There are loads of members on here that no longer own a Subaru (me included) I was just wondering what it was that made you change?

fuel/insurance
personal circumstances
something better
or just fancied a change?

Sorry if this is in the wrong place

 

just got bored tbh had 5 scoobs over the yrs and enjoyed them all, but the blob was just not as much fun as the classic's i have had before.
also if i keep any car more than 6 mths its done well

 

as above fancied a change bought a 172 and i hate it next car i buy will be a bm 530d estate loads off room after a clio lol and its got to have all the toys a clio or scoob does not have any toys bluetooth etc

 

what are you driving now then?

 

The Clio v6 must feel a bit special though surely?

They're pretty rare but I suppose not the most luxurious

 

french managment lights electrical probs do i need to go on

 

I remember my old 106 GTI being the same, I'm now driving an evo 7 after my last Impreza and have to say I'm much happier and find it a much better car

 

sh**y little pug 206 gti 180 but its just so much fun i just found the blob to refined for a fun car yes good for long runs but not just as good as a classic for fun

 

So you prefer the rawness of a classic rather than something a little more refined and a little easier to live with day to day?

 

for me yes as my cars are just weekend toys, and then just for very limited miles each yr. as i normaly work 6 days a week they really don't get that much use so i want a car just for pure fun.

 

I'm quite lucky in the fact that the mrs is happy to have something economical and I can have something a bit special

 

Sh*ty :O i miss my 180 to bits!!

 

Fuel and the image.

 

Changed to a Turbocharged 2.0i B class Mercedes. Much better fuel economy, performance similar to WRX with it being 2 wheel drive. More luxurious, much cheaper tax and insurance, more practical.

 

I am thinking of changing to a honda S2000 this year,I don't need a practical car at this point in my life and fancy top down rwd with relatively decent power...

 

S2000, what a car. Got as far as a test drive then found out my wife was pregnant so that was the end of that. Always hoped that I might buy one yet but now they have stopped making them and there are no MK2s its looking very unlikely.

 

I haven't got as far as a test drive yet but there is a 2009 GT in a garage close by I will test drive once the snow is gone, just been reading up on them. My budget will be max £6000 so I'll be looking at good nick low milage 2002ish cars (ideally I want a black or silver AP1 with the improvements before the AP2 was introduced)

 

Have you registered in the S2k forums? Learnt some very good advice on there that helped with potential purchases. It was around 4 years ago now so I can't remember details but one of the common problems was something to do with geometry bolts seizing and being a pig of a job £1000+ to put right as you need to lift the car off the subframe to get at them.

There are specialists who can so it for £300 and weld bolts in upside down though negating the need to take it off the frame so it shouldn't be a massive problem but definitely one to be aware of. Considering this was the only issue flagged up I though that was pretty impressive.

 

Yeah I have registered and have been browsing for a few months, I was aware of the troublesome geo bolts but didn't realise the car had to come off the subframe to fix! Thanks for that I will pay particular attention to this when looking/questioning possible purchases, apart from that they seem to be pretty bulletproof except for inevitable things like hood replacement etc.

 

Double check about the subframe as I cant remember exactly what needed doing, I just recall that it was an expensive job as there is not enough space to take remove and refit the bolts properly (hence me thinking it was the subframe that it needed to be lifted from).

 

I'll have a read up about it, cheers for the advice mate

 

I fancied switching to 2 wheels so that's why I broke my Impreza. I still have my M3 though

 

Totalled my Classic Bought a stop gap car that I ended up running around in for five years, missed the performance of the Scooby in that time but not the fuel and maintenance bills. Decided I needed something fast but practical (growing family) and fairly economical so ended up with the BMW uber diesel. It'll do for now

Thought about having a weekend toy but then figured I probably hardly ever use it, family gets all my spare time now. When I'm a bit older thought (and so are the kids) we'll see

 

Expanding family (two young 'uns now) so went for a boring and practical estate. Needed a big boot for the double buggy. It WAS boring so now looking to buy a nice practical newage STi again now one is walking

Should never have sold it!

 

So it seems the majority is either expanding families or fancying a change, I've only seen one mention of image and I partly agree with that. I'm sure the classic is a good car (never driven one) but it seems to me that classics have been hit hardest where image is concerned, there seems to be so many chavved up bags of **** being driven round by tracksuit wearing gangster wannabes its unbelievable

 

Surely the new hatch has been hit hardest when the made it!! Don't get me wrong it propably is a good car but.. Just not the image you get when you thing of an impreza

 

i just knew you would comment

 

I was killing the car with a door to door job. Sold the scooby and ended up buying a huge house... 11months to go and should be on the hunt again!!

 

When image was mentioned I automatically assumed that he meant the rising amount of classics being bought cheap and then being ruined by owners that have the intelligence of the amniotic sack they were born in. I agree the hatch is a very marmite car but I really like it, just a pity the engine is supposed to be a bit weak

 

i will admit one of the few reasons i sold my classic was image. i got fed up with the whenever it came up in conversation with someone that i had an impreza. soon realised after selling it how good they are, f**k image they are the dogs danglies.

also got rid because it had an intermittent fault, and it was time to move on and try something else.

i may move on from my s15 to a r32/r33 but i will soon be back to impreza after or before that.