Floyd

iTrader: (9)

...have a waiting list and restricted import quotas as it was in '99, or short delivery times now?

When we had to wait up to a year it was a painfully long wait but you new the second hand residuals were solid gold. You could still grey import an Sti and the residuals were just as good. IMHO the typical owner back then was an enthusiast for the mark and the dealers were more focused.

Now you can get your car as soon as you want but you'll lose loads come resale along with the hassel of finding a buyer.

Is it better now or not?

F

BOB.T

A year is too long to wait for any car, don't you think? But then it seems stupid to have thousands of cars sitting on airfields going rusty!

Besides which I'm too skint to buy a new car

Bob

Dream Weaver

Fear not Bob, you aint alone

Had to have 2 new shocks on the MR yesterday, as well as brake pads and gearbox oil - £220, which aint bad, but not the best timed maintenance requirement in the current financial period

Skintness must be a trait of our area

DW

john banks

New cars cheap and available much preferable. Brings good machinery into the sights of the common man.

Floyd

iTrader: (9)

But John, anyone lucky enough to get on the impreza ladder back then, could pick up his car and at the same time order the next. He'd know that he could have a years motoring and swap to the new car for next to nothing or sell and get all the cash back.

If I wanted to be like the common man I'd have bought a Cossie

F

john banks

I'd buy a Cossie just for that engine if they didn't look so ridiculous and beg to be stolen.

chrisp

I was the first guy to get a scoob turbo in my area back in '98, but now there are dozens. It was great as it was still a Q car and you could tell the car buffs by NOT asking "Subaru who makes them then ?"

Thats the sad thing they have become a victim of their own success and to a lot of people the latest toy. Everyones now an expert and if you meet another driver in the petrol station they all have 350 bhp on NUL petrol

It does mean that there are more meets and more activities though which is the plus side.

Floyd

iTrader: (9)

3 years ago I would think nothing of walking up to an unknown Subaru owner and chatting about his car. Now, more often than not, the owner will think you're mad (most people do) or out to 'jack' his car.

Bring back the old days....

F