No kidding. i took mine off the road in december to avoid the winter roads.. driving theA70 from carnwath to balerno every day for work it would have been ruined. bought an old ford ka for £400 (YUK!!!!) to run back and forth and glad i did one week into driving the ka and i put it down a pothole... domed strut tower, mashed top mount collapsed damper snapped spring and drop link and burst one of the lower arm bushes as well as denting the steel wheel and cutting th tyre open.. thats on 65 profile tyres. all fixed for less than £100 if that had been my impreza i'd have been off to see the bank manager to fix that.
still running the ka now as the roads still haven't been fixed. not even tar shoved in the holes plus the small matter of £435 to re-tax it and a grand to insure it means i'll need to hit bonus and do some serious overtime to get it back on the road
as for petrol pffft
time to leave the country lol