Goodbye Hatch
01 December 2010, 10:51 AM
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Goodbye Hatch
Well...tomorrow is the final day of Hatch ownership.... loved every moment of it 
Some last fairwell pics of the car this morning before I start stripping the goodies off it that have been sold.
Gunna miss it I know.... making the most of every mile
Things I will miss:
Loosing traction changing up 1st 2nd & 3rd
People taking a "double take" as you drive past..something reserved only for Impreza's and exotica
winding the window down in tunnels to listen to the flat four burble..
Surfing Scoobynet for the latest "must have"
Things I will not miss:
Having to find a Shell garage
The road noise.. Quiet they are not
The fuel economy
Subaru UK
To all who have bought bits.... I'll pm you with payment details shortly.
Jim..payment received for the Zun Sport Lower grill thank you
Some last fairwell pics of the car this morning before I start stripping the goodies off it that have been sold.
Gunna miss it I know.... making the most of every mile
Things I will miss:
Loosing traction changing up 1st 2nd & 3rd
People taking a "double take" as you drive past..something reserved only for Impreza's and exotica
winding the window down in tunnels to listen to the flat four burble..
Surfing Scoobynet for the latest "must have"
Things I will not miss:
Having to find a Shell garage
The road noise.. Quiet they are not
The fuel economy
Subaru UK
To all who have bought bits.... I'll pm you with payment details shortly.
Jim..payment received for the Zun Sport Lower grill thank you
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01 December 2010, 11:22 AM
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01 December 2010, 11:25 AM
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01 December 2010, 11:27 AM
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TDV8 Range Rover sport 
fantastic vehicle and very very capable of embarrising much more exotic and faster cars!!! but im biased i work for them he he...enjoy it bud 
fantastic vehicle and very very capable of embarrising much more exotic and faster cars!!! but im biased i work for them he he...enjoy it bud
01 December 2010, 11:48 AM
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You may see me lurking here and there
Insurance is cheaper, mpg is better, servicing will probably be on a par mind you.
Projected residual is better too... bearing in mind my local UK Dealer offered me £8k for the STI...
..*******.... lost out on a sale as a result though... hence the not missing Subaru UK quote..... full of themselves and their own self importance...
01 December 2010, 11:48 AM
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Good luck Kyle, will miss the constant chat about the next must have mod!!
Enjoy the RRS, always hankered after one of these myself.
Enjoy the RRS, always hankered after one of these myself.
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01 December 2010, 11:49 AM
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Once the garage's has expired I'll pick up a 3rd party policy to cover the expensive bits.
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I'm sure you'll cope! SN must be the biggest source of male induced debt in the UK
I'm hoping I'm not going to mod the RRS too much... but time will tell..
01 December 2010, 12:15 PM
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Yes really..
My STI is 20mpg (even though the puter says 23.4
)
The Discovery says 29 and is getting 27
The TDV8 is quoted at 25 so 22+ would still beat the STI...plus diesel is cheaper than V-Power
Impreza insurance was £550odd
TDV8 is £430
My STI is 20mpg (even though the puter says 23.4
)The Discovery says 29 and is getting 27
The TDV8 is quoted at 25 so 22+ would still beat the STI...plus diesel is cheaper than V-Power
Impreza insurance was £550odd
TDV8 is £430
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01 December 2010, 12:18 PM
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01 December 2010, 12:19 PM
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Hope the Rangie has a good warranty.
We're curently doing a turbo replacement on a TDV8 sport....The whole body needs to come off the chassis to gain access. And the owner is going to pay for the labour too...owch.
Seriously mate, nice motors, but watch out for its wallet emptying habits; as the engines are nigh on impossible to work on without removing a load of stuff in the way (like the body
).
We're curently doing a turbo replacement on a TDV8 sport....The whole body needs to come off the chassis to gain access. And the owner is going to pay for the labour too...owch.
