| Following on from my Alfa thread.... 12:29 - Nov 7 with 3033 views | hampstead_blue |
Mrs H and I bought an Impreza. Not that anyone cares, but a few did reply to my shout out on ALfa 3.2's so I thought I'd see if anyone had a Scooby.
WRX PPP. 2 litre on the blob eye. One of the last blob eyes apparently.
Light grey, black wheels, wagon version.
Prodrive exhaust, re-map, and other stuff.
Oh, it's totally stock and is properly quick on boost.
Any other Scooby owners here? |  |
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Those who assume and insist they know are daft and in denial.
Those who assume, insist, and deny the truth are plain stupid.
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| Following on from my Alfa thread.... on 15:00 - Nov 7 with 2949 views | MJallday |
father in law had a STI, WRX STI and Turbo. he's heere now actually so just asked him.
he said :-
prepare for your fuel bill to go through the floor and tyres to last 20 seconds
a set of tyres used to last 4000 miles. you have to replace all 4. theyre 200 a pop apparently.
for a blast, great fun. on the motorway doign a constant speed for 3 hours, you'll want to sell it by the end of it. itll drive you potty. the newer ones are much quieter, but the older ones are rubbish.
he reacons his averaged 18-23mpg normal driving. 25 if he feathered it.
hth |  |
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| Following on from my Alfa thread.... on 16:42 - Nov 7 with 2904 views | hampstead_blue |
| Following on from my Alfa thread.... on 15:00 - Nov 7 by MJallday |
father in law had a STI, WRX STI and Turbo. he's heere now actually so just asked him.
he said :-
prepare for your fuel bill to go through the floor and tyres to last 20 seconds
a set of tyres used to last 4000 miles. you have to replace all 4. theyre 200 a pop apparently.
for a blast, great fun. on the motorway doign a constant speed for 3 hours, you'll want to sell it by the end of it. itll drive you potty. the newer ones are much quieter, but the older ones are rubbish.
he reacons his averaged 18-23mpg normal driving. 25 if he feathered it.
hth |
thanks.
We had heard similar and had prepared for that.
It's only getting used for the school run and pottering around. A bit of middle aged fun.
I would never take it on a long run on a motorway, driving it back from where we bought it (90 miles in the motorway) gave me a headache.
Thank him for his advice. | |
| Assumption is to make an ass out of you and me.
Those who assume they know you, when they don't are just guessing.
Those who assume and insist they know are daft and in denial.
Those who assume, insist, and deny the truth are plain stupid.
Those who assume, insist, deny the truth and tell YOU they know you (when they don't) have an IQ in the range of 35-49.
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| Following on from my Alfa thread.... on 16:47 - Nov 7 with 2892 views | Smithy |
| Following on from my Alfa thread.... on 15:00 - Nov 7 by MJallday |
father in law had a STI, WRX STI and Turbo. he's heere now actually so just asked him.
he said :-
prepare for your fuel bill to go through the floor and tyres to last 20 seconds
a set of tyres used to last 4000 miles. you have to replace all 4. theyre 200 a pop apparently.
for a blast, great fun. on the motorway doign a constant speed for 3 hours, you'll want to sell it by the end of it. itll drive you potty. the newer ones are much quieter, but the older ones are rubbish.
he reacons his averaged 18-23mpg normal driving. 25 if he feathered it.
hth |
a STI is never nice [Post edited 7 Nov 2017 16:48]
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| Following on from my Alfa thread.... on 17:10 - Nov 7 with 2860 views | FrowsyArmLarry |
| Following on from my Alfa thread.... on 16:42 - Nov 7 by hampstead_blue |
thanks.
We had heard similar and had prepared for that.
It's only getting used for the school run and pottering around. A bit of middle aged fun.
I would never take it on a long run on a motorway, driving it back from where we bought it (90 miles in the motorway) gave me a headache.
Thank him for his advice. |
You bought a rally car for the school run? I'd have gone for a nice comfortable Mercedes myself |  | | |
| Following on from my Alfa thread.... on 19:32 - Nov 7 with 2805 views | MJallday |
| Following on from my Alfa thread.... on 16:42 - Nov 7 by hampstead_blue |
thanks.
We had heard similar and had prepared for that.
It's only getting used for the school run and pottering around. A bit of middle aged fun.
I would never take it on a long run on a motorway, driving it back from where we bought it (90 miles in the motorway) gave me a headache.
