My Impreza love affair is over
 

It's come to the end for me with subaru for now the love affair is over....

Due to the headgasket letting go & weighing in options of getting the car to where i'd want it to be I can't justify the money of replacing it with a sti engine, gearbox & brakes.

Thanks to everyone whose helped & advised me along the way, hope you all continue to enjoying your pride & joys........no doubt I'll be back in a Impreza at some point but for now I need to move on.

I've posted some parts in the for sale & tried to price them accordingly........can't see me needing them anytime soon

Scoobidy

sorry to hear that bud. i had a similar dilemma a while back but luckily for me the head gaskets had,nt gone. i would have had to make the same decision as i couldnt afford a big bill like that so feel your pain. as you say maybe you,ll be back one day but for the moment all the best.

Looking at your breaking thread you've spent a massive amount of cash on the car.
Couldn't you just leave it a while like a few months then come back to it.?
like most frustrating things in life, if you calm down and come back a later stage it doesn't seem as bad.
What's wrong with it?

I'd pop it in garage and just have it as a project.

Sorry to hear about the head gaskets.

Did you ever get the torque blip resolved/remapped?

Thanks mate.........sounds like you've been lucky. It's my second Impreza & i've had the head gasket go on both, 1st time i had the expensive repair done but i'm not willing to do it this time around. I'll be back at some point but it'll have to be the right car & a classic again

I've given it allot of thought believe me it's done my head in and not been a easy decision as I do love the car. Almost brought a sti engine from Matt a (mb developments) need to add in a new clutch kit, cambelt kit etc etc it all starts adding up again & you've no real way of knowing how long that engine will last or how good it is even though he's a good guy it could go on allot longer or it could let go anytime and I'm not willing to take that gamble for the cost involved.

Not a option I'm afraid, both garages are full. I also have a van for work & i've already bought a s3 so I need the room

It's a bummer that's for sure!

Strange one that, I took it back to Neil at slowboy racing for him to have a look & see what he though. You couldn't feel it on the road before i had it dynod or after it'd been done. He hooked his laptop up & took it for a run but wasn't showing anything & said everything was running fine which it did feel to me to as you'd notice a dip like that!. I got him to squeeze a bit more go out of it too:norty:............gutted it's come to this after the time I've spent doing everything myself