Seriously mate, nice motors, but watch out for its wallet emptying habits; as the engines are nigh on impossible to work on without removing a load of stuff in the way (like the body
).
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01 December 2010, 01:17 PM
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Enjoy the new motor it looks good
This couple went around the world with a TDV6.
As others have said when they needed to replace the engine the whole body had to come out from the chassis
I hope you don't need the warranty.
Here you can find their calendar (there are some excellent photos along with a diary of the car).
http://www.theworldoffroad.com/thewo...d/en/index.php
http://www.theworldoffroad.com/thewo....php?cat_id=59
This couple went around the world with a TDV6.
As others have said when they needed to replace the engine the whole body had to come out from the chassis
I hope you don't need the warranty.
Here you can find their calendar (there are some excellent photos along with a diary of the car).
http://www.theworldoffroad.com/thewo...d/en/index.php
http://www.theworldoffroad.com/thewo....php?cat_id=59
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01 December 2010, 01:42 PM
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Hope the Rangie has a good warranty.
We're curently doing a turbo replacement on a TDV8 sport....The whole body needs to come off the chassis to gain access. And the owner is going to pay for the labour too...owch.
Seriously mate, nice motors, but watch out for its wallet emptying habits; as the engines are nigh on impossible to work on without removing a load of stuff in the way (like the body ).
We're curently doing a turbo replacement on a TDV8 sport....The whole body needs to come off the chassis to gain access. And the owner is going to pay for the labour too...owch.
Seriously mate, nice motors, but watch out for its wallet emptying habits; as the engines are nigh on impossible to work on without removing a load of stuff in the way (like the body
).What kind of mileage does it have on it Ali?
01 December 2010, 05:48 PM
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I gotta try and convince you to keep or get another:
You said:
Things I will not miss:
Having to find a Shell garage
The road noise.. Quiet they are not
The fuel economy
Subaru UK
Fuel economy is WORSE than a scoob. My boss had one, trundling along at 20MPG if he was lucky so all you will be doing is finding ANY garage instead of enjoying a drive.
You'll get keyed coz chavs dont like people "flashing the cash" with a motor like that.
Diesel is as expensive as V-Power. You can always go to momentum, its still better than the normal RON.
Insurance is pants.
Parts will be a nightmare.
Parking will be a biatch.
It will still be slow, a biatch to manouveur and NO FUN AT ALL.
Road noise might be reduced, but it will still be a tractor and very loud in these cold mornings! brrrrr.
All I can say is, you'll either be buying another scoob (saloon maybe?) or you're getting too old!
You said:
Things I will not miss:
Having to find a Shell garage
The road noise.. Quiet they are not
The fuel economy
Subaru UK
Fuel economy is WORSE than a scoob. My boss had one, trundling along at 20MPG if he was lucky so all you will be doing is finding ANY garage instead of enjoying a drive.
You'll get keyed coz chavs dont like people "flashing the cash" with a motor like that.
Diesel is as expensive as V-Power. You can always go to momentum, its still better than the normal RON.
Insurance is pants.
Parts will be a nightmare.
Parking will be a biatch.
It will still be slow, a biatch to manouveur and NO FUN AT ALL.
Road noise might be reduced, but it will still be a tractor and very loud in these cold mornings! brrrrr.
All I can say is, you'll either be buying another scoob (saloon maybe?) or you're getting too old!
01 December 2010, 07:25 PM
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I was going to post up saying you're having a laugh if you think it'll be cheaper to fuel up.. But everyone else beat me to it lol.
They really are one of those cars that you need to have serious disposable income to run (as ALi-B says for example) I'd be wanting a water tight warranty on a second hand one.
My transit uses more fuel than my impreza, let alone a V8 range rover lol
They really are one of those cars that you need to have serious disposable income to run (as ALi-B says for example) I'd be wanting a water tight warranty on a second hand one.
My transit uses more fuel than my impreza, let alone a V8 range rover lol
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