Tell me about: Subaru Impreza Sport

Ev0 said:
People are too spoilt nowadays :)

This is an old engine, 15 years old (probably a lot more once you take into account development and stuff) and in 1993 that wasn't too bad a figure for the boxer lump :p

Need some figures of some other 2.0 'normal' engines from say 1993 to put it in perspective, it won't seem as bad then :) I say normal as I don't mean compare it to another marques top sporty model, like for like and all.
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The 1.6 4AGE is god knows how old an has more power.
 
Hmmm, 2001 Honda Accord 2.0i VTEC...comes out with 144bhp and an insurance quote just shy of £1200...but under £2k for one doesn't inspire all that much confidence.

As for the Skoda, purchase cost is over budget really, as is insurance at just under £1500.

InvG
 
Ev0 said:
Need some figures of some other 2.0 'normal' engines from say 1993 to put it in perspective, it won't seem as bad then :)
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Rover were producing the 140bhp M series which was followed by the 136bhp T series. The former being a good few years before 1993 ;)
 
I see my name was mentioned, but it looks like you've made up your mind so I guess I don't have anything to add :) Other than ignore the sport has no power at the wheels comment. The only RR graph they've ever seen was my sport, on Powerstation rollers, which they all should now know by now, has 2 contact points per wheel, instead of 1 per wheel. Hence the ATW was so low, and why it was so low for every other car that went there following me...
 
MarkDavis said:
The handling is awful. They're a danger on the road in the wet, and even in the dry, when they let go, they REALLY let go, fishtailing down the road....really really bad cars if you ever find yourself in a extreme situation.
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:confused:

It's a Rover not some crazy RWD beast.
 
ScoobyDoo69 said:
Other than ignore the sport has no power at the wheels comment.
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Unless it has zero transmission loss, then no, we wont ignore it, becuase its true. Nobody cares about the powerstation result, whatever the case is the ATW figure of the Sport is what, circa 80bhp?

WOW!
 
[TW]Fox;11557575 said:
Unless it has zero transmission loss, then no, we wont ignore it, becuase its true. Nobody cares about the powerstation result, whatever the case is the ATW figure of the Sport is what, circa 80bhp?

WOW!
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Was I talking to you? No, so leave your sarcasm somewhere else.

InvaderGIR, feel free to add me on msn if you want to know anything, I'd probably keep thinking of more stuff when talking to someone, rather than just posting it..
 
MarkDavis said:
The handling is awful. They're a danger on the road in the wet, and even in the dry, when they let go, they REALLY let go, fishtailing down the road....really really bad cars if you ever find yourself in a extreme situation.
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Same with lots of cars.

306's will grip and grip when a corsa would be understeering like mental, but when they snap, they snap.

To the op: Any of the 2.0 saloon brigade would be well suited to be honest.

Mondeo or 406 are the best bets I think.

A mk2 406 petrol sells for very little nowadays and is recommended. When I get round to selling mine in a month or so (cosmetically tatty but mechanically sound with full MOT and FSH) i'm expecting barely over £1k (and that's the executive!). One with mint bodywork won't be much over £1.5k!
 
Ev0 said:
People are too spoilt nowadays :)

This is an old engine, 15 years old (probably a lot more once you take into account development and stuff) and in 1993 that wasn't too bad a figure for the boxer lump :p

Need some figures of some other 2.0 'normal' engines from say 1993 to put it in perspective, it won't seem as bad then :) I say normal as I don't mean compare it to another marques top sporty model, like for like and all.
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A P10 Primera eGT has 2l engine and 150hp.

But yeh, OP, have a look on pistonheads for a primera gt - the ones on autotrader are very overpriced.
 
Primera GT OR

A Honda Civic 1.8 VTI(-S)

You can pick them up for peanuts, 167bhp, LSD, Honda reliability, decent fuel economy.

Plus SUPER-VTAK-POWERZ!

Mine before I ruined it with stick-on-tat:

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Gaygle said:
A P10 Primera eGT has 2l engine and 150hp.
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It was also the top model of the range thus tuned accordingly, plus the engine is of newer design than the scooby :)

I'm not saying the scooby engine is great, just that for it's time it wasn't as terrible as people make out :p The boxer engines just seem to make relatively low power but not sure if their general characteristics make up for it? 88bhp for the 1.6 is rather low too :)
 
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