Why I Fell In Love!

[compo71]

What made you fall in love with Subaru's?

This was mine!!!

My first Scoob.................... oh yes!!!

Oh the memories..........

Edited May 2, 2008 by compo71

[edmondo]

watching Top Gear Scooby vs Evo

[Dorsetdaffodil]

watching Top Gear Scooby vs Evo

First my daughter had one, wouldnt let me drive it ... then... my friend let me drive his .... and i knew ... love at first site ... he put her up for sale ..so i bought her, my pride and joy .. " silver moon"

[rae_sti]

two numbers one letter

22b

[matt78]

A number of things..Colin Mcrae Rally (the first one) on playstation 1 in 1998ish! Then my brother in law got a P1 in 2001, which I loved! (P***ed on the Escort Cosworth he had before that). And the noise of that flat four!

[matt78]

What made you fall in love with Subaru's?

This was mine!!!

My first Scoob.................... oh yes!!!

Oh the memories..........

Yeah!!! Nice! My dad had a white estate subaru when I was about 15. Can't remember the model though. One of the 'farmers' subarus at the time (he wasn't a farmer though).

[monkip1]

fell in love with the subaru from V-Rally on playstation

Then that was it for me hehe

[stinger]

ahh this is a tough one for me to be honest. Ed asked me this when i rocked up to the meet in march, "why did you buy a subaru?" he eventually asked me. I suspect my answer was something less than he was expecting and it wasnt what i was trying to articulate.

i mean, who wouldnt want a rally car (almost) that you can drive every day?

who wouldnt want a car that makes you smile every time you get into it?

i am now on my second scoob, previously i had a bugeye wagon and it was fast, when i traded it in nearly 8 weeks ago (wipes away a tear of nostalgia) the subaru dealer took it for a test drive and came back saying, "i forgot it was that quick, funny how some are quicker than others".

what can i say but, i am a speed freak but its not the total speed its the fun of getting there. i mean in a scoob you can have as much fun getting up to 40 and staying there because of the speed limit than you could get all day in another car. every set of lights, every junction, every roundabout and you dont even have to be close to red lining it and then settle at the speed limit to have that little glow inside and the joy etched on your face.

so what was it that made me buy one? well i'm afraid our dear departed friend Mr McRae is at fault watching him do his stuff with utter awe and amazement that someone could go that fast in those places and then immersing me in the driving games.

[nicky]

i always wanted one

but when i did they was to much money

so about 2 years ago when the price came down i got my first

and loved it

i would never have any thing else

[kheldar]

yeah followed subaru on and off in the mid-late 90's i guess and always wanted one.

never thought i would.

dealer was just down the road ish from my parents so used to see them when getting petrol.

did some contracting in the late 90's and in May 2000 bought a brand new 00 Mica Green Turbo with the gold alloys from the imported P1's.

omg how much fun was it - and yes u did not have to drive at 120 to have fun. and the looks it got were good mainly. sure u had a few spotty oiks in nova's trying it on but not for long.

but yes how much of a grin did you get each and every time you saw it let alone drove it.

even convinced a guy at work about them and he bought an S plate one a few weeks after mine arrived.

then in 2002 i got a company diesel laguna....

so sold it.

then in Nov 04 i convinced my new wife that it was a sensible family car so we bought my 2nd and current scoob, a WR Blue STi.

it still makes me grin to go to it and get in and drive it.

and yes it still turns a lot of heads...including today the number of people i noticed noticing me.....errr i mean noticing the STi

[Sam B]

It was a hot hot summers day, Kemble Air field, at a track day we were running.

All sorts of cars there, from a very quick old Capri to my lumbering old XJS (not built for track driving I know).

One of our customers brought a yellow two door Scoob (no idea of model, too long ago) and when I did the decibel check I was blown away (almost literally), I experience the Scooby burble from a performance exhaust for the first time. He had to pack the exhaust with wire wool to get in under the decibel limit !

Sorry to say the driver was pretty shoddy, packed exhaust didn't help performance and it didn't do as well on the track as it might of done but I was hooked. I've wanted one ever since.

Now, I may not be technically a Scooby owner but I put up absolutly no resistance when D decided to buy our WRX and now replaced with the STI.

Trouble is he loves it soooo much I never get to drive it.

Some day, maybe, one day....I shall up grade my car and become an owner in my own right !

