Rince

I'm a relative newbie to everything Impreza, but just curious whay peeps got their cars. Was it the looks? The noise it makes? The performance? The modding that can be done?

For me its a combination of noise, performance and looks. Everytime I heard an Impreza it made me want to go and get one, until I did

Andy

Daft Lad

Wanted one since the age of 8 when I first got into rallying

Colin McRae has a lot to answer for!

richiewong

First Scoob was an impulse buy, went out to look at some TVR's and saw a white STi Type R sitting in the garage, week later it was mine and rest is history

Jamo

iTrader: (23)

a girl I fancied liked them no joke. ive had a few now and still with her

Mangel

I got a good deal on it!! and I needed an estate for the dog!!

BlueSimon

Needed to go from A to B (Quickly) and i dont mind butt-ugly cars

Simon

ellisb

I wanted a car that looked good, had good handling and good performance, and also a car that made a nice whoosy noise when you change gear... ahhh the joy of the dumpers!

Rince

There is a little of that in my reason too

EmEm

A Jap Importer suggesting them to me. Admittedly I love the unique noise they make, but other than that I didn't want one. Until this particular Jap Importer suggested I seriously looked into them.... so I did, and they rest as they say is history!!!

EmEm

Aw! How sweet!!

orbix

I had a small budget, needed something with a larger than average load capacity and I wanted something that would be fun to drive.

I don't mind the fact that my wife and her mates take the **** out of me for owning a chav chariot.

Tasberley

impulse buy... saw a white classic sti at about 11am... went home looked on the internet for information. by abotu 4pm we had gone to look at an sti type r and had it a couple of weeks later...

fivetide

iTrader: (1)

4x4 and practical which kept the mrs happy. quick enough so i was happy

5t.

Dannybwoy

Looks and sound for me.

The ability to easily stamp your own individual mark on it as well. A nicely modded scoob always turns a few heads.

brybusa

Wanted the fastest thing i could afford for my £££ after years and years of riding high performance bikes...sadly, shortly after buying it the car wasnt quite what I expected and so i sold it again pretty soon to get back into bikes..

I still love scoobys and if I could afford to own/run two luxury toys, it'd be a bike and a scoob..love the noise, looks and the whole rally thing,hence me still popping up on scoobynet.

GREGGYG

iTrader: (2)

Unrivalled Japanese reliability
One of the best handling cars ever produced
More reliable than any Mercedes, BMW or Audi. (Subaru has less Warranty claims in the first 3 years of ownership than any Merc, BMW or Audi) Source: Warranty Direct/Auto Express magazine
Superb build quality
Performance

(On my 4th Impreza, now have a JDM STI 03) One of the best cars I have ever had.

ClintUK

Wanted to ditch company Focus 1.8 slow mobile
Friend took me for a ride in his Wagon.
Was looking at RX7s but Boss said I had to have 4 doors, so no choice really.

Quickest thing I could afford with 4 doors.

had a lucky escape from Mazda RX7 I think. My 97 UK turbo had 70K on clock when I got it, now has 124K and 300bhp and never misses a beat - I'd be approaching my second engine rebuild on an RX7.

wrx_yank

saftey and reliablity.... sure does take a beating.

monkeyboy840

same reason for me

ads00

Power, looks. adrenaline rush from driving it hard.

Great cars that get alot of looks with huge performance potential for a fraction of the price of other performance greats.

WRXshaneWRX

iTrader: (1)

it was snowing and i was board lol...yeehaaaa

silent running

Needed a fast wagon with 4wd. And I liked aircon and electric mirrors so got a classic WRX.

eightyfoufires

Plus practical

craig79

Performance was the main reason, so
at the time it was evo / wrx - couldn't
handle the wallet crippling running costs of the evo
so here I am (best decision by far)

Rasher

seemed like good idea at the time

myblackwrx

iTrader: (1)

Mate had a UK (n plate) naff interior but went like stink (as standard) started looking for 1 then my mates garage started importing a few and i wanted to get rid of my 205GTI, he took me for a drive in a 93 wrx knew i had to have it.

eves

sub 5 second 0-60 time is awesome for the money

looks,sound,build quality

T5OLF

iTrader: (4)

Always liked them even though the wife calls it a chav mobile. I sold my astra 16 valved Chevette for 6 grand after spending years building it from a shell, the biggest mistake I ever made.
I was depressed for months so dicided to spend the money on a scoob as I had always fanced one but never had any spare cash.

Half went on buying it(wrx typr ra) and half plus a bit more went on mods.

I know it's old and looks a bit outdated but it's only a weekend car so I don't really care. It brings a smile to my face every time I drive it, I struggle to park it up after a blast, it really is addictive and great fun to drive.

graham22

I wanted one back in 1994 after seeing one which had been used by some bank-robbers as a getaway car.
They did get caught but the picture in the paper next day showed the Impreza head-on, rammed against a wall by loads of police cars.
I can still picture the image now, it looked like a caged animal.
Back then Imprezas were quite an unknown performance vehicle, I was already into unusual Jap cars (young driver in a Honda CRX in 1994-unheard of then) & this just opened my eyes to the hidden performance of one.

joey_turbo

iTrader: (26)

I needed a practical upgrade from my 2 door Punto Turbo. The missus wouldn't drive that, so I convinced her a Sccobs was extremely practical, as its a 4WD with 4 doors, and loas of boot space. She loves it now, and the car