Gubbins

Hi there everyone! I'm new hear - just picked up my MY03 STI PPP this week and loving it (except for the 4K limit - which I keep to MOST of the time!). Been reading the messages for a few months now. Previous car was a Beemer 330CI - nice car, but just a tad boring and never had this sort of following - makes you feel really proud of the car.

Anyway, a quick question - someone mentioned that Top Gear did a back to back test of the Evo III vs STI PPP back in June this year. Does anyone have a decent quality recording of this? Any chance I could send you a tape and you'd do a copy for me?

Cheers.

Harry_Boy

Fifth Gear did one. Sorry, don't have a tape though....

Spooks

first off welcome to Scoobynet
Secondly Top gear did indeed do a review of both, side by side in bonnie scotland no less.
Basically they said that the Evo was faster, but they wouold still want to have the scoob more..... I did see it around in the internet but I dont have it on vid , sorry.
Spooks

Foxmod

Welcome!

I think there is a spin off DVD you can buy with this shoot-out on it, Chrimbo prizzie idea ?

Enjoy the car

Dave

AK47

Gubbins,

welcome to Scoobynet. If I recall it was very close between the 2 cars but the STi wins for day to day drivability but the Evo has it's good points too. I've got a really crappy image uploader so won't post the article on here (text will be too small to read). Give me your email address and I'd be happy to scan the article for you

Cheers,
Simon

scooby_si

[no use whatsoever mode on] http://gear.viper007bond.com/ nice link to site which has the more recent top & 5th gear but doesn't seem to go back far enough for the scoob vs evo
Si

Neil W

Its on Clarksons Shoot Out DVD recently released.

Fingers crossed for xmas!

Gubbins

Thanks everyone. Better ask the mrs. for the dvd then!
Cheers

iDLe*

Tell me about the 330Ci - I'm looking for something else...bored with scooby.

Paulo P

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Gubbins

I have a copy of "top gears" evo 7 v 02 wrx on cd that's an mpeg file if that's any use to you? It's about 7 minutes long. It's the cars being tested around castle combe in the wet

Paul

Mick

iTrader: (1)

Have you seen the 'EVO' magazine long term test info on 2003 STi PPP? - I want one
http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/?domain=evo&page=http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/fastfleet/fastfleet_story.php?id=41312

May to December writeups...

Mick

Paulo P

iTrader: (42)

is this what you meant to say?

WJW

Just dug out of my archives for you the top gear episode (36Mb AVI)

I'm sure someone will oblige and make it a clicky.

www.wjwain.com/scoobynet/hco_topgear.2003.06.15.WRX-STi-TUK_vs_EvoVIII.divx503.avi

I'll leave it there for a few days.

Billy.

hybwrx2002

Uploading Evo8 vs. WRX Sti vid now. Give me a minute and i'll paste the link

IN THE STICKS

click here

Gubbins

Thanks Paul - do you have a web-site I could download it from? Otherwise, could you email me on neturner_uk@yahoo.co.uk and maybe we could sort something else out?

iDLe* - 330Ci was very nice car - had the sport model, m3 look-a-like, without the quad pipes/bonnet bulge. Very smooth and relaxing to drive, quality car....but....no one ever comes up to you and says it's a nice car, no one ever let's you out - in fact, I got the nasty impression most folk thought I was a cocky w@*n&er, which I'm not! Also, just a tad BORING - I feel more at home in the Scooby - less pretentious (well - if you don't count the bulges and spoilers!)

So, I wanted something a bit different. Looked at a TT (too small - got twin girls to think about), Scooby garage 2 mins down the road (Crossroads/Shipston-on-Stour) and couldn't resist one after I drove one of their STI PPP's with a silly bus-door-like dump value fitted! So much bloody fun!

However, it's really divided my friends/family's opinion. Looks like you either love em or hate em, nowt in the middle. I could do without the big spoiler I suppose, but who cares when you're in it!

Cheers

Gubbins

Thanks Inthesticks!

Gubbins

...and wjw!

Paulo P

iTrader: (42)

YHM

barneyrubble

Didn't EVO recently rate the WRX with PPP as the best value and all round option?

IN THE STICKS

Welcome to the land of Scoobies

Dave

scooby_si

Hey Gubbins Cov area meet this Sunday
Si (AKA stalker)

Gubbins

Cheers Si - can't do this weekend - family birthday! I'll come to the next one in the area though!

Daz34

Which episode is the CLASSIC one with a 'cold' VBH??

stanmo

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There's an Autocar special out at the moment with an STI vs Evo shootout as well.

Not particularly interesting; other than the little side panel about how the competition has really improved over the last few years and how STI/WRX performance is no longer 'special' compared to the Focus RS, Elises, Golf R32, etc.

Perhaps Subaru need to shock the industry again, produce something like a shortened wheelbase compact impreza, with S202 internals, prodrive ATD, loads more grunt as standard, all for around 20k

jaf01uk

MMmmmm, could have a solution to that big spoiler if your cars Wrblue, small spoiler anyone? He he

Stu-exScoobOwner

WJW - thanks for posting this - truly awesome clip from Top Gear
Great opening track from Primal Scream and top level filming/editing backed up with Clarkson's unique style and awesome script:


"Nothing........nothing compares you for the shock the first time you take this thing round a corner........take a test drive honestly, take a test drive"

"...this Subaru is a hugely manly experience.......the noises.....it even smells of man.....the essence of....(sniff)....burnt clutch.....splash it on befoe you go out for a curry....and a fight"

Well tempered with reality:

"....and inside both have wilfully flimsy interiors....."
"....on the outside the Subaru tries to lighten up with it's pink and gold jewellery but both these cars really are shamelessly aggressive"