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11 October 2003, 01:13 PM
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Yeah but its still a skoda
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11 October 2003, 03:11 PM
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...but if your screen name is anything to go by, you smell rather unpleasant...
Unless of course you're actually the tyrannical warlord ruler of the planet Mongo...
Unless of course you're actually the tyrannical warlord ruler of the planet Mongo...
11 October 2003, 04:46 PM
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...And of course the irony is that if you'd told your mates 10-12 years ago that you were thinking of buying a Subaru, you'd have got exactly the same reaction!
10 years ago they would have probably said "Didnt they finish 3rd in World Rally Champions"
Now if you had said 8 years ago they would have probably said "Arent they World Rally Champions"
Yep you are probably right knowing my mates they would have said a what, who makes them ??
Things were Q car-ish back then, when the company car driver didnt know what a Subaru was and didnt appear on their pick list
11 October 2003, 05:12 PM
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Well said lads - driving a (quick) Skoda is EXACTLY like it was when I got my first Subaru(a Legacy Turbo) in early 95.
Most people laughed, slagged them off or just said 'a what ?'
By my 5th Subaru, everyone other driver knew what I was driving.
With my first Skoda (sorry, Audi 4x4) I have the fun again of watching the shock followed by disbelief on the face of the latest driver to try and mount the back bumper as a huge gap suddenly opens up.
The bit about parts prices is also true - they're Audi components but generally about half the price of the Impreza's were.
Time to throw out the old prejudices
Most people laughed, slagged them off or just said 'a what ?'
By my 5th Subaru, everyone other driver knew what I was driving.
With my first Skoda (sorry, Audi 4x4) I have the fun again of watching the shock followed by disbelief on the face of the latest driver to try and mount the back bumper as a huge gap suddenly opens up.
The bit about parts prices is also true - they're Audi components but generally about half the price of the Impreza's were.
Time to throw out the old prejudices
11 October 2003, 05:14 PM
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Didn't skoda win rallies back in those days as well ?
http://www.rally-action.com/rallyaction/2001/30/102/topic.shtml
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http://www.rally-action.com/rallyaction/2001/30/102/topic.shtml
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11 October 2003, 09:37 PM
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I remember Marshalling on the RAC/Lombard (sic) Rally back in the mid eighties. Skodas were cool with the rally crowd then, Quattros were king and Subarus/Mitsis hadn't been invented. The only thing That bothers me is that it needs Skoda to be bought by a German company for them to be taken seriously.
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