New Lad From The North East

Hello everyone, I just thought i would join this forum as I'm looking to buy a Subaru and thought i should introduce myself and tell you abit about myself.
My name is Stu and i live in Durham, i'm 23 and i will proudly admit i have been a vauxhall lad from the day i passed my test and i do still like them. I'm currently splitting my Corsa C Z20let running 300bhp. I'm just waiting for bits to sell to fund my new motor. i recently bought a GT35 turbo to go for bigger power and i planned to forge my engine this winter but had a change of heart and i think its time to move up abit.

Some of you may question why i have joined now before i have bought my car, and the simple answer i'll give to that is, I was hoping to check the forums for a car sales thread to see what else is out there. I have checked autotrader, pistonheads and various other sites to see what catches my eye... i think i will probably get a blob eye 2005 STI.

I plan to come to some meets and show my face and hopefully pick up some knowledge of the cars and meet new like minded people who have the same mutual love for cars and engines as i do!  

Welcome alomg mate - you have come to the right place and most would say you have chosen the right model & year of Subaru (except me of course as I have a fully forged 2007 Hawkeye STI  )

Very sensible move young man and you will find all of the expert advice you will need on here  

Welcome to nesf mate

cheers Hutchy, and i think its a good move too Marietto... what power are you running and have you done a 1/4 mile in it yet? if so, what times do you get?

stu23 wrote:

cheers Hutchy, and i think its a good move too Marietto... what power are you running and have you done a 1/4 mile in it yet? if so, what times do you get?

I don't track my car mate as it's my everyday driver - go to work, take kids to school, etc - running around 480bhp with 475 ft/lbs torque - the black one in this pic

"running around 480bhp with 475 ft/lbs torque" can sure get you're kids to school on time! Beautiful mate, both of them! Love black cars with black rims, I'm hoping to get my hands on a nice clean black one myself.. and i hope i don't offend anyone when i say this but... blue scooby's seem to be pretty common.. i've always loved black or white cars and i'll continue to buy them, just takes that little bit extra attention to clean them haha

Welcome to nesf but you can tell your new you have yet to understand that blue is definitely the best color,   

Welcome aboard Stu, smart thinking getting on here and doing your homework. Some great folks on here, more experience of these cars than you can possibly imagine. I think we'd all admit to making some excellent choices and some not so excellent ones, so look and listen and save youself some grief. And when it comes time to part with some dollars, dont be too swift - the right car is out there for you, dont be too hasty. And post any links in here of stuff you fancy, we might even know it.

And finally they are all wrong on the colour front but Ive given up trying to educate them.

Hi and welcome to nesf  

Welcome to the forum mate. Black widetrack blobeye is deffo a good choice mate, keep it subtle though. Here's mine lol

Welcome to nesf  

Another here with a black blob wide track awesome motors. Welcome to the fold.... There's plenty about so wait for the right one probably better off standard even thought it's there expensive route in the short term long term you know it was standard and not abused to start with

welcome mate.

Welcome to Nesf mate

stevejones wrote:

Welcome to nesf 8)but you can tell your new you have yet to understand that blue is definitely the best color,   

....but black is the fastest Steve   when I am not driving like a big black fanny

Marietto wrote:

stevejones wrote:

Welcome to nesf 8)but you can tell your new you have yet to understand that blue is definitely the best color,   

....but black is the fastest Steve   

.....and Red is more exclusive, more practical and more aerodynamic, creating a special kind of vortex that loosens lady clothing.

kgt wrote:

.....and Red is more exclusive, more practical and more aerodynamic, creating a special kind of vortex that loosens lady clothing.

    

Welcome aboard fella.....any colour is better than a corsa!!!

Welcome to the forum pal, it's coming up the right time of your to have AWD



Blob STi's rule!!

kgt wrote:

Marietto wrote:

stevejones wrote:

Welcome to nesf 8)but you can tell your new you have yet to understand that blue is definitely the best color,   

....but black is the fastest Steve   

.....and Red is more exclusive, more practical and more aerodynamic, creating a special kind of vortex that loosens lady clothing.

Lol is white not more rare in a impreza

Welcome along mate I've had 3 impreza s and 1 legacy and still learning lol

Welcome, I also have a Vauxhall, shame mine a Vectra diesel, good for the family though and towing duties.

Classic Impreza's are where its at though, stripped bare and ready to race LOL

Welcome to the mad house!

stevejones wrote:

Welcome to nesf 8)but you can tell your new you have yet to understand that blue is definitely the best color,   

Yeah stu take no notice of a scoobie fixer blue is shit and black is best lol I to have a blue bugeye but dark blue

Oh yeah welcome Stu forgot that bit hahahaha

Welcome to the world where you can have power and traction....at the same time Stu!!

Take your time when looking to make sure you get a minter for your money, I spent 18 months looking for mine and had to make a 600 mile round trip to pick it up.

When I started I was set on a blue or black one. But I would still check every one that went up for sale. I ended up with a crystal grey one and I love it!

Anyway plenty of people on here that know insane amounts about Scoobys and are always happy to help!