New winter car - Hawkeye STI
My daily drive for the past 5 years has been a Morgan 4/4 Sport, and as I live in the mountains I finally came to accept that a winter car was probably a good idea.
Requirements were:
Huge indecision about what to get - for quite some time a Lancia Delta Integrale Evo was right up there, but reliability & costs were a worry. A friend suggested an Impreza, and when I mentioned this to the long-haired General, the decision was made with her comment "Oooh. I like Subarus". And so it came to pass: https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.sco...89432ef068.jpg https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.sco...32b45d5779.jpg 29000 miles. In very good nick, and came with a (spare) set of original wheels, roll bars, suspension, and complete exhaust. 358 WHP on a rolling road in Switzerland. An absolute joy to drive. |
welcome, nice car you have there
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Originally Posted by powerwrx
(Post 11876951)
welcome, nice car you have there
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Welcome, great car. We hope to visiting some French mountains this winter in our Impreza
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Originally Posted by hedgecutter
(Post 11876995)
Welcome, great car. We hope to visiting some French mountains this winter in our Impreza
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Originally Posted by Oyibo
(Post 11877076)
Thanks Hedgecutter. Hope you have a good trip - I was reading a Canadian forum on Subarus and they rave about their handling in the snow.
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Originally Posted by hedgecutter
(Post 11877094)
Sublime with winter tyres. Where do you live ? We will be heading up the Maurienne Valley, and maybe through the Frejus to Montgenevre, after staying with friends between Lyon and Chambery. Nearly moved to France this year !!
I'm a bit further north - 25kms away from Geneva, but in France. La Vallče Verte! |
I must have been past on the way to Les Carroz a few years ago; We went to the Maurienne after finding places too busy in the mega resorts, so if you know any hidden gems to ski ?! We look for small and empty, with easily accessible off piste. Talking of 2 wheels, one of the best things to happen to me in France was on the auto route through Chambery a few years ago, in spring. All the sports bikes were out, and this guy came alongside, gesturing. I thought he was giving me the finger for some reason, and looked again... he pointed at his fuel tank ( Triumph), gave us a massive thumbs up, and roared off. It made my day, especially from a Frenchman !
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Originally Posted by hedgecutter
(Post 11877102)
I must have been past on the way to Les Carroz a few years ago; We went to the Maurienne after finding places too busy in the mega resorts, so if you know any hidden gems to ski ?! We look for small and empty, with easily accessible off piste. Talking of 2 wheels, one of the best things to happen to me in France was on the auto route through Chambery a few years ago, in spring. All the sports bikes were out, and this guy came alongside, gesturing. I thought he was giving me the finger for some reason, and looked again... he pointed at his fuel tank ( Triumph), gave us a massive thumbs up, and roared off. It made my day, especially from a Frenchman !
Like the bike anecdote. I have a lot of time for the bikers in France - generally very good, sensible, drivers ) and fast. |
Nice looking car.
If you ever see any at a breakers/scrap yard in france, I'm after a left hand drive drivers seat as I need the height adjustment base for my passenger seat in the uk as my wife hits her head because the seat is too high with a sunroof. |
Originally Posted by uk2006wrx
(Post 11877950)
Nice looking car.
If you ever see any at a breakers/scrap yard in france, I'm after a left hand drive drivers seat as I need the height adjustment base for my passenger seat in the uk as my wife hits her head because the seat is too high with a sunroof. I'll keep an eye out for a seat. I take it you are after a blue and black one? Probably the best website in France for such an item is Le Bon Coin. Try the link below periodically - something might turn up: https://www.leboncoin.fr/equipement_...subaru%20siege (Only leather seats on the site at the moment.) |
Originally Posted by Oyibo
(Post 11878887)
Thanks,
I'll keep an eye out for a seat. I take it you are after a blue and black one? Probably the best website in France for such an item is Le Bon Coin. Try the link below periodically - something might turn up: https://www.leboncoin.fr/equipement_...subaru%20siege (Only leather seats on the site at the moment.) |
Originally Posted by Oyibo
(Post 11876844)
and when I mentioned this to the long-haired General, the decision was made with her comment "Oooh. I like Subarus".
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Nice impreza, welcome to the forum. You picked well with the impreza, i remember a few winters ago, me and a lorry driver were helping to push cars up a hill, when it was my turn went up in one go no wheel spin. :thumb:
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Nice Subaru. :cool:
Welcome to Subaru ownership, enjoy! :) I've driven through France a few times and I didn't really see any other Subarus at all. The only one I remember seeing was a gendarme. :lol1: They had a good look over mine in the car park before driving off. :) Attachment 30235 |
Thanks SirFozzalot https://www.scoobynet.com/images/icons/icon14.gif,
I've only seen one other Impreza since I bought the car, and that was in Switzerland. Maybe it is something to do with the number of left-hand-drive cars they made :wonder: |
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