After almost 5 and a half years I've sold my Clio 
It's been an amazing car, lots of fun to drive, reasonably cheap to run and pretty much always put a smile on my face.
But I finally decided to change it. I fancied something different and wanted something a little more practical with a bit of a bigger boot.
So after an IainD style sale today meeting up with a lad and his family in Bristol it's gone
Thankfully Friday night I picked this up which should keep me happy for a little while
It's an 05 model Impreza WRX in crystal grey (cracking colour imho). Being an 05 it gets the updated interior console and some other tweaks, something to do with the suspension being STi like struts? Plus red calipers as standard
I was after a change of car by the end of the year before I hit 30, but saw this one pop up for a decent enough price so stuck an ad up for my car to see if there was much interest. I'd pretty much agreed the sale on it not long after the ad went up so went to look at this and bought it.
I know it's not an STi, but for what I'd like in an STi (a Hawkeye Spec D) this was half the price and is still pretty nice.
Have done about 300 miles in it since picking it up (with about 2/3rds of that with the wife driving!) and it's really good.
Much softer, more relaxed than the Clio, but still has some oomph. Lower speeds bar the traction advantage doesn't feel much faster than the Clio (no idea if it is or not) but its when at higher speeds it just keeps going where the Clio would start to wheeze a little.
It's very comfy and quiet, although there's quite a bit of road noise through the F1s so not sure if a change of tyre would sort that.
Feels very solid and is better suited to the type of driving I do than the Clio.
I'll miss the little thing, but happy I've changed as didn't want to get 'stuck' with the Clio and got a reasonable price for it.
Just got to resist the temptation to buy stuff for it now, I'm already wanting a new backbox just to replace the standard twin pipes with a single exit (thinking a Hayward and Scott BB).
It's been an amazing car, lots of fun to drive, reasonably cheap to run and pretty much always put a smile on my face.
But I finally decided to change it. I fancied something different and wanted something a little more practical with a bit of a bigger boot.
So after an IainD style sale today meeting up with a lad and his family in Bristol it's gone
Thankfully Friday night I picked this up which should keep me happy for a little while
It's an 05 model Impreza WRX in crystal grey (cracking colour imho). Being an 05 it gets the updated interior console and some other tweaks, something to do with the suspension being STi like struts? Plus red calipers as standard
I was after a change of car by the end of the year before I hit 30, but saw this one pop up for a decent enough price so stuck an ad up for my car to see if there was much interest. I'd pretty much agreed the sale on it not long after the ad went up so went to look at this and bought it.
I know it's not an STi, but for what I'd like in an STi (a Hawkeye Spec D) this was half the price and is still pretty nice.
Have done about 300 miles in it since picking it up (with about 2/3rds of that with the wife driving!) and it's really good.
Much softer, more relaxed than the Clio, but still has some oomph. Lower speeds bar the traction advantage doesn't feel much faster than the Clio (no idea if it is or not) but its when at higher speeds it just keeps going where the Clio would start to wheeze a little.
It's very comfy and quiet, although there's quite a bit of road noise through the F1s so not sure if a change of tyre would sort that.
Feels very solid and is better suited to the type of driving I do than the Clio.
I'll miss the little thing, but happy I've changed as didn't want to get 'stuck' with the Clio and got a reasonable price for it.
Just got to resist the temptation to buy stuff for it now, I'm already wanting a new backbox just to replace the standard twin pipes with a single exit (thinking a Hayward and Scott BB).
