you know you own an impreza when...
28 March 2008, 02:28 PM
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you know you own an impreza when...
1. you dont understand why people get stuck in the snow
2. you think your car sounds better than a muscle car
3. you hope it rains the day of autocrosses
4. you go faster on the on ramp then you do on the freeway
5. you know what RE92 means and you dont want anything to do with them
6. people ask you to do burnouts and you roll your eyes
7. you forget whats its like to lose traction in a turn
8. you understand that 300 whp is the perfect number
9. you dont notice a difference driving in the rain or on dry
10. you hate that the gas cap doesnt have anywhere to sit, and you dont want it to touch the quarter panel
11. people ask you if the hood scoop does anything
12. you've made fun of a friends bugeye for having neon headlights
13. your bugeye has been made fun of by a friend for having neon headlights
14. you like the color cherry blossom red, but not pink
15. you know what 555 means
16. you look forward to getting coilovers, but springs will do for now
17. when you tell people you put your headlights in the oven to clear them they look at you like your an idiot
18. you concentrate more on the tach then the speedo
19. you think the S202 is the hottest car ever
20. you dont understand why people use BOVs, BPVs work perfect
21. you never get tired of the sound from your exhaust
22. you never want to get a car that isnt a subaru
23. anything more than 18" rims are rediculous
24. you dont mind getting smoked by a cobra, because you know he wouldnt last a second in real conditions (snow, rain, mud)
25. all other imports think they have to prove something to you
26. you dont have a cigarette lighter
27. you know that COBB isnt what corn comes on
28. if you had an STi, the first thing to go would be the wing
29. you know Rota makes good wheels
30. your never done modding your car
31. you dream about getting your car painted flat black
32. everyone breaks their necks staring at your car
33. you hear random engine revs all the time from civics ect
34. you consider yourself a noob even though you've owned your car for a year
35. when you open a car with framed windows when the windows are down, you hit your head on the frame
36. you forgot to swap tension springs when you swapped trunks with someone
37. people think your car is slow cuz you dont lose traction in first
38. you think underglow, neons, and LEDs are so dumb.
39. you log onto Scoobyireland everyday
40. you dont know what real understeer feels like
2. you think your car sounds better than a muscle car
3. you hope it rains the day of autocrosses
4. you go faster on the on ramp then you do on the freeway
5. you know what RE92 means and you dont want anything to do with them
6. people ask you to do burnouts and you roll your eyes
7. you forget whats its like to lose traction in a turn
8. you understand that 300 whp is the perfect number
9. you dont notice a difference driving in the rain or on dry
10. you hate that the gas cap doesnt have anywhere to sit, and you dont want it to touch the quarter panel
11. people ask you if the hood scoop does anything
12. you've made fun of a friends bugeye for having neon headlights
13. your bugeye has been made fun of by a friend for having neon headlights
14. you like the color cherry blossom red, but not pink
15. you know what 555 means
16. you look forward to getting coilovers, but springs will do for now
17. when you tell people you put your headlights in the oven to clear them they look at you like your an idiot
18. you concentrate more on the tach then the speedo
19. you think the S202 is the hottest car ever
20. you dont understand why people use BOVs, BPVs work perfect
21. you never get tired of the sound from your exhaust
22. you never want to get a car that isnt a subaru
23. anything more than 18" rims are rediculous
24. you dont mind getting smoked by a cobra, because you know he wouldnt last a second in real conditions (snow, rain, mud)
25. all other imports think they have to prove something to you
26. you dont have a cigarette lighter
27. you know that COBB isnt what corn comes on
28. if you had an STi, the first thing to go would be the wing
29. you know Rota makes good wheels
30. your never done modding your car
31. you dream about getting your car painted flat black
32. everyone breaks their necks staring at your car
33. you hear random engine revs all the time from civics ect
34. you consider yourself a noob even though you've owned your car for a year
35. when you open a car with framed windows when the windows are down, you hit your head on the frame
36. you forgot to swap tension springs when you swapped trunks with someone
37. people think your car is slow cuz you dont lose traction in first
38. you think underglow, neons, and LEDs are so dumb.
