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It was the walnut veneer dashboard and picnic tables in the back that sold it to me. And the brown vinyl roof was the icing on the cake

The vrs was pretty good to drive. The DSG gearbox was ok once I got used to it and the car handled nicely for a front wheel drive. Not in the same league as either of the Subarus I've had though or the Escort for that matter. I had a couple of problems with it which put me off. It burned oil like a 2 stroke, so I took it in for an oil consumption test and was told it was within acceptable levels so the garage charged me for it. To cut a long story short, I was proved right in the end and ended up with a replacement turbo under warranty but Skoda uk's attitude throughout was really poor.

I'm ashamed to admit to owning a Vandan Plas Allegro for about a month until it failed its MOT. By far the most uncool car ever. Cars I've owned are: Citroen AX GT MK1 Golf GTI 1.8 Escort RS2000 4x4 Subaru Impreza Turbo Skoda Fabia VRS TSI Subaru WRX STI

Hi from another newbie. To answer some of your questions: My classic Impreza Turbo was around £400 a year to insure, strangely my new STI is less than £240 a year to insure with 12 years NCB and I'm 38 years old. How insurance is calculated is a mystery to me. I wouldn't bother trying to mod a non turbo car, it's not as simple as just bolting on a turbo charger. Not sure about noise levels. My old Impreza was loud, used to wake the neighbours when I worked early morning shifts and noise never got mentioned on MOT's. Just got to watch emissions, had to make sure my car was hot when it had emissions test. As far as I know you can own as many cars as you can afford to tax and insure. '

I've been looking at Rally Armor mud flaps for my 2015 WRX. Has anyone had any first hand experience of these? They look good quality and seem reasonably straight forward to fit from what I've seen on the net. Also, does anyone know if there's any UK retailers that stock them? I can only find them in America.

Thanks for the welcome. I've based my assumption on my old Impreza Turbo being written off on the DVLA website. It hasn't been taxed or MOT'd since August 2013 and it has a VIC marker against it. It would be a shame if it has as it was a really nice clean car when I sold it, I was the second owner and I bought it off my father who owned it from new. The reg number is T591 KBO, I sold it to a guy from somewhere near Southampton in 2012. I wouldn't be interested in buying it back now since I bought the WRX but it would be nice to know what's become of it. I'll post some photos of both my old car and the new one when I get chance.

Hi, I've just returned to Subaru ownership after making the mistake of selling my much loved Impreza Turbo that I'd owned for 10 years a couple of years ago and regretted selling it ever since. After recently trying to track down my old car and discovering its probably been written off, I decided to have a look at the new WRX STI at my local Subaru dealership. Just a week after having a test drive, I signed on the dotted line and discovered I enjoy driving again even if it's costing a small fortune in fuel.