Bugger - that worked well then - I meant to add that the car has come a long, long way since featuring in Top Gear magazine...

 

And here she is in her previous life as a press car...

 

has the engine been rebuilt since then?

 

Rebuilt at 66k - now on 101k with a JGM re-map 360/380,

 

haha, not surprised, bet it had some right abuse lol

 

Hammered I would imagine - it was also in Car magazine on 2 wheels...
The only benefit was that Subaru threw money at it before moving it on...new interior, refreshed bushes, clutch, discs and pads, etc...
Aside from the inevitable HG failure, it has never missed a beat (although admittedly HG failing is missing a fairly large beat...)

 

cool, sounds like it was more or less a new car when you got it