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Offline Craig Stanley

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Re: Subaru sti vs Golf gti
« Reply #45 on: August 14, 2016, 06:47:50 pm »


My Blob STI PPP - was Andy Forest mapped was around 360bhp.
Was all the power you'd need to be honest. I'd no problems in my ownership.
Totally different cars to GTIs - great handling, faster out the box - from a standstill especially.
Drawbacks - fuel economy, dearer insurance, poor quality interior,  the slightly chavvy image that comes with them.
I've always ended back in GTIs when I've tried other cars. The best of all worlds in my opinion.
I parked right next to a blob today in a car park in Bournemouth exactly like that and the Misses took the piss out of it and said it was a kids car and said if I get one she thinks I will look like a twat. I spose she's got a point. I see blokes in their mid 40s driving round in Subarus  and it doesn't quite look right. The gti is more grown up I think and the interior is defiantly more refined. If I get an sti I think I will be in it on my own alot.

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Re: Subaru sti vs Golf gti
« Reply #46 on: August 14, 2016, 07:32:26 pm »
lmao @Craig Stanley I swear the misses says the same thing about those cars  :signLOL: It's a kids car and I'm a family man with two kids  :ashamed:
Still look the nutts imho  :grin:

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Re: Subaru sti vs Golf gti
« Reply #47 on: August 14, 2016, 07:59:06 pm »
It's the kid in us that has us buying GTIs and Subarus and spending thousands making them go faster and look better. Can't honestly say any of it is rational or sensible, but it's lots and lots of fun!!

Saw my old man the other day, showing him the latest upgrades and that, and he said "aren't you a bit old to be a boy racer?!"

Obviously I put him straight and told him I wasn't a boy racer, but an 'enthusiast'...

I am 35 though. So maybe he's got a point. But sod his point!

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Re: Subaru sti vs Golf gti
« Reply #48 on: August 14, 2016, 08:06:47 pm »
It's the kid in us that has us buying GTIs and Subarus and spending thousands making them go faster and look better. Can't honestly say any of it is rational or sensible, but it's lots and lots of fun!!

Saw my old man the other day, showing him the latest upgrades and that, and he said "aren't you a bit old to be a boy racer?!"

Obviously I put him straight and told him I wasn't a boy racer, but an 'enthusiast'...

I am 35 though. So maybe he's got a point. But sod his point!
:signLOL: My wife just called me 45  :surprised: because of my enthusiasm  :signLOL:

ALTHOUGH she said if it saves me money then buy a scooby  :signLOL: :signLOL:
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Re: Subaru sti vs Golf gti
« Reply #49 on: August 14, 2016, 10:04:21 pm »
It's the kid in us that has us buying GTIs and Subarus and spending thousands making them go faster and look better. Can't honestly say any of it is rational or sensible, but it's lots and lots of fun!!

Saw my old man the other day, showing him the latest upgrades and that, and he said "aren't you a bit old to be a boy racer?!"

Obviously I put him straight and told him I wasn't a boy racer, but an 'enthusiast'...

I am 35 though. So maybe he's got a point. But sod his point!
:signLOL: My wife just called me 45  :surprised: because of my enthusiasm  :signLOL:

ALTHOUGH she said if it saves me money then buy a scooby  :signLOL: :signLOL:

Haha. I'm 38!
Not sure how getting a Scoob will save you money tho'! May just be an itch that needs scratched - I know it was for me! Was great fun. Sound and pace are awesome!

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Re: Subaru sti vs Golf gti
« Reply #50 on: August 14, 2016, 11:06:06 pm »
It's the kid in us that has us buying GTIs and Subarus and spending thousands making them go faster and look better. Can't honestly say any of it is rational or sensible, but it's lots and lots of fun!!

Saw my old man the other day, showing him the latest upgrades and that, and he said "aren't you a bit old to be a boy racer?!"

Obviously I put him straight and told him I wasn't a boy racer, but an 'enthusiast'...

I am 35 though. So maybe he's got a point. But sod his point!
:signLOL: My wife just called me 45  :surprised: because of my enthusiasm  :signLOL:

ALTHOUGH she said if it saves me money then buy a scooby  :signLOL: :signLOL:

Haha. I'm 38!
Not sure how getting a Scoob will save you money tho'! May just be an itch that needs scratched - I know it was for me! Was great fun. Sound and pace are awesome!
I know it won't save me money hence not going to go there  :signLOL: quick out the box but shame it's classes as chavvy  :doh:

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Re: Subaru sti vs Golf gti
« Reply #51 on: August 15, 2016, 12:24:50 am »
Saw an old boy in a deep red M5 up at Turbary Retail Park, Bournemouth, near the  Range,  a couple of weeks back Craig - must have been early 70's (the old boy - not the car), and I thought fair play to you, still got it at that age.... was hoping he'd rag it up the car park, but very safely done.... Once it's in you.... Ha ha

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Re: Subaru sti vs Golf gti
« Reply #52 on: August 15, 2016, 11:41:04 am »
Sod age! I'm 32 and still as enthusiastic about cars when I was 17. I blame my dad who is an absolute petrol head, he's looking at getting a TVR Griffith 500  :notworthy:

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Re: Subaru sti vs Golf gti
« Reply #53 on: August 15, 2016, 01:34:21 pm »
 A year and a half back I had a middle aged bloke race me off every traffic light on the A40 towards the motorway and he just couldn't keep up in his poxy porsche 3.6  :signLOL: proves it's not the car but thr driver  :driver: 265bhp tt quattro verses 300bhp carrera 4s stupid show offs in thier high end cars they can't even drive  :grin: