albino_massive@hotmail

Hi guys.
Thought id share my new purchase today. Loving it so far.
Done my research before I bought but still new to the Subaru world so hope to increase my knowledge here.
Sorry about the crap pics lol all I got at the moment.
Had 5 owners before me. Anyone know it?

joz8968

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Nice unmolested, 'widetrack' Blobeye.

I'm guessing by the Subaru boot badge, it's a UK car (with the single scroll VF35 and no DCCD)?

albino_massive@hotmail

Thanks mate.got lucky I think. Decent price and I caught him as soon as he put it up for sale.
Completly standard as far as I know which is what I wanted and its in great condition.
Just gonna keep it tidy and enjoy it for the time being.

joz8968

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If I was to sell my STi 5, then that's the car I'd get to replace it, too.

albino_massive@hotmail

Yup Spot on mate. I was wondering why it didn't have dccd. Thought the wide tracks came with it but I must of been mistaken.

ossett2k2

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Welcome along
Car looks well.

albino_massive@hotmail

Thanks mate ☺
Just hope the weather's better tomorrow so I can give it a clean and then go for a nice drive haha

joz8968

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Take it as a positive: easier to control!

albino_massive@hotmail

Yea I wasn't to fussed about it to be honest.
Came from a old bmw 328I which I fettled with and was running 230bhp.
Was shocked how much quicker this was.
Just sitting at home now and still got a massive from on my face haha

joz8968

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I bet you love the exciting 'turbo shove'?

You know it makes sense.

albino_massive@hotmail

Haha yea mate loving it.

ZANY

Very nice example and welcome

Non dccd widetrack pretty rare and less to go wrong

albino_massive@hotmail

Thanks mate ☺
One thing I have noticed though is when its been warmed up and turned of it can take a couple of cranks of the starter to start up? Anyone heard of this issue or am I just being paranoid?

RAF1

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I think chances are its an import from Cyprus / Malta or something as they didnt come with DCCD like the UK cars but everything else is 'uk spec'

Raf
p.s. Nice car by the way..

joz8968

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^^^ There you go, albino - so the UK widetrack DID get DCCD, then. I believe it had DCCD-A, with a 'select and forget' auto setting.

So yeah, as above, I guess yours must be a 'RoW' market widetrack, then?

scoobyboy1

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This^^^, I think a lot of car supermarkets had a load of Malta/Cyprus blobeye WRX and STi's come in and the STi's didnt come with DCCD like the UK cars, pretty sure they come without locking wheel nuts and a cat 1 alarm but with the age of these cars now chances are they could have been added at some point!!!

I had a Cyprus import blobeye when it was 6 months old and mine didnt come with a service booklet either I had to get one from a dealer!!!

Also looks a nice car from the pictures!!!

albino_massive@hotmail

Cheers guys for the info.
Very interesting to know!
As when I went to get the insurance done it didn't say what type of impreza it was so had to tell them.
Its got gdb on the v5 thpugh which if I'm right in saying tells u its a sti

jaygsi

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Nice car, enjoy it, you got it at the right time aswell with winter on the way can't beat 4 wheel drive.

albino_massive@hotmail

Thanks mate. No cleaning today but met some mates for a little b road drive through Hampshire.

The Dogs B******s

Very Nice

joz8968

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How did yours compare to the M3, FST and CTR, acceleration-wise?

albino_massive@hotmail

M3 was just a tad quicker.
The st there was nothing in it as its tuned to Just under 300 bhp roughly and the poor type r was tagging behind us all day lol.
Was a good little drive.
Very impressed with the sti...I'm a happy man haha
This was all from about 40-50mph

Matty_WRX_Wagon

Very nice mate

I have a STI type UK and mine came from Malta..

albino_massive@hotmail

Thanks mate
Just had a look.
Very nice motor! I originally wanted a black one but this came up and I couldn't resist lol
With 330bhp I bet that goes alright

Matty_WRX_Wagon

Blacks a nightmare to keep clean lol it doesn't go to bad to be fair fella

albino_massive@hotmail

Haha yea I've had a black car in the past.
Pretty sure I was cleaning it more then I was driving it lol

Scooby-Mark

My 05 widetrack Maltese import has DCCD but had no cat 1 alarm factory fitted, think the imports weren't under sealed either.

It shows up as a UK car on some insurance websites but I know its from Malta because of the owners handbook and paperwork.