Anyone Own/had An Impreza?

[4efte_ryan]

think im gonna buy a impreza tubby around a 97plate soon as a daily runner, as i cant find a decent gt i fancy anywhere and fancy a change anyway, sooo need some honest opinions on them, what are they like, any faults?? etc, didnt want to post this on a scooby forum as all i will get back is that they are brilliant etc bla bla bla and you guys are honest lol any help appreciated

ryan

[Ryan5793]

my dad had a R plate 2000 uk turbo years ago that he used daily and it was bulletproof tbh, sold it with 110k in the end however they do have weak bottom ends though which tend to go.

[4efte_ryan]

my dad had a R plate 2000 uk turbo years ago that he used daily and it was bulletproof tbh, sold it with 110k in the end however they do have weak bottom ends though which tend to go.

cheers for the reply im only gonna get a stock 1 i heard that the bottom ends are weak, but ive seen a few with 150k with the original engine and still going strong, do you no if parts are hard to get holf of/ expensive

cheers ryan

[ep82auto]

hi what you need to know buddy? I've had them all. sti's wrx, even a leagacy gtb.

respond to mods just as good as a starlet, cracking cars!

what you wanting from a scooby and ill let you know whats the best model for ya!

[Starlet__SR]

Had a sti for 3 days, brilliant car, but not really good as a daily because all you wanna do is boot it lol

Damien

[b4d1sy]

Dad used to have a wrx for everyday car..ran perfectt n ad some nice power to it

Id say go for 1 dude

[Kara GTT]

We had a P reg one,and it wasnt too bad for an every day runner!

[Nayls]

love the sound of them!!

would never own one though!!! modern day xr3i in my opinion,every fucker has one!!! lol

i challenge anyone to not spot one on a 5 mile journey! **challenge not open to any lord blah blah's that live out in the woods!!**

[DannyGlanzav]

If your going to get one get an import, wrx etc.. the uk spec ones are a bit bland imo. Treat em rite and there a good reliable car

[ep82auto]

lol cant agree more, jap escort lol

but very reliable at holding good power! my last was a 1995 wrx import, standard at 260bhp got her to 333bhp for around 800 notes.

not alot could touch me with a genuine 333bhp with a p1 clutch.

only sold because of that reason (to common now days)

[DannyGlanzav]

I owned a 1996 wrx all I added was a FMIC, full nur spec exhaust system and air filter and it made 323bhp! at 1bar

[bucketep91]

i sold mine ecause it was costing me a fotune on fuel and insurance, it took a lot of abuse for a year tho and nothing went wrong

[paulgtt]

If I was to get one it would have to be a type RA, close ratio 'box FTW!!

However I wouldn't get one because of the stupid noise they make.

[bucketep91]

the noise is the best thing about a subaru lol

[Sparky]

Yea gotta love the flat four!!

I do like it when they have equal length manifolds though

[4efte_ryan]

thanks for all the comments guys looks more positive than negative atm, jus gotta find 1 now

[Curtis]

i have a mate that had a small knock in it and i couldnt believe how cheap it was to fix compared to starlets, it shows how expensive starlet parts are compared to bigger car what you would expect to rape you

[LeeG]

ave got one sellin it verry soon parts are very easy to get hold of. if your buyin one best buyin imported ones. thing to look out for are 3rd gear is common on goin in them, boost solinds, crank sensor, and water leakin through rear lights.

always make sure oil is at max as they have a shallow sump and when booted all oil goes to rear of sump obv thts why there bad for bottom ends.

there queit thursty on fuel tbh.

[LeeG]

aslo if buyin wrx import try get the one with Z4 ecu in it thts the 260bhp stanard with better fuel map and high fuel cut set at 1.1 bar rather than other scoobys are 0.9.

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