39. you log onto Scoobyireland everyday
40. you dont know what real understeer feels like
28 March 2008, 02:32 PM
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41. you hold up faster accelerating cars by refusing to move over on empty dual carriageways because you've got an attitude problem
42.you drive so dangerously owners of faster cars decide to give up on making fast and safe progress in order to not be involved in your accident
43. you seem to have a bee in your bonnet about people driving 300bhp FWD hot hatches just because one with 200bhp whupped the *** of the current Impreza on a damp/wet track and they have a better image/cost less to run/are faster most of the time.
42.you drive so dangerously owners of faster cars decide to give up on making fast and safe progress in order to not be involved in your accident
43. you seem to have a bee in your bonnet about people driving 300bhp FWD hot hatches just because one with 200bhp whupped the *** of the current Impreza on a damp/wet track and they have a better image/cost less to run/are faster most of the time.
28 March 2008, 02:34 PM
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41. you hold up faster accelerating cars by refusing to move over on empty dual carriageways because you've got an attitude problem
42.you drive so dangerously owners of faster cars decide to give up on making fast and safe progress in order to not be involved in your accident
42.you drive so dangerously owners of faster cars decide to give up on making fast and safe progress in order to not be involved in your accident
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28 March 2008, 02:52 PM
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Nothing, these are some attributes I saw from the driver of a 'hawkeye' Impreza last time I was in the UK. Considering it was wet and he had his son in the car I'd have thought he'd have driven within his rather obvious limits.
28 March 2008, 02:59 PM
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Certainly when I owned Imprezas I didn't assume my car was one of the fastest things out there and I regarded the AWD as something to enhance active safety rather than a mean of driving dangerously as seems to be the attitude of some on here.
Quite honestly I believe there is a new breed of even-more-clueless-than before Impreza driver posting on this BBS. The only crumbs of comfort are that
a>it won't be long before some of them post details of their accident on here
b>I either overtake them safely with ease or let them get on their way if they seem hell bent on an accident.
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Chatting to a guy who lives at the end of my street he's just bought a my05 sti. He was coming home along the a12 from london and a **** in an new bmw m3 came within a couple of feet of a his rear bumper. He didn't want to race so he moved over and let the guy past. Two miles further down the road the bmw was on it's roof. The guy stopped and phoned the police. Luckily the guy was ok and nobody else was injured. The conditions were very wet.
Mostly it's people in German cars such as Porsche, Merc, Bmw and Audi who don't know how to drive in wet conditions and have no consideration for anybody else on the road.
Mostly it's people in German cars such as Porsche, Merc, Bmw and Audi who don't know how to drive in wet conditions and have no consideration for anybody else on the road.
28 March 2008, 03:23 PM
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So you don't think that some of the attitudes we see on here (particularly the numpties who think AWD allows them to drive quickly in the wet) don't indicate there are a higher number than average of Impreza drivers with those attitudes?
Certainly when I owned Imprezas I didn't assume my car was one of the fastest things out there and I regarded the AWD as something to enhance active safety rather than a mean of driving dangerously as seems to be the attitude of some on here.
Quite honestly I believe there is a new breed of even-more-clueless-than before Impreza driver posting on this BBS. The only crumbs of comfort are that
a>it won't be long before some of them post details of their accident on here
b>I either overtake them safely with ease or let them get on their way if they seem hell bent on an accident.
Certainly when I owned Imprezas I didn't assume my car was one of the fastest things out there and I regarded the AWD as something to enhance active safety rather than a mean of driving dangerously as seems to be the attitude of some on here.
