MY 2011 Saloon / Hatch, show yourselves! Pics & chat
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MY 2011 Saloon / Hatch, show yourselves! Pics & chat
Thought somebody ought to start a thread.............., might as well be me.
Some pics of a road trip we went on this week. 555 miles waaay up north. Awesome.
Some pics of a road trip we went on this week. 555 miles waaay up north. Awesome.
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North west Scotland on the A894. The bridge is Kylesku about 40 miles north of Ullapool.
Some of the best scenery in the world, although I may be a bit biased.
Some of the best scenery in the world, although I may be a bit biased.
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Really nice pics, brought back some memories of a similar trip I did in a VW camper many many moons ago
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Thanks for the comments guys.
The 1st pic is looking north on the B862 north of Spean Bridge.
2nd is looking towards Bonar Bridge on the B9176 (melted an M3 on the damp twisty road before stopping to take the pic )
3rd is A837 north of Lairg
4th & 5th are around Kinlochbervie (well north!)
6th is next to Scourie
7th is the Kylesku bridge
8th is A894 north of Ullapool.
All awesome roads, especially in the scooby. Even the Mrs enjoyed the run despite some brisk driving
The car was right in its element. Just brilliant to drive on those roads, and despite numerous STi only overtakes and 'seeing what it could do' returned 29.4 mpg on the trip. Have to plan it carefully though as Super UL not easy to find up there. Ullapool has it though. (151.9 per litre!)
The 1st pic is looking north on the B862 north of Spean Bridge.
2nd is looking towards Bonar Bridge on the B9176 (melted an M3 on the damp twisty road before stopping to take the pic )
3rd is A837 north of Lairg
4th & 5th are around Kinlochbervie (well north!)
6th is next to Scourie
7th is the Kylesku bridge
8th is A894 north of Ullapool.
All awesome roads, especially in the scooby. Even the Mrs enjoyed the run despite some brisk driving
The car was right in its element. Just brilliant to drive on those roads, and despite numerous STi only overtakes and 'seeing what it could do' returned 29.4 mpg on the trip. Have to plan it carefully though as Super UL not easy to find up there. Ullapool has it though. (151.9 per litre!)
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Glad you finally got one Norm and its looks great, it must have been a couple of years ago you started thinking of a hatch, keep looking at the new shape myself but cannot justify the extra cash on a car that is not much different looking to what I have!
Are they dealer fit Vred tyres?
Are they dealer fit Vred tyres?
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Glad you finally got one Norm and its looks great, it must have been a couple of years ago you started thinking of a hatch, keep looking at the new shape myself but cannot justify the extra cash on a car that is not much different looking to what I have!
Are they dealer fit Vred tyres?
Are they dealer fit Vred tyres?
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I didn't think the dealer would fit them, my experience of all car dealers (not just Subaru) is they like to fit the most expensive tyre on the market and then charge more than anyone else, those Vreds are a bargain!
Anyway car looks great, making me reconsider a new hatch, or my cheaper plan of fitting a 2011 front bumber and grille!! ;-)
Anyway car looks great, making me reconsider a new hatch, or my cheaper plan of fitting a 2011 front bumber and grille!! ;-)
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I didn't think the dealer would fit them, my experience of all car dealers (not just Subaru) is they like to fit the most expensive tyre on the market and then charge more than anyone else, those Vreds are a bargain!
Anyway car looks great, making me reconsider a new hatch, or my cheaper plan of fitting a 2011 front bumber and grille!! ;-)
Anyway car looks great, making me reconsider a new hatch, or my cheaper plan of fitting a 2011 front bumber and grille!! ;-)
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Nice car budgie. But then I would say that
Can't make my mind up about a front lip. My car is going in for a lower grill as soon as I can find the time though.
Can't make my mind up about a front lip. My car is going in for a lower grill as soon as I can find the time though.
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I did buy a 330s last time but stupidly sold it and missed it so much came back 12 months later! I had to import the tyres myself and the dealer fitted them to the alloys which were an extra. I think this one looks much more agressive than the 330s, I always wanted the GT2 wheels but couldn't justify it on the 330s this time I just didn't tell the wife!
welcome to the very exclusive Prodrive GT2 club..
cough cough... 2009 Sti 330s
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As stated above always wanted them on the 330s and got a deal on them this time around. Think they suit the Hatch and the car always looks better with bigger wheels due to that 'gap' between the rear wheel and the windows.
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Is that a HTAuto Spoiler?
It has always had a droop in centre!! (between Air dam) but After 3k miles the lip spoiler started to get more droop when staionary and folding down at near 90% at 70-80mph , (spotted by a car mirror I was following)
Dealership has now given it VIAGRA and fitted a few slightly bigger screws with "Repair" washers, now quite stiff and level with both sides no more drooping
It may be worth putting small repair washers on existing size screws. I'd prefer spoiler to be a the "weak point" rather than front bumper
i have the Zunsport grill in black and very nice quality (you may notice spoiler slightly drooping after about 1k miles)
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I thought i'd better add a few of mine
I've removed most of the "badges" asit was just tooo "Busy" before and had the silver boot thingy colour coded
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I've removed most of the "badges" asit was just tooo "Busy" before and had the silver boot thingy colour coded
Tony