Lack of classics?
 

I drove 150 miles today on some excellent driving roads over about 3 1/2 hours. A lovely dry spring day. How many classics did I see on the road?


None.

I only ever see 3 of them on my 30 mile daily commute aswell. 2 are utter sheds and the other is rusting around the edges.

Is this happening everywhere else aswell? Cant believe how they've vanished. Used to be classic WRXs everywhere.

i see 3 newages today on my ride out but no classics but mine :D

there was no shortage of classics on the M40 today mate around 12.30 all on route for the wmi prodrive meet including mine lol massive convoy with a lot being classics!!!

it is due to the number that peolpe keep breaking

Now that doesn't count :D

the problem is, classics are now affordable to the 'chavs' who have no idea and bin them/blow them up....good for the rest of us tho :)

i saw a few yesterday and alot of newage cruising around

Can't argue with that.....:D

Yes i think a lot have been crashed as people think they are easy to drive fast, which is true to a certain degree until it all goes pear shaped and the speeds involved mean its write off time.

Add to that the know how required to own one and cost of fuel and it's a recipe for declining numbers, as well as the most recent classic being over 10yrs old they are a dying breed, soon to be left only in the hands of the keen enthusiast

:cool:

^^^Spot on ditchmyster....

Well I saved mine from a trip to the Scrappies.

Bought it with a dead engine, dying box, and had been badly mistreated (but not crashed).
And I`m determined to get her back to A1 condition, done a lot, but have a few things to go, mainly Paint.

But its the number being broken for parts, and their fuel consumption thats going to do them in. As they are worth more in bits that they are together, and seeing as the majority of people want money more than to pass on a classic they will get broken. If they get to the point where there aren`t many left it may change but I don`t hold out much hope.

Thing is though....

Nostalgia is a very powerful motivator. There's a hell of a lot of people in their 20s and 30s that will have owned a classic Impreza at some point. There is potential strong demand for the ones that survive at some point in the future.

If there is demand for an unreliable, rust stricken, Italian 4wd Turbo-charged rally winner (you know what I'm talking about), then there will be demand for the classic Impreza. All IMHO of course.

Agreed iv'e said it before especially for the specials part of the reason my
type r is going no where near a breakers yard it can sit in my garage for 10yrs and i think it will earn me about a grand a year:D

Theres a fair few up here in York, most of them are fairly decent.. including mine
:cool:

you do get the odd t**t who's ruined a classic though,its inevitable that a chav l get a hold of one at the current prices and molest it!

saying that they tend to stick to Astra GSI turbos and the like round here :lol1:

Take a look in the For Sale section on here, loads being broken :( on the bright side though, a small number of us will be driving cars a lot faster than the lardy newage versions :thumb:

TX.

meh, everyone will be saving their Type Rs. The rare ones will be the un-loved 4 door pre-facelifts :lol1: Not that I have a vested interest or anything :)

i did a 100 mile round trip today and i saw 1 rather nice blue classic but thats when i was walking home after dropping the works van off :cry:

my classic will be fixed and back on the road tomorrow with the calipers and disc's i purchased today :luxhello:

How many classic mini's do you see escorts ect the classic scoob will be like that 1 day very few on the roads..Just fat ass new ages lol Followed bye a few nice 22b s lolol

To be fair there was far less integrale's manufactured than classics though.

Paul - www.deltaintegrale.com

classics are also at there lowest value point so its easy for chav's to buy/crash/break them, but as they are so cheap there worth more in bits so that why there being broken. The classic shape wont appreicate in value for many years yet till lots more are crashed or broken, i had a clio williams that did the same years ago there value is just starting to increase now

I've got £10k in my Type R & it will have to go at the end of the year. Now I'll probably be lucky to get £6k but closer to £8k if I break it!

It's heart breaking but what do you do?

on the average saturday will see 5-10 tidy classics around the lowestoft area along with a few newage
j

+1 LOL




:)

My prefacelift hasn't seen daylight in 18 months but will be back on the road next year:thumb: and it's staying prefacelift :)

will be keeping me black type-r are dont use her much but shes near standard apart from backbox use my uk 2000 more which is also near the same as type-r its a shame so many are broken though and type-rs are even rarer to be broken!

ian

wont be parting with mine either.:luxhello:

me neither got my old gal rapped up:thumb: i will bring it out in a few years when theres not many about just enjoying the blob sti at the minute , the last owner of the classic for some reason wax oiled it so no sign of rust anywhere which is a good sign to , plus ive always cleaned and greased them ruddy arches on the inner lip to :lol1: the classic impreza will oneday be a true classic in my eyes lets face it its the first car to get a british rally driver to win the world championship now thats got to mean something surely. anyway enjoy your classics :thumb::thumb::thumb:

i'm currently loving my Classic (its the 1st Impreza i've owned) and its getting used on a weekly basis, i'd be more than happy to stick her on axle stands in a garage and concours her if i had the cash, but i don't so i may aswel use it. Its a car i enjoy driving and i hope to keep it on the road for many more years to come.

and there are at least 5 Classics over here on my base in Germany

Very few classics left in Cumbria now

See a few being ragged to death by the chavs and they will disappear soon

In CS we have only 6/8 members with them which are all wrapped up well

Mine. Is 11 years old next month and I have had it since new and is just a weekend fun car

Not worth selling if you have a decent. Unmolested classic

Get it wrapped up and fetch it out a few times a year

That is the future for the classics as they get more rare