Quite honestly I believe there is a new breed of even-more-clueless-than before Impreza driver posting on this BBS. The only crumbs of comfort are that
a>it won't be long before some of them post details of their accident on here
b>I either overtake them safely with ease or let them get on their way if they seem hell bent on an accident.
Blimey you must walk with a limp with the size of the chip on your shoulder ..
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28 March 2008, 03:30 PM
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I'm having a good day and I'm not the person boasting about how I can drive dangerously in the wet on this forum. The chip seems to lie firmly with the owners of a now sadly outdated Japanese AWD car who can't face the facts that their cars have been outclassed by a breed of car that are little more than hotted up shopping trolleys.
28 March 2008, 03:31 PM
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I might have missed something but why do you use this forum??
28 March 2008, 03:32 PM
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I don't have a problem/anger towards Subaru drivers other than the numpty I talked about earlier in this thread and the 'I have AWD therefore I can drive fast in the wet' brigade. The fact is they can't and it's all BS pub talk IMO.
28 March 2008, 03:33 PM
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I'm having a good day and I'm not the person boasting about how I can drive dangerously in the wet on this forum. The chip seems to lie firmly with the owners of a now sadly outdated Japanese AWD car who can't face the facts that their cars have been outclassed by a breed of car that are little more than hotted up shopping trolleys.
So...
How about you go and partake in some mutual masturbation regarding your l33t driving skillz over here.. Porsche Club GB Forum
28 March 2008, 03:34 PM
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I was obviously far too subtle...
So...
How about you go and partake in some mutual masturbation regarding your l33t driving skillz over here.. Porsche Club GB Forum
So...
How about you go and partake in some mutual masturbation regarding your l33t driving skillz over here.. Porsche Club GB Forum
28 March 2008, 03:36 PM
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'Average' being the key word, some people might even say 'poor driver'.
AWD doesn't help you stop any quicker does it?
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I'm having a good day and I'm not the person boasting about how I can drive dangerously in the wet on this forum. The chip seems to lie firmly with the owners of a now sadly outdated Japanese AWD car who can't face the facts that their cars have been outclassed by a breed of car that are little more than hotted up shopping trolleys.
and are mostly complete and utter *****!
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So using engine braking in an AWD car allows you to stop in a shorter distance in the wet than a FWD car using engine braking?
Which Impreza came as standard with a set of AP6 pots on it? Or is it the case you could easily add enhanced braking capability to a FWD car as well?
Which Impreza came as standard with a set of AP6 pots on it? Or is it the case you could easily add enhanced braking capability to a FWD car as well?
28 March 2008, 03:51 PM
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41. you hold up faster accelerating cars by refusing to move over on empty dual carriageways because you've got an attitude problem
42.you drive so dangerously owners of faster cars decide to give up on making fast and safe progress in order to not be involved in your accident
43. you seem to have a bee in your bonnet about people driving 300bhp FWD hot hatches just because one with 200bhp whupped the *** of the current Impreza on a damp/wet track and they have a better image/cost less to run/are faster most of the time.
42.you drive so dangerously owners of faster cars decide to give up on making fast and safe progress in order to not be involved in your accident
43. you seem to have a bee in your bonnet about people driving 300bhp FWD hot hatches just because one with 200bhp whupped the *** of the current Impreza on a damp/wet track and they have a better image/cost less to run/are faster most of the time.
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So using engine braking in an AWD car allows you to stop in a shorter distance in the wet than a FWD car using engine braking?
Which Impreza came as standard with a set of AP6 pots on it? Or is it the case you could easily add enhanced braking capability to a FWD car as well?
Which Impreza came as standard with a set of AP6 pots on it? Or is it the case you could easily add enhanced braking capability to a FWD car as well?
I used to have a 205 GTI and in the wet it was easier to lose the back end going in to a round about than it was once on it.
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Careful: best not mention tail-happy wet weather behaviour in the presence of an owner of a car who's obsolete layout still has the engine dangling out behind the back axle.