Cool car with street cred

Where in my post have I told an untruth?

Subaru's are tacky, they are built very poorly I used to work at avonmouth docks for my sins you try taking a door panel off one and see if it will go back on without either snapping plastic securing lugs, or snapping the cheap plastic panels themselves.

They are also mostly driven by nutters who think speed is everything and will promptly try to show you how fast they are at any given moment, although as with any marque of car there are enthusiasts who drive them with respect.

People/Thieves know they are very quick cars and that they "were" very easy to nick, so enough have ended up round lamposts or in people front rooms.

They also have massive spoilers and stripes, so please show me where my mis-education lies? (except my spelling :) )

The main reason I said they were unreliable is due to the owners running stupid amounts of boost and the engines self distruct. Out of the box and driven moderatly I would imagine they last last as well as anything else.

FWIW, we used to have a Subaru/SAAB garage just down the road from here (miles from anywhere) which specialised in sales of Subarus to Farmers. It closed down some years ago, and the local independent took on servicing them. The owner curses Subarus and reckons the engines are shit. I certainly notice that he gets horribly regular deliveries of crated Subaru engines.

I thought of buying a Legacy a few years back, but didn't when Mick gave me the list of woes that he had seen. Personally I can't stand the Impreza, it's a horrid claustrophobic little car.

Cool, that just makes it even funnier then :)

Ahh

good :)

The main problem with it was everything. Never boiled the battery.

Fraser

Where do you get this "tacky" from ?

"It's also about quality and precision, if he requires a "fast" car that is built like shit I would have pointed him towards a Subaru or a Lancer"

Thats what I said.

And it's still complete bollocks.

Imprezas and Evos just have cheap and crappy cockpits, that's because all the development money goes on the engineering rather than the tactile surfaces...

"mits and Subaru are just real tacky with big spoilers and stripes"

That is what you said. That's where I got it from. Are you senile?

No as in my original post I stated s**te build quality then said they are tacky, which they are, my post indicated the interiors if you read the post correctly, I have driven perhaps 100+ Subaru's and 30-40 evo's around the VIII era and all were substandard and had tons of rejections due to parts not fitting correctly.

I also worked for Walon Lexus/Toyota fitting sat navs and alarm systems to new vehicles and I can assure you it was a breath of fresh air working in there.

Subarus are as well screwed together as anything from Krautland. Probably better than most Mercs, Audis and BMWs.

Fraser

Yeah, but Toyota use 20 screws when some velcro and a spring clip would do.

I know, I've had one. And they still sometimes creak after a few miles.

Yeah ok :)

I have no idea what the f*ck you have been reading. I said the *tactile* surfaces are the flaw in those particular cars, because the development money went on engineering rather than soft dashboard material or poncy looking trim.

The Germans do not have a car that I can think of offhand that is remotely in the same vein.

Exactly; the tactile surfaces. That's where they have spent their money. Not on making bombproof engines, trick diffs, et al.

Berate an Impreza or Evo for its soundproofing and shutlines is just a

*tad* on the ridiculous side.

It's good that you finally accepted that :-)

Only if you like noisy diesel estates.

Sometimes uncool stuff is cool.

Oddly enough... the local Skoda / Subaru dealer is pretty similar. "If you want something turbo and all wheel drive, don't get the Subaru, get the Octavia" was the word a few years ago.