Hel

STi 8 in wyvale garden centre , T5**w, a P1 outside the cleaners/laundrette, and a 2nd STi 8 in the garden centre by the pontrilas mill - all about 1.30pm ish.Both STis blue.

T5NYW

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Yes it was me but mine is a STi02 Bugeye My MUM was feely a bit ill, so only pulled in there quick so she could recover

I have a workmate and also a Friend with MY03 Sti's

ToNY W

Ps I was driving slowly as she is nearly 80

Hel

Seemed pretty fast to us as we caught your back end (sti8???) we were in the BMW on the way out.

Paul

T5NYW

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Hel,
I called into Wyevale (T5**W) "STi7" if ther other "STi7" **02 PVA at Pontrialis would have been "Sparky Rob" or if "STi8's" on a MY03 plate or a W**AJH one is my Union conveenor and the Othe a Dentist P1 could be one of 3 peeps if gold 18"'s it was the "Spud man".

where I work, at one stage there was 10 Subaru's on the firm's car park STi8, STi7, Black WRX02, green WRX01 wagon, sliver MY98, STi5 type R and 2 legacy's and a 300UK in a carpark next door.

Tony

greasemonkey

Lol, perfect example of why this "number" system should be forgotten about ASAP. Technically Hel is right, as MY02 STi's are, if you're gonna use the numbers, STi8's.

STi9's you mean?!

Hel

Tony, the pontrilas was deff a sti8 MY03-53 quite an older guy driving ( no offence),
actually it was a mirror image of my own . The p1 was quite dirty and had anthracite wheels driver not as old as sti.

greasemonkey

Eh? STi8's are model year 2002 (i.e. bugeye face) Hel. There is no such thing as an "sti8 MY03-53". As stated above this is perfect reason why this "number" thing should be forgotten about with regard to the new age cars, as far too many people don't know WTF they're talking about.

T5NYW

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Gm,
I cant see anthing wrong with this terminology, mine is a STi02Uk bugeyed, and my mates are Blobeye'd MY03Sti's OK later on in the posts reverted to STi7's & 8's but we are just simple country folk here and not very bright LOL

Your going to have problems with them dam Yankee's though . You realise that their models this year are MY05STiUSDM or STi05USDM

Is the only differrence between STi9JDM and STi10JDM is a square plate over the boot lock


Tony

greasemonkey

The thing that's "wrong" with the STi7/8/etc. thing is that far too many people have got into the habit of applying it incorrectly (yourself and hel included), and it's thus reached a point where two different people can talk about "STi8's" without actually being certain what car each other is referring to.

There are/were even folk on this BBS referring to MY04 cars as STi8's, which goes to show how distorted this thing has become. You wouldn't go round calling an STi6 an STi5, would you, so why do it with the new age cars?

Nothing whatsoever wrong with the MY02/MY03 UK/JDM etc. terminology. In the light of the above it's the only method of description that isn't easily misinterpreted.

Depends which JDM STi you're referring to. There are other detail spec differences apparently, but it wouldn't matter if the bootlock was the single differentiating factor. Fact still remains that MY03 cars are 9's and MY04's 10's.

Aware of this and don't have any problems with this at all. It's yet another reason why trying to lump the US and UK market STi's in with the Jap cars in this 7/8/9 numbering thing doesn't work.

The US market and UK/European market cars are fundamentally different from the JDM cars and are developed along parallel tracks. They really are now different cars that happen to look broadly similar and have the same name on the bootlid

The situation with the US market cars is confusing on the surface but easily explained. The bugeye went on sale later over there than it did elsewhere in the world and to fill the gap, the 2001 model year US market Imprezas still used the classic shape shell. The first bugeyes thus became 2002MY, with the MY changeover about six months out of kilter with the rest of the world. It's for this reason that the US gets its "2005MY" cars in the showrooms before the rest of the world.

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GM

Many thanks for that was so much easier with the classic's if it was all STi's were JDM's and a STi6 was a STi6 . The main trouble are dealer's they sell us these cars as STi7's STi8's etc etc and as you see 4 years on and I am still getting it wrong

Tony

greasemonkey

Oh of course. Trouble is that now "STi" is a global brand, commercial and legislative requirements have dictated that the STi's available in different parts of the world have become increasingly different from the core Japanese market cars. It's not surprising in these circumstances that Subaru officially chose to drop the "numbering" from the STi models.

Yep, agreed. There are far too many of the so-called "specialists" and importers making the same errors. Still, in these circumstances, the only thing you can do is engage rule one of the "Know Your Car Dealer" handbook, which clearly states never to believe a word a dealer tells you!

T5NYW

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PMSL LOL

Tony

ANDYUK300

the uk300 will be mine then
got afew waves around H today

andy

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As I walk from my works carpark, I can look over the brook and see yours parked up

Tony

My user name might give you a clue to my Reg No,

ANDYUK300

I used to live round the corner from you Tony and drive a silver classic wrx.
may sell mine soon, looking at type 25. maybe

andy

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You used to live in Moor street and came on one meet

T25 but for £1K more you can have a Spec C with the 2.5Ltr fitted if you want any info I know Ian Litchfied my other mate from Leominster MY01 (UK300 lookalike) is also looking for a Type C

Tony

ScoobyDoo555

didn't know Mark was looking at a Spec C......

Funny that - I was looking at one too Don't tell wifey!

Dan

T5NYW

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Mark was looking for a MY04Sti but may be looking elsewhere he sent regards to the "Tax Inspector" Ann LOL

Tony

ScoobyDoo555

loL

Dan

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DAN,
Are you comming to Japfest next Saturday ;(

ScoobyDoo555

Nah m8 - in the studio

Gotta keep working to save up for my new brum brum

have fun though

Dan