This is a battle that continues to rage, but I would like your opinions please.

The scenario is that you have £30,000 to spend on a Scooby of your choice, what version would you buy?

Classic
Facelift
Bugeye
Blobeye
Hawkeye
2008?

The actual poll for this is:https://www.scoobynet.com/essex-scoo...ml#post7550428

This IS NOT a debate as to which model is better, but a poll to find the most popular incarnation.

Thank you

 

classic and tune the nuts out of it

 

facelift type R and all the toppings

 

bugeye

 

Hawkeye Spec C RA
Hawkeye Spec C RA-R
2008 STi PPP400

One of those would do for £30k.

Maybe a Type25

There's no way i'd buy a classic with that sort of money.

 

Classic, Typr R or 22B turn it into a monster

 

Classic....

 

You're kidding right?

You're telling me if you had £30k to spend on a Subaru, which pretty much covers most of the range. You'd buy a classic?

 

Classic, tune it a bit and then get a new bathroom installed...in my flat, I ain't doing some kinda crazy Topgear conversion

 

If I had 30K I HAD to spend on one Impreza it would be a 2door classic tuned to perfection....not for outright track/power but for everyday useability...

Simon

 

I would Indeed, and to date I have probably sank a good 15k into mine already....with many more pounds to spend on it....

I love em, however I would like a two door type R, but I'm happy with what I have at the minute, then one day I may have a Type R and keep the RA.

 

Classic rules . . .

 

Mint late classic with tasteful performance modifications under the skin and keep 20 grand.

 

Oh, if the options were to get a new bathroom/holiday or keep the money, then yes, i'd probably get a well tuned classic and keep the majority of the money.

But i didn't see that option.

If it was spend the money only on the car or lose it. I wander what peoples opinions would be then.....

 

Oh, in that case I'd have a 2004/2005 type 25 and buy a few more bits for it with whatever was left.

 

Hawkeye ........ i would sell you my wrx for £30,000

 

What he said

 

If I could get one for £30k.....S204

 

oooooooooo i like the above one lol

 

Gaz's post is so close to perfection I see no reason to add to it.

 

A thing a beauty..........and handling prowess.

 

RA-R but with the seats from an S204

Or

JDM Prodrive Style Bugeye (Spec C based) and mod it.

Or

22b best I could find and hide it away

Or

Tidy Classic Type R WRC V Ltd and pay off a chunk of the mortgage.

If I had £30K

 

For me it would be (in no particular order):

1. S204.
2. 22B.
3. Hawkeye Spec C RA-R.

Wolfie.

 

hmmm 22b or type r fully loaded or maybe a hawkeye s204


ahhhhhh the choices , my brain is melting

 

This one please !

 

good answer well presented

 

like many replys think i wud have to go with a late classic maybe a p1 and tastefully tune and keep sum of the coin for a rainy day

 

Sorry to hijack, but here's a twist on things. What about if you had 10 grand to spend?

Just I've got to the point where I've spent a fair whack on keeping my v4 wagon on the road and tuning it up ('maintenance' as far as the wife's concerned) but I got to thinking, would I be better off using something newer as a base car to work from. When I look at the cost of 6-speed STi gearboxes which are needed for a big power classic, I wonder whether it would make more sense to buy the whole car as well as the box? No idea what these things cost though.

Keeping on topic though, I'd really love a mint STi 6 wagon then do the necessary to find 450bhp, and do it properly, planned and in one go, rather than a bit here and a bit there, as most of us end up doing, me included!

 

For £10K i'd get a Sti Type UK Prodrive Style

 

DITTO says it all really

Looking at the Poll above 1/3rd of Votes for Classic and 2/3rd for Newage

Who would spend £30K on a 8+ year old Classic

Tony