Thanks Subaru!
06 June 2009, 01:11 PM
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Thanks Subaru!
Thanks Subaru for giving me a great 9 years of trouble free motoring in a superb performance car.
Since I picked the car up, brand new, in the year 2000 I have covered 94,000 miles.
I have treated the car as you have indicated, done nothing more - nothing less.
Not played with it, modified it or thrashed it ..... just done with it what it says on the tin.
It has towed boats, campers - even pulled cars out of ditches. It has show a clean rear to most vehicles when let go to sprint. It has carried 5 adults and a Dog and a TopBox.
OK, the petrol consumption is a bit scary at 30mpg - but I can suffer that.
It has not put a foot wrong, has had two sets of brake pads and is still on the original rear discs ... original clutch, engine and gearbox.
Excellent car, good value and the fastest thing in my street
Since I picked the car up, brand new, in the year 2000 I have covered 94,000 miles.
I have treated the car as you have indicated, done nothing more - nothing less.
Not played with it, modified it or thrashed it ..... just done with it what it says on the tin.
It has towed boats, campers - even pulled cars out of ditches. It has show a clean rear to most vehicles when let go to sprint. It has carried 5 adults and a Dog and a TopBox.
OK, the petrol consumption is a bit scary at 30mpg - but I can suffer that.
It has not put a foot wrong, has had two sets of brake pads and is still on the original rear discs ... original clutch, engine and gearbox.
Excellent car, good value and the fastest thing in my street
06 June 2009, 07:20 PM
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06 June 2009, 09:34 PM
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I do admit that I can drive with anticipation and skill ...... built up over many decades of driving ..... you kiddies may reach this level of perfection later in life
06 June 2009, 11:02 PM
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Great argument....!!!LOL
65k on a set of brake pads though is super impressive. Do you carry a parachute in the boot?
I spent mine in 20k...woop woop! I do live in DAVOS though for 6 months of the year
65k on a set of brake pads though is super impressive. Do you carry a parachute in the boot?
I spent mine in 20k...woop woop! I do live in DAVOS though for 6 months of the year
06 June 2009, 11:32 PM
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06 June 2009, 11:33 PM
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Your more than twice my age and you are driving a much older n less powerful car then I, of course your premium is lower. It has nothing to do with 'experience'
07 June 2009, 12:15 AM
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I agree... Don't mess with the engine, service to factory schedule and it'll last forever..... and ever.... and ever!...
... having said that, its difficult to resist
Try selling fruit to a fat kid in a candy shop
... having said that, its difficult to resist
Try selling fruit to a fat kid in a candy shop
so when you say "its the fastest in my street" ......... in whos hands
......not yours i bet
07 June 2009, 10:04 AM
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Bioforger = Lewis' plaything no. 487 
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Lewis, well done, it just goes to illustrate what we have known about for donkey's years, great cars up to the point where the owner mods it.
: Lewis, well done, it just goes to illustrate what we have known about for donkey's years, great cars up to the point where the owner mods it.
07 June 2009, 02:45 PM
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its like my wife -- drives very "carefully" never had a an accident, but says she has seen loads in her rear view mirror!!
just sold mine -- bought last year for £2.5k @ 96,000 miles did trouble free 27k miles sold for 1.5k, for me it was the petrol consumption, but really enjoyed it
just sold mine -- bought last year for £2.5k @ 96,000 miles did trouble free 27k miles sold for 1.5k, for me it was the petrol consumption, but really enjoyed it
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07 June 2009, 04:13 PM
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30 mpg is a drawback, I must agree.
I had a Calibra - loved it - it did about 45 mpg and look a $ Million. Cavalier running costs too ... best package in a car I have ever had.
However, to get such reliability in a performance car is rare - and, bar messing about with it - the Impreza is just that.
I had a Calibra - loved it - it did about 45 mpg and look a $ Million. Cavalier running costs too ... best package in a car I have ever had.
However, to get such reliability in a performance car is rare - and, bar messing about with it - the Impreza is just that.
07 June 2009, 04:21 PM
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yeh id say you have owned and properly driven some real iconic cars over the years
i real authority on them i bet
why is it rare to get such reliability??
i sit after reading your profound statements about the impreza and wonder why mcraes car wasnt just straight off the showoom floor!!
have fun looking for another calibra ............
j
i real authority on them i bet
why is it rare to get such reliability??
i sit after reading your profound statements about the impreza and wonder why mcraes car wasnt just straight off the showoom floor!!
have fun looking for another calibra ............
j
07 June 2009, 07:45 PM
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The Greenwagon was 9 years old last week too
An alarm bracket and battery under warrenty
brake pads at 45k and rears at 50k
tyres at 54 k miles after changing the wheels after 24k
and the BIGGEST thing that anoys me is the drivers mat keeps sliding forwards on its peg
So good its going into storage for 20 years and its getting a new friend to keep it company in the garage
An alarm bracket and battery under warrenty
brake pads at 45k and rears at 50k
tyres at 54 k miles after changing the wheels after 24k
and the BIGGEST thing that anoys me is the drivers mat keeps sliding forwards on its peg
So good its going into storage for 20 years and its getting a new friend to keep it company in the garage
07 June 2009, 08:13 PM
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LOL LOL what a thread the guy is thanking his ownership and gets table tennis treatment. but he did ask for it. Us kiddies have more testestoren to hit redline, you tend to loose that at old age lol.
but he did ask for it. Us kiddies have more testestoren to hit redline, you tend to loose that at old age lol.
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07 June 2009, 11:40 PM
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