So a change was felt, having had the BMW for 2 years, I fancied something petrol and manual again, but in keeping an estate shape...

 

Plans were put in place, first of all breaking the E39 which netted me the necessary finances in order to start that most festive of times, car shopping, I had a rough idea of what I wanted. 

 

Estate, Petrol, Manual, 4wd was a bonus not a necessity, Also needed a little bit of poke behind it. 

 

Looking through the classifieds, I looked at the A4 1.8T Quattro Avant, BMW 330's, BMW 530i's but kept coming back to the Subaru as it seemed a jack of all trades. 

 

I finally test drove one and was hooked, sadly they aren't that common over here, but whilst on a Ebay hunt a 2 owner car with mountains of paperwork and a LPG conversion came up for a reasonable price extremely near to me. 

 

It isn't without its faults, the CD changer doesn't work, easily remedied with a complete double din install included in the price, and the wheels...well they needed a complete refurbish.

 

Managed to find a set on eBay for a good price, again needing a bit of a refurbish but much better condition then my set that are on the car currently. 

 

Initial thoughts are, well this is good fun, the engine itself sounds wonderful at the higher rev ranges, it had a quad pipe conversion from an STi and it just seems to keep pulling, anyway will put some pics up at the end of the day, it is a bit of a flying machine. 

Drives really well, very different to the E39 as to be expected, anyway will put some pictures up when I get a chance to take some!

 

Thanks all, 

 

 

Interesting, another mate f mine had one.  Looking forward to seeing it in the flesh.

Sorry guys will update with some pictures once I have the wheels back from refurbishment. 

 

Haven't clicked with a car like this for quite a while, getting used to the petrol consumption, this is offset by the LPG, albeit finding a local station has helped with this, £34 to fill the tank isn't bad. 

 

The car itself has a wonderful engine note. 

 

Looking at short shifters and upgrading the bushes to poly bushes, its definitely growing on me!