Hi all, names kev from tamworth (staffs) and just signed up as ive finally done the sensible thing and ditched the fords (9 of em) and bought my childhoon (!) dream car - a 1998 2000 turbo impreza

looking forward to getting to know the boards, scooby scene and hopefully some more insight in how to make sure blu is kept 120% maintainedc so i thought i would show ol' blu to everyone

was looking for a decent impreza to replace my V6 mondeo and after looking at a few dog rough examples and missing out on 2 beauties, i was about to give up and serch for an ST220 when i spotted a peach of a scoob on ebay that ticked (almost) all the right boxes

so hoped on a train from tamworth to cumbria to view a '98 impreza turbo wagon (of which i'll admit i was never really a fan, but this one was different) - after a good look over, a long check of the imacualte service history, HPI check and a test drive i was sold in this beautie















car has covered 113K but is backed up with a FULL subaru service history, its had thousands spent on the car regardless of cost and has had all the big jobs done aswell - the service book is actually over stammped!

the car is virtually standard, which is what i was looking for in a scoob, - it even has the original subaru tape player! with the exception of a powerflow cat back stainless steel exhaust and a set of 17" TSW's

she pulls like a train through all gears to redline and she does not miss a beat! the grin i have on my face when i drive her would give the cheshire cat the blues

with every car this age there are a few problems,

car struggles to start in the morning - suspect the battery needs replacing
rust bubbles on the rear arch (common on the scoobs)
drivers side glass is scratched from something being caught in the rubber

my plans for the car are:-

change the wheels back to the standard 16" gold 5 spoke alloys
decent panel filter
MAYBE a decent recirc / BOV
colour code the wing mirrors and maybe the door handles

and thats it!

other than that its just to enjoy the car

comments and criticiisms welcome

 

Welcome mate, we have a few members your way so i will introduce you all at the next meet looks like you have a nice motor there, well done. The scratches on the glass are common, the brushes under the door cards wear in time and the metal left scratches the glass

Hope to see you soon (we will get you some WMI stickers sorted)

H (club chairman)

 

Excellent thank you ive just requested to join the WMI group on facebook aswell

 

Looks very nice mate

 

another realy nice wagon welcome to the best club ever

 

welcome to wmi you got nice taste in colour down side is you will have to park next to me at meets it be looking in the mirror ive left my door handles and wing mirrors black take a look on my profile hope to see you at next meet i will leave you a space next to mine

 

always nice to see a twin the downside is me trying to get into your car and drive off with it!

 

now that would be funny