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23 January 2008, 07:22 PM
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23 January 2008, 08:12 PM
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Who cares?!?! If you really care what others think of the clothes you like/wear then thats your real issue... not your wardrobe! I would rather cut a nut off than wear some of the stuff i see on people, but fashion is something that open to perception. Ahhh.. the beauty of choice 
Back on topic: I think you will find that Clarkson was mearly trying to add humour to a very dull subject (otherwise known as MY08 STi)... and to be fair he is spot on. What we need to appriciate is that we are an enthusiast crowd and exactly the kind of people that Subaru would like to attract but arent that bothered about anymore because their are many more non-enthuiasts than their are enthuisiasts (shrinking by the year and tax by tax). Understand the Subaru business plan, and you understand their non-offensive styling because ultimately it will make them more money than us lot would and at the end of the day they cant pay the bills in the e-kudos that we blow up their ***** from previous incarnations of the Impreza on this site
Technically it would appear to be a step forward though (albeit perhaps a less driver involving step forward) and our favourite japanese test team show us that here: YouTube - New Impreza WRX STI vs New EVO X vs Old STI vs EVO IX Race (for a car thats gained weight from what i hear... it really impressed me on this video)
Perhaps it doesnt picture or video well, but im waiting to see one in the flesh before i decide. If it looks anything like this picture then the dealer would be having to offer me £25k to take one off his hands...
Back on topic: I think you will find that Clarkson was mearly trying to add humour to a very dull subject (otherwise known as MY08 STi)... and to be fair he is spot on. What we need to appriciate is that we are an enthusiast crowd and exactly the kind of people that Subaru would like to attract but arent that bothered about anymore because their are many more non-enthuiasts than their are enthuisiasts (shrinking by the year and tax by tax). Understand the Subaru business plan, and you understand their non-offensive styling because ultimately it will make them more money than us lot would and at the end of the day they cant pay the bills in the e-kudos that we blow up their ***** from previous incarnations of the Impreza on this site
Technically it would appear to be a step forward though (albeit perhaps a less driver involving step forward) and our favourite japanese test team show us that here: YouTube - New Impreza WRX STI vs New EVO X vs Old STI vs EVO IX Race (for a car thats gained weight from what i hear... it really impressed me on this video)
Perhaps it doesnt picture or video well, but im waiting to see one in the flesh before i decide. If it looks anything like this picture then the dealer would be having to offer me £25k to take one off his hands...
23 January 2008, 09:38 PM
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can't believe that video
subaru prop, must be
see how high they rev the engines
2000rpm above maximum bhp !! whats the point of that
could also be down to driver ability , schumacher in the new wrx sti and hamilton in the evo x
23 January 2008, 10:12 PM
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Got to say though, as much as I think Clarkson is normally spot on, he fcuked up big time with the Ford GT. All those TG's where he big'd up anything Ford to get one, just for his to turn out a dud made me laugh.
Bet they did it to **** him off
23 January 2008, 10:12 PM
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23 January 2008, 11:03 PM
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Clarkson turned up at a top prep school in Oxford to meet the Headmaster and have look around.
Unfortunately he bellied out the Ferrari he'd turned up in on a speed bump and, to their great delight and his great embarassment, it took 20+ of the little monsters to push him off it.
Very surprised he sent his kids there!
Unfortunately he bellied out the Ferrari he'd turned up in on a speed bump and, to their great delight and his great embarassment, it took 20+ of the little monsters to push him off it.
Very surprised he sent his kids there!
24 January 2008, 08:03 AM
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24 January 2008, 09:26 AM
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as it happens i have a 98 scoopapoo with a 2.5 lump in it
silver with big fookin dent in rear wing, front splitter glued on in black and white rear spoiler
it looks
i think because its scruffy and i upset people with it i don't call it a scooby, its a scoopapoo or subaru, and the uglier it is the better
when the lottery comes my way i'm getting a new subaru or a 22b then going to a big show for subaru's and still sawing the roof off to make it a cabrio
and then i can use it as a pickup for old engines and gearboxes its either the subaru or a ferrari 430 i'll be using
24 January 2008, 01:13 PM
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Like top gear and Clarkson alot but it's easy for him to slag off £25 grand rice rockets when he's used to ragging supercars around a track on a regular basis. Most of us will never get to drive porkers, Ferrarri's Buggatti's and the like let alone own one.
24 January 2008, 01:25 PM
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I'll never stop wondering why 'nosey mutts' always have an opinion about what others buy with their hard earned money.
I can only conclude who the sad ones are !!!! About time some peeps get a life.
I can only conclude who the sad ones are !!!! About time some peeps get a life.
28 January 2008, 05:14 PM
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so what
clarkson is an r/sole i have a couple of tee shirts and a scoob. wear what i want. when i want. clarkson go buy another Ford GT suits you 
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28 January 2008, 07:42 PM
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not anti subaru , just mentioning some sad things people do
as it happens i have a 98 scoopapoo with a 2.5 lump in it
silver with big fookin dent in rear wing, front splitter glued on in black and white rear spoiler
it looks i think because its scruffy and i upset people with it
i don't call it a scooby, its a scoopapoo or subaru, and the uglier it is the better
when the lottery comes my way i'm getting a new subaru or a 22b then going to a big show for subaru's and still sawing the roof off to make it a cabrio and then i can use it as a pickup for old engines and gearboxes
its either the subaru or a ferrari 430 i'll be using
as it happens i have a 98 scoopapoo with a 2.5 lump in it
silver with big fookin dent in rear wing, front splitter glued on in black and white rear spoiler
it looks
i think because its scruffy and i upset people with it i don't call it a scooby, its a scoopapoo or subaru, and the uglier it is the better
when the lottery comes my way i'm getting a new subaru or a 22b then going to a big show for subaru's and still sawing the roof off to make it a cabrio
and then i can use it as a pickup for old engines and gearboxes its either the subaru or a ferrari 430 i'll be using
you take a stihl saw anywhere near a 22b and i will not be held responsible for my actions
what you said still made me laugh tho
29 January 2008, 11:08 AM
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You got the impression that an Impreza would know how to hold a knife and fork. And whether to have its cheese before its pudding.
Whereas an Evo, you suspected, would goose your wife, eat with its mouth open and vomit into the sugar bowl during the coffee and mints. A Ford Escort Cosworth, meanwhile, would stab you just to get an electric ankle bracelet and an Asbo.
Whereas an Evo, you suspected, would goose your wife, eat with its mouth open and vomit into the sugar bowl during the coffee and mints. A Ford Escort Cosworth, meanwhile, would stab you just to get an electric ankle bracelet and an Asbo.
01 February 2008, 04:42 PM
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Clarkson turned up at a top prep school in Oxford to meet the Headmaster and have look around.
Unfortunately he bellied out the Ferrari he'd turned up in on a speed bump and, to their great delight and his great embarassment, it took 20+ of the little monsters to push him off it.
Very surprised he sent his kids there!
Unfortunately he bellied out the Ferrari he'd turned up in on a speed bump and, to their great delight and his great embarassment, it took 20+ of the little monsters to push him off it.
Very surprised he sent his kids there!
02 February 2008, 06:29 PM
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Unfortunately I think he's quite accurate about a small minority of the more visible Subaru community members.
No idea about the car though, someone would have to loend me one to find out
No idea about the car though, someone would have to loend me one to find out
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