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

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    #32
    ShadowHearth
    Registered Users Posts: 22,929 ✭✭✭✭ShadowHearth


    jesus, i can smell anather war: boyracer VS honest citizens here soon lol :rolleyes:


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    #33
    ShadowHearth
    Registered Users Posts: 22,929 ✭✭✭✭ShadowHearth


    AwayWithFaries wrote: »
    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.

    to be honest when i came to this thread after reading title, first thing that came to my head: " subaru stigma is that they are really good in snowy conditions, which is really hot topic in ireland now", but when i start reading comments i was like /ohlookitsthisthreadagain


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    #34
    Gary ITR
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,805 ✭✭✭✭Gary ITR


    AwayWithFaries wrote: »
    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.

    I see more 'knob jockeys' in Audis and BMWs myself


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    #35
    Matt Simis
    Registered Users Posts: 8,718 ✭✭✭Matt Simis


    Yes there is a stigma. Yes most of them look like muck, like they are designed to look bad. However with a little bit un-factory'ising they can look much better. I like this one a lot:

    2009_0920players090074.jpg


    The "next gen" one looks super bland though.


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    #36
    Yakult
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 7,941 Mod ✭✭✭✭Yakult


    I gotta laugh at people who wouldnt own a car because "a few nobs" own them and theirs a so called stigma attached to them. Riiight Mr. Sheep.


    Baaaaah


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    #37
    Oblomov
    Registered Users Posts: 9,672 ✭✭✭Oblomov


    It all depends on how it's driven.


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    #38
    bmw535d
    Registered Users Posts: 1,160 ✭✭✭bmw535d


    :pac:
    http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/1578204


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    #39
    martydunf
    Registered Users Posts: 403 ✭✭martydunf


    Whatever about the stigma attached to it, you cant bate the sound of that boxer engine! LOVE IT!!


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    #40
    Sids Not
    Registered Users Posts: 1,701 ✭✭✭Sids Not


    Onkle wrote: »
    I see more 'knob jockeys' in Audis and BMWs myself

    +10
    M3's are getting a bad image imo........seems to be the next car for the Civic drivers.....


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    #41
    guil
    Registered Users Posts: 10,487 ✭✭✭✭guil


    i had a 94 wrx a few years ago, absolutely loved that car
    from the moment i turned the key it was aural pleasure, i had a decat and blitznurspec r exhaust and blitz induction kit, dunno how many car alarms i set of with it


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    #42
    Matt Simis
    Registered Users Posts: 8,718 ✭✭✭Matt Simis


    Sids Not wrote: »
    +10
    M3's are getting a bad image imo........seems to be the next car for the Civic drivers.....

    You hear this floated on forums, but come on, the cost of ownership from tax, part/servicing s and insurance is massively higher on an M3, it cannot (financially) be the a common scummer car (not saying thats what Civics are, but assume thats what you mean).

    Maybe battered old 318's with M3 badges, but not the real deal.


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    #43
    Sids Not
    Registered Users Posts: 1,701 ✭✭✭Sids Not


    I know 3 guys with them...not the type of guys i'd give a job to..they've no problem with bobs for ins/tax..as they're probably only a "1.6"...;)


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    #44
    Shane732
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators Posts: 4,991 Mod ✭✭✭✭Shane732


    Matt Simis wrote: »
    You hear this floated on forums, but come on, the cost of ownership from tax, part/servicing s and insurance is massively higher on an M3, it cannot (financially) be the a common scummer car (not saying thats what Civics are, but assume thats what you mean).

    Maybe battered old 318's with M3 badges, but not the real deal.

    The older generation M3's are becoming obtainable to purchase but I do agree that the cost of running a m3 might turn some people off. having said that, look at the amount of money some young lads put into their Civics etc.... I know one lad who put well over €10k into a Levin. It's insane money to be putting into something like that.


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    #45
    Matt Simis
    Registered Users Posts: 8,718 ✭✭✭Matt Simis


    Shane732 wrote: »
    The older generation M3's are becoming obtainable to purchase but I do agree that the cost of running a m3 might turn some people off. having said that, look at the amount of money some young lads put into their Civics etc.... I know one lad who put well over €10k into a Levin. It's insane money to be putting into something like that.

    Yeah, but would said young lad spend EUR1500 on tax and EUR1500+ on Insurance (if they can be insured at all)? A lot of the tricked out Jap cars that become popular are popular due to oddities in their insurance class and small CC but boosted engines, neither of which apply to M3s.

    Some may buy into them, but they will never ever be "popular". I think all the knobs in M3s we think we see are infact in all show no go low end junk BMWs with bodykits and badges.

    PS: Note Im not actually much of an M3 fan, but I dont think they will ever get to Scooby stigma (warranted or not).


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    #46
    Paparazzo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,398 ✭✭✭Paparazzo


    There is a bit, but it wouldn't bother me in the slightest.


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    #47
    inforfun
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 20,862 Mod ✭✭✭✭inforfun


    I want one
    Feck the stigma.


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    #48
    fonecrusher1
    Registered Users Posts: 5,700 ✭✭✭fonecrusher1


    inforfun wrote: »
    I want one
    Feck the stigma.

    Haha man thats awesome. Subaru power!!!


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    #49
    Spunog UIE
    Registered Users Posts: 2,651 ✭✭✭Spunog UIE


    I've been thinking about getting one for a while and I am surprised by how many are for sale butttttttt....

    can anyone tell me the difference between these two and why the price difference?!

    http://www.carzone.ie/search/Subaru/Impreza/WRX-2.0-/201046200275607/advert?channel=CARS

    http://www.carzone.ie/search/Subaru/Impreza/WRX-TURB/201044200131551/advert?channel=CARS


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    #50
    Shadow Dancer
    Registered Users Posts: 146 ✭✭Shadow Dancer


    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnqL0Vw8_Vs&feature=player_embedded


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    #51
    djimi
    Registered Users Posts: 13,238 ✭✭✭✭djimi


    Who gives a toss about what stigma is attached to a car? If you want one then buy one. I drive a white Integra Type R; I am not a "boy racer" nor do I care if some idiot on the side of the road thinks that I am. Anyone who derives an opinion of someone based on the car they drive is not someone whos opinion matters a whole lot.

    The first performance car I ever drove was an Impreza. That was the day I truely learned the difference between a performance car and a run of the mill road car.


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    #52
    fricatus
    Registered Users Posts: 5,081 ✭✭✭fricatus


    Spunog UIE wrote: »
    can anyone tell me the difference between these two and why the price difference?!

    http://www.carzone.ie/search/Subaru/Impreza/WRX-2.0-/201046200275607/advert?channel=CARS

    http://www.carzone.ie/search/Subaru/Impreza/WRX-TURB/201044200131551/advert?channel=CARS

    Can't see why there's such a difference in price TBH... if anything, the blue one warrants a slight premium based on engine and mileage.

    Maybe it's that other stigma... the DL :eek: plates? :D


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    #53
    Paparazzo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,398 ✭✭✭Paparazzo


    djimi wrote: »
    Who gives a toss about what stigma is attached to a car? If you want one then buy one. I drive a white Integra Type R; I am not a "boy racer" nor do I care if some idiot on the side of the road thinks that I am. Anyone who derives an opinion of someone based on the car they drive is not someone whos opinion matters a whole lot.

    The first performance car I ever drove was an Impreza. That was the day I truely learned the difference between a performance car and a run of the mill road car.
    I agree. Unless its a woman's car :D


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