stoney dooby doo

JUST WONDERED IF ANYONE HAS OWNED ONE OF THESE OR IF ANYONE HAS DRIVEN ONE. THEY ARE ONE OFMY FAVOURITE CARS OF ALL TIME I LOVE EM. ONE DAY I WILL HAVE ONE BUT NOT FOR A FEW YEARS. JUST WONDERED WHAT EVERYONE ELSES OPINIONS OF THEM ARE.

Paulo P

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I used to own a 16 valve integrale. It was a great car to drive and it was great fun but I'd never own another. The electrics on them were a pain, you had to repeatedly clean all of the earth points Left hand drive felt good though

bugeyeandy

I had an 8 valve Integrale.
I can only echo what Paul says.
Fantastic car when it's running perfect - complete pain in the neck otherwise.
Electrically speaking it was a turd.
Handling wise it was sublime on the right roads with sharp turn in and great poise but like many 4wd cars mine did have a fair bit of understeer if you got it wrong.
Would have another in a flash if I could afford a late EVO model as a 2nd car.

GC8

Paul, you big woman! I had to have the fusebox on my HPE VX sandblasted twice! Cleaning the odd earth contact is nothing.....

Simon

Paulo P

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lol Unbolting the earth point from behind the offside headlight and cleaning it up was a regular thing.

500

Cant bring myself to sell it

knowing your way around a car is a big advantage though

I wore Dunlop off the sidewalls

madmooro

mate had one and he had the same electics problems and also a fueling issuse which he never sorted .but when it run right dam fast car to 130

redevo

Stunning car put my Scooby to shame in the handling department and nothing this side off 50 grand looks as stunning as an integrale Evo.

GazTheHat

They're great cars, but i got fed up with the constant maintenance. I was actually disappointed when i bought my classic impreza. Wouldn't have another one though.

Smurf2k

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Used to pass walkers in S otteringtin when I was working up there and always wanted one, Never knew the value of these things till I stopped one day and say a price ticket of £14995 on one. If I had the cash I would get one without a doubt just its a lot of ££££ for such an old car

mozzaITA

They are amazing, mate used to have a giallo one (yellow) it was beautiful, infact i saw one the other day he was chasing a Maserati Ghibli cup in red (1 of 50 odd in RHD i know the owner) what a site.....

Forza Italia

Rob16v

I've had my Evo 1 for five years now, done numerous trackdays, Ring etc and never had any real problems. It is as fantastic now as it ever was and stands out more and more with every year that goes by. I still maintain it is one of the fastest point-to-point cars you can buy. More recent Jap stuff may go faster, but nothing has the same blend of power, performance and driver feedback as a Grale.

BUT, this is not a Jap rally rep or a hot hatch. It is a genuine Italian supercar and needs to be treated as such. Preventative maintenance is the key, and lots of it. Budget for at least £2000 a year. You CANNOT run these cars on the cheap. They will bite you on the @rse. But a good one is never going to lose you money and prices are going up already. And just ask yourself why such an old car still commands such high prices.

It is the only car I ever wanted and I will never ever sell it.


Rob


check out evoforum.net and the delphi evocorner forum, which is where we all live.

dsmith

Holds a special place in my heart from seeing them in the early 90s.

Would definatley get a place in the mythical lottery winning barn of cars . A long with some bloke to spend his days cleaning the electrics by the sound of it