ste300

I would love to buy one, but just want to make sure that it will sustain the 30 mile daily round trip, what are the experiences of P1 owners in this respect? Cheers
Ste

smartuki

im on my 2nd P1 and iv never had one miss a beat , i use it every day
ya can have mine if ya like

IRC450STI

nice looking P1 mate

MonkiP1

Mines a daily driver mate. Loving every minuete of it!. Rather be out in it than wasnting money going in town ect. 40quid petrol would last alot longer than a night in town lol.

Monki.

NeilP1

top car went to spain to see wrc rally in mine never missed a beat 110 mhp for 5 hr

aggs

top car.
But seems a waste on the daily grind.
Depends on your journey to work.
I use a £350 hack to work and enjoy the car on open roads when its much more fun than stuck in traffic,appreciate it more then as well.

Also depends on parking the car at work.
I work on a building site,mud and dust and low ground clearance mean I prefer to leave at home.

Brun

Why not a daily driver? It ain't a Ferrari??????

ste300

Thanks very much guys, well i work in a safe area, (next door to a police station) but most weekends im out with my other job so im all over the country at race meetings. Would a P1 be a better choice than say a type r, or and RB5? Im expecting to spend around 10k(ish)

martyrobertsdj

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I was once talking to a P1 owner, and he said his car had blown up. When I said "really.....what happened", his reply was "well, they do that"!

I wondered if it was a common occurrence?

Other than the obvious cachet of having the "ultimate" incarnation of an official UK Classic Impreza (I'm not counting the few 22B's here), what are the advantages/disadvantages when comparing a P1 to say a Version6 Type R ?

I'm fancying a newer model, like a 2004 Sti, but the temptation is still there for something like a ten grand'ish P1/Type R and have money left to fettle it a bit.

Options, options, options!!!

what would scooby do

P1 is a detuned type-r IMHO

Run the P1 as a daily car, if unmodded or sensible mods no worries

DaveL001

my p1 will be up sale in a few days, it has a few mods on it already, but does give a good base for more.
it also has defi gauges, and the must have sti rear lights

DrEvil

I used a P1 for a daily 100 mile round trip for work - was a lot of B road driving and was great fun, only down side was the massive fuel bill.

Great car though, one I wish I'd kept.

~DrEaM~

I use mine daily, i do average 25miles a day to work

running 357bhp / 356lbft and still does 260miles a tank

2.5STI

there is no way a P1 does 260miles to a tank.....

unless you do like 20mph in 5th to work and let it roll down hills?

i get like 200mile max out of my prodrive uk 98 classic

andythejock01wrx

Looks great. Swissoll'd ??

BLACK V5

Version 5 wrx. Running about 280bhp. Always get 250 to a tank. Have been known to get 300 on a run.

[Davey]

You dont live in Woodley do you?

2.5STI

what you are having a laf 300....do u even drive the speed limit...

im on my third scooby and have never hit 300hundred on a tank 1ce

I just sold a 2.5 converted 400bhp beast (150 to a tank)and bought a 98 ppp standard classic and it has no mods besides all the prodrive kit which aint much and only get 180 out of a tank on a push 200....

what the hell??? someone put me straight

andythejock01wrx

To be fair, 180 miles on a std car does sound a wee bit low.

I take it you're never below 4000 revs apart from in 1st ?

Davey P

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Once again the people of SN know better than the owners themselves.
Depending on how you drive your P1 you can get between 180 - 300 miles on a tank. On a motorway journey I managed to get 310 miles from a tank and the car wasn't standard!

2.5STI

no i dont drive mental....but some might say i do....defo not above 4000 revs in every gear...ive tryed to see how much id get if i go mega slow everywhere and i only got 210 out a tank...

what could be up??

martyrobertsdj

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I almost always got 260 miles to a tank out of my 1998 Wagon, with a few little mods (EBC, etc).

If I drove a bit harder, I got a bit less, if I drove like a granny, I got a bit more, but it made hardly any difference.....it was always around 260 miles.

funkyspider

Those with P1's - has the engine ever had any major work in its life (other than mods). A cpl years after they were released I seem to remember quite a few reports of replacement engines at around 25-30k being done under warranty ?

Correct me if I am wrong.

GeeDee

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Why pay a premium for a P1 to rack up miles. (Sorry P1 owners )

Get a late JDM Classic either straight WRX or STi - far cheaper and fundamentally the same car. Will have a lot of money left over to upgrade the wheels and suspension if you feel the need.

impreza_terzo3_no257

i agree with 2.5sti, my terzo with a 2.5 pushing almost 400bhp only gives 180 miles out of a tank tops, and thats on tescos stuff, but if i put shell in then i get a few more miles out of her. Mine seems alright on a motorway run as i did from crawley to dover, ferry hop to calais then to outskirts of beligum on 1/2 a tank, which i thought was good.

~DrEaM~

its all depend on your right foot... i can keep it off boost when crusing at 90-100mph.

i get at least 220miles a tank with mix driving and 280miles on motorways

EddScott

I drove just under 200 miles yesterday coming back from Witney, Oxfordshire to Haverfordwest, West Wales. Stayed over after Japfest.

Avoided the motorway so nearly all A40. ESSO SUL. mild mods. Spirited drive all the way home over some fantastic A and B roads.

Just Over half a tank (yes theres a bit in the neck but thats where the needle was when we got home)

As for the topic - P1 would be fine as a daily its just would you want to use at such and put the miles on. Mines just a UK'er but I try and buy some cheap sh1tter for winter use.

GeeDee

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Lots of Daveys on this thread

[Davey]

Well it is the best name! lol

MonkiP1

P1 Engines dont just blow up for no reason, they are the same block as a V5/6. Just depends on hows its driven serviced.