T2000PPP

Just read about the latest impreza lightweight in evo magazine.Its the first ive heard about it.But for £27,000 you get 335bhp and 0-60 in 4.2 in a normal-ish looking sti.
Im saving up allready.
Im interested in the thoughts of all current sti ppp owners,now that theres a new king on the block?

mikey5T

I've just read the same article as you (I've an MY00 though)and all i can say is WOW, the in gear accelaration figures were just awesome. At 27000 grand it seems an absolute bargain for the performance it has. Definately the best looking new ager I've seen so far, just wish I'd got the money

Mike

greasemonkey

Maybe not quite SIAL territory yet, but suffice to say you are far from the first person to mention it here!

In what way would the existence of the Spec C affect the thoughts of STi PPP owners about their own cars? It's not like their cars suddenly got slower, is it?

The UK spec STi PPP was never the "king of the block" in performance terms anyway, as even before the current MY03 Spec C came out, there were the MY01 and MY02 versions (plus the S201 and S202), and the Type R/RA's before that. It doesn't matter what model year you talk about, there was always a Japanese market car that performed better than whatever the fastest official UK car was.

The STi PPP is the most capable series production car that you can currently buy from a UK dealer with a full Subaru warranty on it. Again, the existence of the Spec C changes this not one bit!

T2000PPP

I mean king of the block as in the fastest impreza sold by subaru.
Thats right its not going to make other cars slower.

Blue_Boy

You tell em GM

Have to agree - it's horses for courses (the Spec C doesn't change anything), there's always the people who'll want the reassurance of the longer warranty and the convenience of a Scoob UK history. And it's not like the STi8 PPP is slow or anything!

Just the Spec C is very good

greasemonkey

...But it's not like the STi PPP was ever the "fastest Impreza sold by Subaru" in the first place, so again, what difference does it make?

...And no Si, didn't forget about the 22B. The JDM version of it was a tad quicker than the "official" Type UK cars, so the "There's always a faster Jap version" maxim still applies.

[Edited by greasemonkey - 9/11/2003 5:30:40 PM]

Glenn Coombs

What does SIAL stand for then ?

SPEN555

Stupid Idiots And Liers

Pete Croney

My sources tell me that the 04 Spec C will have diff control similar to Prodrive's ATP (?) development car. Now that will be something

greasemonkey

Liars is spelt like that Spen.

Bob Rawle

Afraid the power and torque figures are exagerated however its still a quick car out of the box, Pete my info (as late as yesterday) was that there will be a slight cosmetic change only for the MY04 cars (front bumper area) however we can but hope.

cheers

bob

Edcase

I thought you were out to dinner

SiDHEaD

I'm lucky enough to have been out in it with a talented driver for only a short blast and it was bloody excellent! Got out grinning more than the first time i drove my scoob

Andy

LitchfieldImports

Why are the figures exagerated? don't forget all of our cars are remapped as part of the package and Evo did explain it had our exhaust on it.

Iain

www.litchfieldimports.co.uk

Edcase

Litcho - lend us the spec c to take to the ring this weekend???

Go on I could still make it the ferry doesnt leave til 7am...

Edcase

Or an ITR....

LitchfieldImports

Ed bring enough cash round and you can take both

Iain

www.litchfieldimports.co.uk

Edcase

Will you take an IOU?

/ed imagining everyones surprise to find ed on the ferry with a spec c tomorrow...

LitchfieldImports

/Iain imagining 'Dumb & Dumber' Hell give me a big IOU and you can have my CSL lol

Iain

Edcase

Actually I wish I had thought of this earlier...

A friend of mine has just started / is editor of a new car / fashion magazine called Zero. You may have seen it?

Could have done a 'Spec C at the ring' feature??? Probably too late now would need a photographer etc...

Edcase

Ok, CSL will do fine.

/imagining 130mph sideways through Brunnchen...

Edcase

Heheh - mine has gone away as she thought I was going to be at the ring, so fish n chips n red wine for me

Let me know RE diary...

Bob Rawle

Ed, that sounds better than what I had ... get back to you over next couple of days, need to see how things look during next week, should be an opportunity, as they say.

cheers

bob

TVR Gary

Iain,

Hope you got my e-mail the other day. Im coming to see you on Monday.

Gary

scooby-si

OI GM wot about the 22B

[Edited by scooby-si - 9/11/2003 5:20:06 PM]

Glenn Coombs

Not "Scooby In A Lake" then ?

I did a search and that was the only other reference I could find

[Edited by Glenn Coombs - 9/11/2003 5:51:31 PM]

LitchfieldImports

deleted due to strange double post

[Edited by iainlit - 9/11/2003 9:24:48 PM]

Bob Rawle

ED .. just going and in trouble for peeking !!!

Or should I say was just going and in trouble for peeking.

Lol

[Edited by Bob Rawle - 9/11/2003 10:30:01 PM]