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Old 11 July 2011, 11:08 PM
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since im 17 theres no way i can afford a subaru of my own, my dream since 1998 was to own a subaru and i've always set my eyes on a blue and gold subaru.

Why did subaru stop doing the imprezas in blue? by time i can afford subaru insurance im going to have to buy a 08 subaru impreza which will be 10 years old. lets not ignore the fact of how ugly the new impreza look compared to the 03-07 impreza's

this really saddens me
Old 11 July 2011, 11:22 PM
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Yes the WR blue has been replaced with the plasma which has a purple tinge to it and looks stunning

Of course I just love my 2009 WR blue hatch




Especially with gold wheels
Old 11 July 2011, 11:28 PM
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im jealous of you.

i just dont see why they discontinued such a unique and eye catching colour, they shoulda kept it. until i can afford a nice saloon im looking at a 1.5 hatchback
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plasma and wr blue are very similar
but when i was looking for my sti i only wanted a blue one.
the only other colour i might consider is white
Old 11 July 2011, 11:39 PM
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yeah, its a shame, my ultimate dream car is a 03-05 prodrive sti blue with gold bbs alloys... unfortunatly i wont be able to get this, i may be lucky in the future to get a 07 model in good condition, grats on your car mate
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mine had gold wheels when i got it but quickly changed to anthracite.
gold doesnt look quite as good nowadays
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Originally Posted by grievsa93
hey,

since im 17 theres no way i can afford a subaru of my own, my dream since 1998 was to own a subaru and i've always set my eyes on a blue and gold subaru.

Why did subaru stop doing the imprezas in blue? by time i can afford subaru insurance im going to have to buy a 08 subaru impreza which will be 10 years old. lets not ignore the fact of how ugly the new impreza look compared to the 03-07 impreza's

this really saddens me
Yea the classic blue and model was the best.
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everyone knows the black the fastest
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Originally Posted by Pramas
everyone knows the black the fastest
After red that is.
Old 12 July 2011, 08:29 AM
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which follows blue lol
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I wonder if it was connected to them pulling out of the wrc?
Old 12 July 2011, 08:37 AM
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Originally Posted by Blue and Gold
which follows blue lol
Which everyone knows comes second to White.
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Originally Posted by Lagamorph
I wonder if it was connected to them pulling out of the wrc?
They are not out of Rallying only the WRC, privateers are still at it. The hatch uses a darker blue and silver on the official cars, Tommy Arai etc.
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yeah i kinda miss the days where rally was 100% rally, now it appears it is who can have the shinyest car and have the biggest monster logo while they drift around a car park... pretty cool however, doesnt compare to solberg/mcrae screaming down a dirt track.

i think i am going to have to just wait for insurance to drop and get my hands on a WR Bue 270GB :O:O:O

but comon, lets be serious.... its not a subaru without WR Blue what you guys have is a fast white/black/red car
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I was trying my hardest to not get a blue one but still ended up with one as it would have been silly to turn it down common as muck imo.
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I just love Sonic Blue, could be because I was raised in the era of Sonic the Hedgehog lol!
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Originally Posted by Rescue Dude
Which everyone knows comes second to White.
Which is the base coat for Blue but was stolen by some chav before the final colour was put on
Old 12 July 2011, 12:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Lagamorph
I was trying my hardest to not get a blue one but still ended up with one as it would have been silly to turn it down common as muck imo.
Bloody gheyer
Old 12 July 2011, 01:46 PM
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I'm still looking for a Newage that isn't blue or silver. It's sooooo hard.
Old 12 July 2011, 01:59 PM
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You can't beat redish blue, best impreza colour ever for me.
Old 12 July 2011, 02:10 PM
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Originally Posted by Rescue Dude
Which everyone knows comes second to White.
The rarest and best colour closely followed by 53c 555 blue ( although i may be slightly bias )
Old 12 July 2011, 02:13 PM
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Originally Posted by g7prs
The rarest and best colour closely followed by 53c 555 blue ( although i may be slightly bias )
If we're talking rare, didn't they only make 200 cashmere yellow imprezas?
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Originally Posted by CREWJ
If we're talking rare, didn't they only make 200 cashmere yellow imprezas?
Not sure about those.

How many white 05 blob sti type uk were sold?
Old 12 July 2011, 04:04 PM
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Originally Posted by g7prs
Not sure about those.

How many white 05 blob sti type uk were sold?
That's a bit specific.

How many 00 Black Sport Specials were there?
Around 100
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Originally Posted by CREWJ
That's a bit specific.

How many 00 Black Sport Specials were there?
Around 100
lol i know there were only 100 version 2 555 sti wagons as well.

The white blob eye question was just that i bought one and would like to find out as you very rarely ever see uk cars in white.
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In the Uk you can only get Plasma Blu. BUT WR Blue but it IS available on JDM/EU cars IIRC

I saw a WR blue 2011 saloon in Barcelona a few weeks ago

Tony

Ps RED is definately the new Blue
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i think the older cars i.e. classics bugs blobs and hawks look the best in blue as thats what the rally cars were and everyone recognises them just by the colour.
although white looks good too but thats it colourwise for me.
the newer cars look great in white but i did see a silver one in the showroom and it looks good.
i think the black parts that are on the newer cars help break the colour up a bit as silver really didnt look great on the older cars.
love to see a new wr blue saloon close up.
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If you want rare, How many Red Newage STI`s have you seen?

Not got anything against blue ones but i wanted any other colour, LOL, My last one was silver too.......

Gaz.

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Old 12 July 2011, 07:37 PM
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I believe newage Sti,s were not produced in Red. Newage Wrx,s were. Steve.
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Originally Posted by dolomite
I believe newage Sti,s were not produced in Red. Newage Wrx,s were. Steve.
Correct Ish

I`ve got one, but its a JDM Spec-c Ltd STI, The only model red was available on i believe


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