Will you buy Subaru again?

Altezza-Dan

Altezza-Dan

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I know i'm probably one of the virgin noobs on this site when it comes to Subaru ownership, but curious about the trend in Subaru ownership. I know there is a good mix of daily driver owners on here aswell as weekend only drivers so i thought i would throw this out there. If you are considering getting a newer car than what you have now would you consider a newer model Subaru?

For example, i have a 2003 new shape Legacy, pretty happy with it currently but another 2-3 years and i think i would be looking for a change. Current Subaru Legacy offerings in Ireland are pretty poor, its either a 2008-2010 diesel or the newer Daewoo look a like 2nd gen diesel legacy , none really tickle my fancy so i think that rules out any of them. So only other option to stay in the legacy branch of the family is a newer jdm import such as the tuned by sti models or newer Spec B's, but probably to expensive for what you get considering the current strength of the Yen. Failing that i could look at he Impreza range and to be honest, no offence, they never really did it for me. Part of me is thinking just buy a diesel and just consider the car as a means of getting from A to B but where is the fun in that?

Anyway, thats my drunken rant over, it could all change tomorrow when the budget comes out and we all end up driving 1.4 diesel polo's!
 
keep the legacy and never sell it (like me)and change your daily driver every 2 years(or less)....
im driving a 02 C180 merc since june and thinking of changing to a 02-03 landrover coz ive always liked um....
my point is if u get pissed with your daily driver u can just change it again for small money BUT ull still have the legacy to cheer ya up....
 
JOHNNY T said:
keep the legacy and never sell it (like me)and change your daily driver every 2 years(or less)....
im driving a 02 C180 merc since june and thinking of changing to a 02-03 landrover coz ive always liked um....
my point is if u get pissed with your daily driver u can just change it again for small money BUT ull still have the legacy to cheer ya up....
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I don't think I ever would sell or be able to sell the legacy! Ill need to get a driveway if I want to keep 2 cars on the go
 
ive no driveway either but ive the rs stored in a secure container across the city,
its not insured now but it will be nexy year and used on the weekends........
just a thought
 
I'd like to think I'd buy another impreza wagon in a few years when the current daily driver gets a little tired or just doesn't suit my needs.

I'd probably buy a blob wagon.... Or money no object.... I'd love a GB270 wagon but hard to live with the higher tax rate on it. They are feckin lovely though... :eek7:
 
I think I'll probably go back to a legacy, but a diesel one this time, as the impreza hatch is a bit on the small side for lugging stuff around, and it is hard to beat the comfort of the legacy.

I read this on the other day from litchfield: http://www.litchfieldimports.co.uk/subaru_diesel.asp
Thought it was a bit funny to see this in it though - "No additional parts or hardware need to be fitted to the vehicle, so invisible to any garages or insurance companies."
I'm sure insurance wouldnt like to see that. :icon_grin:
 
I'll be looking at that BRZ in a couple of years...high power ,high grip doesn't really excite me any more.... having a go in an Elise on a track completely change my opinion of what a fast car is...the BRZ should be a close as you can get to an Elise..but with 4 seats and a decent warranty
 
To answer your question - no, probably not!

But on the other hand, I'll never sell my current car either :icon_grin:
 
like dagnut the brz is probably the only other subaru il ever get ,even though there are some mouth watering options out there .
we are being turnd into a endangered species .

and its getting dearer year by year to run current impreza , eventually when it becomes too expensive , she will be retired as a track toy and buy a sensible boring diesel .
 
Just upgraded a few weeks ago after 7 months of searching and loving every bit of my 270km tank.

My savings are dwindling quickly though. It's cost me e15 just to drive from lusk to cherrywood yesterday. And everything else I want and need to do to it in the next 3-4 months. Costs are spiraling but I just can't stop, love it too much :subaru:

Will keep changing the daily dumped every 2 or so years, will never be able to run a scooby day to day ever again :boohoo:
 
I'd probably go for a Hawkeye STi at some point as the daily and keep the type R for a bit of craic.
 
Impreza's have been my daily drivers for the last 7 years until 3 months ago. Even though I swore blind I would never go down that route, after driving one I knew I had to have one..... Ended up in a BMW 530D MSport. My mates thought I had banged my head.......diesel and automatic :icon_hang:. I was shocked with the modern day diesel. It pulls like a maniac all the time, but that's what 370 foot pounds of torque standard can do for you. It's a bit hairy in the wet as it wants to spin up all the time and is a bit wallowy but I just have to get used to not driving an AWD car. Getting in remappped in the new year for an expected 25%+ gain of torque. Okay, so my tax has doubled and it costs about €25 extra to fill the tank but I now get anything between 750 - 1000km per fill up as opposed to the maximum of about 320km I got before.

Thought I might have been making a bad move and so did a lot of people but so far so good :thumbsup:

Don't worry, there is still room for an old Impreza in my garage and my heart and she will be back on the road in the New Year :subaru:
 
don't think i could TBH, if it was a brand new car then yes as i know the engine isn't toasted by some man racer, we all know how fragile our engines are!

i wouldn't buy another Leggy unless it was a single turbo, and RWD lol, too much loss through the 4WD drive train, and although good on a track it aint half boring knowing you won't spin off a roundabout backwards in a ball of flames!

i guess I'm just hungry for more power, but id also like to not think "ooops i hit 6000rmp again i probably ruined my chocolate engine"

i want to feel scared by my car! not bored!
 
dunno cant see myself payin 2k + for tax tbh, maybe high powered diesel or Focus RS :dontknow: or maybe just keep hatch :ponder2:
 
I'll be buying another Bug prodrive as soon as I can but the future plan to have either an RB320 or a hawk specC is still there. But I think I will also have a forester diesel when they come in at a decent price as my family run around. :thumbsup:
 
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