Is there a stigma attached to driving a subaru impreza...

cranfordmike

..what do you think.?

helimachoptor

I've a horse outside

biko

Have you been stigmatised OP?

Cookie_Monster

They're like civics

old people and scumbags

shawnee

Only if you look like the guy in the Rubberbandits video :D:D

super_furry

Is that you Fitzy?

Absurdum

cranfordmike wrote: »

..what do you think.?

who cares once it's a proper one, not a fake turbo/WRX/STi

Atlantic Dawn

Once it's as it left the factory it's to be admired. Steer clear of the versions that are muppetised by their owners.

stevenmu

biko wrote: »

Have you been stigmatised OP?

Did anyone else read that in Joe Duffy's voice?

To the OP, if you mean the newest ones, then there isn't. I think the older ones are fine, as long as they're not a basic model with a giant exhaust.

shawnee

super_furry wrote: »

Is that you Fitzy?

No !! fitzy drives a mitzy >:D

Hotwheels

I think the older ones are fine, as long as they're not a basic model with a giant exhaust.

A Scooby is not a Scooby without a Scud Missile Type exhaust...:D

gbee

I think the 4th post summed it up nicely!

Anan1

OP - You need to ask the people whose opinion you worry about.

cranfordmike

I ask because I was thinking of buying an impreza, 03 - 04 ish (not replica). Looking for a bit of performance. Not sure if I can pull off the impreza though.. I keep thinking i will need to get a pair of air max, joint, goldy lookin chain etc.. I could be wrong.

Anan1

cranfordmike wrote: »

Not sure if I can pull off the impreza though.. I keep thinking i will need to get a pair of air max, joint, goldy lookin chain etc.. I could be wrong.

Either grow a pair or resign yourself to 318Ci land.;)

homer90

Who gives a fook. You want it, then drive it;)

The blobeye is the better looking model since the gc8 classic. Iv had 3 in my day, would love to have one now for 'playing in the snow'

Muckie

I drive a 95 Impreza estate, standard japanese import model.

Don't get any stick (i'm an auld fella 35 and have the kid in the back :pac:)

Don't mind the head bangers who'll want to race you.

Check out www.isdc.ie you migh even pick up a well minded one

there. Good luck. Great car they are too, have mine 6 years.

Biglad

Depends how you are planning on "using" the performace you are after. Enough boy racers around Donegal. I like impreza's and the whole rallying history that comes with them, unfortunately to many d*ckheads going round in them giving these nice machines a bad name, don't blame the car...:D

245

If you can't fit your head in the exhaust and other drivers can see more than the top of your head when you're behind the wheel then you're probably fine

Regular use of 4th and 5th gears helps also

Sids Not

They're very popular with the un-married mothers around Bray for some reason...

Cunning Alias

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

They're like civics

old people and scumbags

This pretty much sums up the general opinion from the people I talked to. I was looking at getting one last time I changed car. You would be amazed at the amount of standard models that have the full wrx kits. Did they sell them from the show room like this?

I still love them and ill be looking into them again next time I change.

Cartel Mike

245 wrote: »

If you can't fit your head in the exhaust and other drivers can see more than the top of your head when you're behind the wheel then you're probably fine

Regular use of 4th and 5th gears helps also

lol and don't have 3 other muppets in the car eating McDonalds circling the town street 15 times thinking that all the young uns are admiring your car.
Even donegal has moved on from this.

pajo1981

The estate version looks respectable?

Gary ITR

A member on here has one and it's awesome beyonf belief. It sets off car alarms when it drives by and goes like a scalded cat, I'd have it in a heartbeat and to hell with the begrudgers

fonecrusher1

I couldn't give a fiddlers what people think of what im driving. When i got my subaru legacy twin turbo i was the target of a fair bit of friendly (slightly jealous) mockery where i worked. Are you trying to be a 'boyracer' & other such silly remarks.:rolleyes: I was 27 at the time not 37. I just responded with a sort of whats the matter lads?, left your balls in your wive's handbags?? type comment as a comeback.

If you want it, get it & ignore the begrudgers.

Lex Luthor

cranfordmike wrote: »

I keep thinking i will need to get a pair of air max, joint, goldy lookin chain etc.. I could be wrong.

:rolleyes:God help us...!!!

Anan1

A standard WRX in the right colour with the original round headlights and exhaust doesn't stand out much?

cranfordmike

Cartel Mike wrote: »

Even donegal has moved on from this.

I'm a Dub living in Dub, sorry to disapoint. I do like Donegal though. Agree with post #25, might borrow that comeback

ShadowHearth

fonecrusher1 wrote: »

I couldn't give a fiddlers what people think of what im driving. When i got my subaru legacy twin turbo i was the target of a fair bit of friendly (slightly jealous) mockery where i worked. Are you trying to be a 'boyracer' & other such silly remarks.:rolleyes: I was 27 at the time not 37. I just responded with a sort of whats the matter lads?, left your balls in your wive's handbags?? type comment as a comeback.

If you want it, get it & ignore the begrudgers.

fecking A+

I thought subarus were not targets of antboyracer crowd. Soon there will be a label "boyracer" on mondeos which have slightly different wheels...

As long as you love what you drive, i wouldnt give a crap what people think. If yo want subaru, go for it. you want BMW? go for it...

Nodferatu

subaru > boy racers.

i know that's unfair of me and generalizing every person that drives one as a boy racer, but what i mean is that's what i think personally when i see a subaru, generally the are heard before seen if you know what i mean.

AwayWithFaries

The impreza is a lovely car but unfortunately at lot of knob-jockeys seem to think so aswell hence there is a bit of stigma attached to owning one. Which is a pity really.