Thank him for his advice. |
Will do. Funnily enough after the Imprezas he had a 350z then had an Alfa. He liked it but it kept going wrong . I’m sure he said he’s owned 90 cars over the course of his life
He advised me to chop in the ST for the pussy cat . I’ve got been disappointed | |
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| Following on from my Alfa thread.... on 19:35 - Nov 7 with 2803 views | MJallday |
| Following on from my Alfa thread.... on 17:10 - Nov 7 by FrowsyArmLarry |
You bought a rally car for the school run? I'd have gone for a nice comfortable Mercedes myself |
Merck’s are ok but their design team have gaffed up . Have you seen what they’ve done with the interior? It’s like they forgot the stereo so got an iPad and glued it to the window , not embedded
It looks dreadful | |
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| Following on from my Alfa thread.... on 20:01 - Nov 7 with 2781 views | hampstead_blue |
| Following on from my Alfa thread.... on 17:10 - Nov 7 by FrowsyArmLarry |
You bought a rally car for the school run? I'd have gone for a nice comfortable Mercedes myself |
we drove a load of CLK's but they are too heavy.
To get any fun out of one you need the AMG. | |
| Assumption is to make an ass out of you and me.
Those who assume they know you, when they don't are just guessing.
Those who assume and insist they know are daft and in denial.
Those who assume, insist, and deny the truth are plain stupid.
Those who assume, insist, deny the truth and tell YOU they know you (when they don't) have an IQ in the range of 35-49.
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| Following on from my Alfa thread.... on 20:05 - Nov 7 with 2778 views | hampstead_blue |
| Following on from my Alfa thread.... on 17:10 - Nov 7 by FrowsyArmLarry |
You bought a rally car for the school run? I'd have gone for a nice comfortable Mercedes myself |
so this afternoon in the pouring rain our 4 year old experienced the Scooby for the first time....
"Daddy, I love it. You've gone fastly. "
Rally car is the perfect school run car. | |
| Assumption is to make an ass out of you and me.
Those who assume they know you, when they don't are just guessing.
Those who assume and insist they know are daft and in denial.
Those who assume, insist, and deny the truth are plain stupid.
Those who assume, insist, deny the truth and tell YOU they know you (when they don't) have an IQ in the range of 35-49.
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| Following on from my Alfa thread.... on 20:13 - Nov 7 with 2770 views | jeera |
"so I thought I'd see if anyone had a Scooby."
I honestly thought you were asking if anyone has any idea. |  |
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| Following on from my Alfa thread.... on 11:03 - Nov 8 with 2670 views | No9 |
I posted the problems I had with the clutch - all acknowledged by Subaru as their problem.
The other issues were the interior was cr@p and it isn't comfortable for a tall driver.
Road holding was excellent tho' |  | | |
| Following on from my Alfa thread.... on 12:24 - Nov 8 with 2634 views | hampstead_blue |
| Following on from my Alfa thread.... on 11:03 - Nov 8 by No9 |
I posted the problems I had with the clutch - all acknowledged by Subaru as their problem.
The other issues were the interior was cr@p and it isn't comfortable for a tall driver.
Road holding was excellent tho' |
You are right about the interior. Straight from the 80's.
Our daily is a new XC60. The Scooby feels like my mum's old Nissan from the 80's in comparison. However, on the way back from the school run this morning I took a much longer route to open it up a bit...... | |
| Assumption is to make an ass out of you and me.
Those who assume they know you, when they don't are just guessing.
Those who assume and insist they know are daft and in denial.
Those who assume, insist, and deny the truth are plain stupid.
Those who assume, insist, deny the truth and tell YOU they know you (when they don't) have an IQ in the range of 35-49.
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| Following on from my Alfa thread.... on 17:34 - Nov 8 with 2573 views | No9 |
| Following on from my Alfa thread.... on 12:24 - Nov 8 by hampstead_blue |
You are right about the interior. Straight from the 80's.
Our daily is a new XC60. The Scooby feels like my mum's old Nissan from the 80's in comparison. However, on the way back from the school run this morning I took a much longer route to open it up a bit...... |
The boxer engine in the Subaru is a pretty willing unti but it is very thirsty for a 2L unit.
I also found it expensive to insure compared to other 2L motors
The Original X60 is of course a Freelander by any other name = both Ford | | | |
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