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The stickshift is the main...
The stickshift is the main reason i didnt look at an Impreza blown or not. I have got to the stage in my life where a tiptronic auto is all i want. I did test a 2.5 turbo Forester with 4 speed auto. Very fast, but very noisy. Lots of road noise. Too much for me.
I've since found out that all other Foresters are pretty quiet so perhaps there was something wrong with it.
Very happy with my unblown 3 litre 6 pot :-)
As is typical in the car world. When they make something good they stop it and make something worse. Its happened to several models i've owned or liked.
Suzuki grand vitara XL-7
All Subarus,
You name it.
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Still Brings a SMILE :D
Have had this for almost 5 years now. Am the first owner and the "stock" looks belies the "work" poured into making what was already a potent drive into an even better one ! Thing is with performance enthausiats, it never is enough, no performance machine...
I had for a year BMW M5
It brought the smile when driving. But I had to tank it every other day and it wiped the smile off and brought the tears into my eyes. And I sold the car. Best, Kari
Hey Doc
tats probably cos u left it on 500bhp all the time :))) That V10 (and I assume here) was a wolf in wolf gear. Closest I came was a 545 and that tax structure in Singapore (based on engine capacity) dissuaded me against getting one! The twin blown V8 itera...
We have our speed limits in Finland
and a limited amount of motor roads. So these 500 hp were not really needed and I changed that car to 745d. At the moment I'm driving easily a Cayanne and a new 911S is in the shopping list for faster voyages. We have also a very high car tax in Finland b...
Golf V GTI
I almost bought a Golf V GTI back in 2005 ... instead i bought a Mini Cooper which was nice too, then i changed the Cooper for a Cooper Diesel .... .Two years ago i bought the Clio Renaultsport so we sold the Mini Cooper Diesel for a bigger car ... now my...
Now we are talking ...
Incidentally I looked at the cooper S JCW. Stick vs DSG, EASY won ! REVO Stage 2 mapping Arquay turbo back exhaust (200cel sports cat) Bilstien PSS10 S3 front / R32 rear brakes + HEL SS braided hoses S3 lower arm and subframe S3 Intercooler S3 injectors S...
Megane RS ...
... i tried it once ... amazing car but i found the Clio to be more fun , i'm not really a huge turbo-fan ... though i could live with the Megane :-) I do have a lot of good memories on my Cooper D and friends Cooper esses ... The Impreza P1 Prodrive is a...
U have to stop
showing me the Megane RS ! Especially in the colour I want ! This canary yellow in the showroom! Looks like there is a Clio RS club going where u live. This is wat we do locally ! In 2006 Getting in position In formation ! Say cheeze! And 2007 (photo cred...
i was looking for an R32 last year, but went for my subaru legacy instead
I had a few criteria. Large petrol engine, auto 'box, cruise control and if possible 4x4 road car. Sadly i only had £8k to spend and couldnt find a dsg R32 for the price, however i found a late 2006 subaru legacy 3.0l R spec B sedan. 25k miles from new an...
WRX
JDM bugeye, I had me one of those, with rally headlamps (cosworth made). JDMs had a close-deck EJ20, which is bullet proof and allow higer boost and bigger blow ;)) Mine was putting out close to 400whp when it left for a new owner. Stick shift got too muc...
The stickshift is the main...
The stickshift is the main reason i didnt look at an Impreza blown or not. I have got to the stage in my life where a tiptronic auto is all i want. I did test a 2.5 turbo Forester with 4 speed auto. Very fast, but very noisy. Lots of road noise. Too much ...
I have to show u something !
U said XL-7, so I give ! And change of headers on your 6 pot will enhance the boxer burble. My experience with de-cating is a significant loss of low end ! Having said that, that was an EJ20, the 6 potter might be different. Have you dynoed the car? ...
Nice Xl ! I love...
Nice Xl ! I love the very torquey 2.7 V6. Only did 20 mpg in welsh mountains, but i should never have sold it even though it was a manual. They stopped the XL-7 in 2006 in UK but carried it in Canada where it was made with a 3.6 petrol and much bigger bod...
The souped up
example u see here belongs to a dear friend and very active 4x4 "clan" in urban Singapore !! The "clan" makes very frequent trips to up north to Malaysia I wanted to embed a video here, however, unsuccessful. ...
Great looking rims! I think any pistonhead has had that experience...
there are some cars that you think you will love, based on photos and specs, but are "meh" in the seat, behind the wheel. There are others that you just can't stop loving even if maybe there are others that are more tempting... hey, come to think of it, r...