What sort of Scoobie is this?

silversurfer · 2 Oct 2006 at 03:22

Nor said:
agw_01, is that a 220 GSI Turbo?

Its NA afiak but thats an excellent sig pic :eek:

Zip · 2 Oct 2006 at 04:35

The_Dark_Side said:
apart from the XT though, right?

EDIT, infact weren't some of the early Impreza's FWD too?

My Scoob is FWD with a Dual Range 4wD setting for when you have to pull the car out of mud or drive on a beach or pull it out of a tree

Imprezers have always been AWD AFAIK though

Mickey_D · 2 Oct 2006 at 05:26

DAvE18 said:
yeh some of the early GL was fwd as option

Not sure if I was all that clear. Mine didn't even have a rear differential. It didn't have a rear prop shaft, it didn't have a 4WD selector in the car. There weren't even bolt holes for any of the 4WD system to go into.

And it wasn't that it was an option on these cars, the AWD was the option in those days.

agw_01 · 2 Oct 2006 at 09:58

Nor said:
agw_01, is that a 220 GSI Turbo?

It will be

Pre-edit full size pic here

Styles · 2 Oct 2006 at 11:36

Ideal. So it's definitely not a turbo then. One of my mates said he went in it the other day and it pulled like nothing he had ever been in? Bare in mind he owns a 1.4. 205. I am sure it is a non-turbo so perhaps he was just thrashing it or something.

kaiowas · 2 Oct 2006 at 11:51

S7yl3s said:
Ideal. So it's definitely not a turbo then.

Without having a poke around under the bonnet none of us can say for certain. People have a habit of doing daft things to cars so we can't rule out the possibility of it having a modded to death turbo engine whilst the exterior has been made to look like a lower model.

Mr-White · 2 Oct 2006 at 12:11

the lack of bonnet vent would be a good clue its not a turbo (unless of course its now front mounted)

MW

Styles · 2 Oct 2006 at 13:24

Good stuff. He's only 19 lol and bought it with a little inheritance cash.

Mr-White · 2 Oct 2006 at 14:18

a mate of mine turned 21 and bought a jap spec WRX and got insured for £500 lol

MW

Jez · 2 Oct 2006 at 14:20

Mr-White said:
a mate of mine turned 21 and bought a jap spec WRX and got insured for £500 lol

MW

He must have done something strange or wrong with his insurance then. As thats impossibly cheap.

atpbx · 2 Oct 2006 at 17:10

Zip said:
Imprezers have always been AWD AFAIK though

No,

they have not.

Mr-White · 3 Oct 2006 at 12:18

Jez said:
He must have done something strange or wrong with his insurance then. As thats impossibly cheap.

he had it insured in cornwall under his mums name, so it was in a super low post code. before 12 o'clock before he turned 21 it was £2500 and it dropped to £500 after. we reckon he found a flaw in the tesco database because they randomly cancelled his insured 6 months later and he never found out until he tried to renew it so he was driving around for 6 months with no insurance. he ended up selling it to pay for his masters.

MW

Neil79 · 3 Oct 2006 at 12:23

atpbx said:
No, they have not.

They used to have RW didnt they?

atpbx · 3 Oct 2006 at 12:37

Neil79 said:
They used to have RW didnt they?

The 1.6 and 1.8's were FWD only.

silversurfer · 3 Oct 2006 at 16:12

Their legally obliged to inform you if the insurance is cancelled afiak, for obvious reasons

Jez · 3 Oct 2006 at 16:17

Mr-White said:
he had it insured in cornwall under his mums name, so it was in a super low post code. before 12 o'clock before he turned 21 it was £2500 and it dropped to £500 after. we reckon he found a flaw in the tesco database because they randomly cancelled his insured 6 months later and he never found out until he tried to renew it so he was driving around for 6 months with no insurance. he ended up selling it to pay for his masters.

MW

There we go then

I only pointed it out as i have found impreza turbo insurance impossibly expensive when compared with other very similar vehicles. Even the basic (rather rubbish) turbo 2000 model comes in at over £2000 for me in the best postal code, this is using the same details that sees £650 on an MR2 Turbo, or about £600 on a 200sx touring.

Madness!

EddScott · 3 Oct 2006 at 17:00

Jez said:
There we go then Even the basic (rather rubbish) turbo 2000 model

Thanks mate

Jez · 3 Oct 2006 at 17:13

I was under the impression that yours wasnt strictly a standard issue turbo2000?

[TW]Fox · 3 Oct 2006 at 17:55

atpbx said:
The 1.6 and 1.8's were FWD only.

Negative, or at least, not in the last 15 years. AWD. Everything Subaru has made in the last 15 years or so has been AWD including the useless Justy supermini.

The_Dark_Side · 3 Oct 2006 at 18:16

[TW]Fox said:
Negative, or at least, not in the last 15 years. AWD. Everything Subaru has made in the last 15 years or so has been AWD including the useless Justy supermini.

i believe all Subaru's output became AWD in 1996.

heres a '95 for example.
http://www.4subarusuzukikiaparts.com/new_arrivals/060353.htm