[jd]

one name...............Colin McRae (RIP)

[kevlorn]

[Dorsetdaffodil]

sadly thinkin i may have to sell my pride and joy .. the only car i've ever bought through choice, not requirement, or economy .... I really, REALLY dont want to .. it's given me confidence, pride and FUN.. just to look out of my window and see her makes me smile ... but i'm running so low on money ..and its the only thing i can think of to sell that will make a difference, apart from my house ..which i dont like but me and ryan need a roof over our heads and my mortgage is less than any rent woould be in this town.

any suggestions gratefully received !!

( cos I know I can't part with her.)

[edmondo]

sadly thinkin i may have to sell my pride and joy .. the only car i've ever bought through choice, not requirement, or economy .... I really, REALLY dont want to .. it's given me confidence, pride and FUN.. just to look out of my window and see her makes me smile ... but i'm running so low on money ..and its the only thing i can think of to sell that will make a difference, apart from my house ..which i dont like but me and ryan need a roof over our heads and my mortgage is less than any rent woould be in this town.

any suggestions gratefully received !!

( cos I know I can't part with her.)

get a cheap diesel and just keep her for meets etc

[scooby princess]

sadly thinkin i may have to sell my pride and joy .. the only car i've ever bought through choice, not requirement, or economy .... I really, REALLY dont want to .. it's given me confidence, pride and FUN.. just to look out of my window and see her makes me smile ... but i'm running so low on money ..and its the only thing i can think of to sell that will make a difference, apart from my house ..which i dont like but me and ryan need a roof over our heads and my mortgage is less than any rent woould be in this town.

any suggestions gratefully received !!

( cos I know I can't part with her.)

Appreciate exactly how you feel mate - we sold the house and moved to a new city and thankfully it has put us in a MUCH better financial position then when we were having to pay a mortgage.

We are now loooking at getting a cheap desiel for ed to get to bristol every day whilst i spend spare cash on making the house look nice so we can at least enjoy were we live.

I didnt FALL in love with scoobies, i was PUSHED by ed as he saw one in the paper and just would not shut up about how he wanted one, so i phoned the garage and found out they had 2 models, i then arranged a test drive the next day and told ed we were going out! Within a week the deal was done and i soon got into the scene after meeting other owners from the cheshire and lancs group at our 1st ever S.I.D.C Show at Tatton Park.

Its no wonder we attend every year to both events cause we have ALWAYS BEEN MADE TO FEEL WELCOME.

[kheldar]

Ed goes to bristol each day ?

i'm there sometimes at one of our bristol offices. although we're not in the city, we're out at Westbury on Trym.

i've got a diesel compnay car atm although it may be going with some job changes going on. certainly could not afford to use the scoob all the time and do the mileage i have over the past few years.....20k+per year.

[scooby princess]

Ed goes to bristol each day ?

i'm there sometimes at one of our bristol offices. although we're not in the city, we're out at Westbury on Trym.

i've got a diesel compnay car atm although it may be going with some job changes going on. certainly could not afford to use the scoob all the time and do the mileage i have over the past few years.....20k+per year.

Yep, swindon to bristol every day! he works at unicorn park

Where in westbury on trym is the offices - i used to be a live in nanny in westbury, lovely village feel to it

[kheldar]

they are in burghill road.

is unicorn park in the city ?

[scooby princess]

they are in burghill road.

is unicorn park in the city ?

Brislington area i believe - go past itv studios which are on your right, at traffic lights take left, straight across roundabout, then left of next roundabout under railway bridge and turning on right leads into unicorn park trading estate - IIRC

[edmondo]

Ed goes to bristol each day ?

i'm there sometimes at one of our bristol offices. although we're not in the city, we're out at Westbury on Trym.

i've got a diesel compnay car atm although it may be going with some job changes going on. certainly could not afford to use the scoob all the time and do the mileage i have over the past few years.....20k+per year.

oh yes - Swindon to Bristol ( Brislington ) - M4 , M32 Everyday

[edmondo]

Brislington area i believe - go past itv studios which are on your right, at traffic lights take left, straight across roundabout, then left of next roundabout under railway bridge and turning on right leads into unicorn park trading estate - IIRC

damn - they all now know where I have retired...............ooooopppppssss I mean work at now

[kheldar]

you're safe i dont know it.

i come off the m5 at the cribbs junction and head down past the bmw / porsche garages towards westbury on trym.

[edmondo]

you're safe i dont know it.

i come off the m5 at the cribbs junction and head down past the bmw / porsche garages towards westbury on trym.

ah north Bristol..........me sorta west central ish

[kheldar]

we got offices in burghill road at government buildings.

and at aztec west, almondsbury interchange.