 

i didnt even want one i brought mine of a ex rally team co driver as a non runner for £800 with the intension of selling/brakeing it and making a profit after towing it back i fell in love and thats without even having the shed running lol it now owes me bout 4k so much for profit



still love it 3 years down the line tho bout to go out for a play i think

 

I had a classic as a project and it made me laugh , a quick bean can on wheels
Swapped that then purchased a bug for a project ( newer bean can )
Fun cars and millions of cheap parts for modding made me get another

 

the colour .. the spec.. the looks.. the practicality .. the cheap insurance..
the generous sized boot..

 

I wanted another 4x4 turbo car and was looking at Sti's or Evo's and found my Sti first. All the Evo's in my price range looked like they were owned by drug dealers and abused.

After this summer i want a Evo 9 though to give the dark side a try

 

Had a BMW 320i sports before my scoob.. But wanted something faster took an e36 M3 out test drive then followed by the P1 i was sold... The M3 had all the toys more buttons than my TV remote... But the P1 felt great to drive and looked better out the two

 

Dartford toll, as a young kid I thought my monster 1.6 seat Leon was a fair match out of the toll booths with a blob STI, it didn’t work out well and I ended up in a Subaru dealer age 22 buying a WRX Hawkeye!

Mcrae also played a big part in the dream

 

The looks, and the sound + the fact I always wanted one. Also happened to have 4 seats and a boot.

 

Always loved them but I actually went out to buy a sensible 4x4, I came back with a not so sensible one hubby was not as surprised as I thought he'd be on my third now (Subaru that is, not husband!) not looked at anything else since

 

After working on GPA, WRC imprezas and the sound they made I fell in love with them

 

I've had an evo for the past 5 years and always wanted a Hawkeye STI since they first came out, I recently sold the Evo 8 and saw that for the same money I can get a newer, lower mileage STI so I took the plunge - I pick it up on Sunday

 

Because when I turned 21 and was learning to drive, I found I could get insured on one reasonably as soon as I passed my test.

 

Way back in 1998 I started to read about them in the motoring magazines
And I specced one up at 26k 1999 I got divorced so my plans went on hold
2000 when I finally paid off the evil ex and bought myself a new house I had a few
Grand left and there was a brand new phone in green sitting in Stan palmers
Showroom I walked in and wrote out a cheque there and then
13 years on it still sits in the garage with my wrxd

 

was looking for a nice reliable 4 door family saloon


then member of the family showed me his scooby


ticked every box I could think of, and so much fun

 

The ugly neighbour never did approve of my mates pulsar in my garden with front exit exhaust, So I got me a Subaru so we could all get along but the Cu*t still doesn't appreciate that fine boxer sound lol

 

ALWAYS wanted one, since i was little and i can remember watching McRae on the TV
So i suppose it's Rally heritage for me

 

Childhood obsession developed by my elder brother and his obsession with mcrae. It was on the cards I was going to get one. Got one when I was 20, had a few and everytime I say right I'm going to get something sensible blah blah blah I find myself back here only months later! That's why this time I'm looking for a keeper!

"Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in"

 

And 4 doors.

 

was from watching the wrc Colin McRae and Richard burns,thought got to get one of them.the noise was awesome. Had my ist impreza turbo (r reg) in 2001,which I wrote off .then brought a 2 year old uk300 had that for 9 years now brought a 57 plate sti ppp,had for 4 months.

 

Needed something fast and track worthy, I hate subarus in general. But this one ticked all the boxes -

Over 500hp
Not blue
not got gold wheels
no spoiler
doesnt sound like a subaru

lol!

 

I needed a nice comfortable family saloon car with 4 doors and a boot......So i bought a Spec-C

 

Bloody Johnny Come Lately, had my second one on the way by then

 

wanted a track toy....

 

I like being diffrent, oh and the burble, oh and the looks, and that i can drive it like a normal car, get a wardrobe in it, the shopping, that its a beast in sheeps clothing.

Actually im gonna change that last statement to scares the sh*t out of me when i put my foot down.

 

Was a car on the 'Would like to own list' and very soon to be a 'Would like to sell list' car (working overseas).