Subaru banana collection thread

[Tamworthbay]

After two days of fighting to get my various electronics to talk to each other I have given up and taken pictures of pictures so please excuse the suitably shite quality of the pics.

 

Sunday morning we set off from Tamworth at 5.30 AM heading for Kent to pick up a Subaru Impreza sport special in banana yellow from a mate. The journey down was uneventful and we arrived to a cup of tea at 8.30am. Documents were filled in and tyres kicked and we were all set for the return. This is the second car I have off my mate and the first made a mile after the fan belt decided it was time to let go. So with 179 miles to go we set off. I was hoping for an uneventful journey, my support car driver was hoping for a top gearesque adventure littered with breakdowns and rozzers induced entertainment. Luckily we got my version. Excitement was had on the M40 when The support car got down to an indicated 3 miles of diesel left without a service station in sight, four miles of slipstreaming a Zafira saw him safely into Oxford services. We came off at Warwick and blasted through the back roads to finish the journey in style.

 

Initial impressions - it is an awesome car, not the most powerful but an amazing chassis under it. Fuel economy isn't as scary as people make out, it did over 30mpg on the way back. The seats are unbelieveable, they are the comfiest I agave ever known which is surprising for a sporty looking seat in this sort of car. It's LOUD, and I mean VERY loud. Why you would want an exhaust you can put your shoe in is beyond me but someone likes them I suppose. Overall I am totally smitten and wish I had bought one years ago.. But there is a problem, my mate also has a red turbo project for sale. Hmmmmm turbo? It's cheap but I couldn't justify two. Decisions decisons. Why are there so many cars and so little time/space/money?

[jonny69]

Matches the background colour of this forum perfectly. Well done

[Tamworthbay]

it is much more yellow in real life

[Jim Bell]

Yellow cars am for winners. Well played.

[Mr_Bo11ox]

Like the plaster of paris horse on the guys veranda thing. Class

[Cavcraft]

There should be a law that says you can only buy Imprezas from people who park them in council house front gardens. I hope this one came with spurious claims it's putting out 782BHP because the last owner drilled through the spark plugs.

[Bobthebeard]

Clearly photoshopped. Imprezas (Imprezzi?) didn't exist in 1973!

[beko1987]

Very nice! Theres a shell in stokenchurch j5.. Or a murco off j6... .8 more of a mile from oxford services is an asda!

[D Spares & Tyres]

I hade one just like that! After I put it on my trade policy they tried to bill me an extra £50 as they thought it was a turbo.....