156 v6 is a fine car. I have owned a couple of saloons and did a 3.0 engine swap on the first I had.

There are a few GTA SWs about but they seem to need a lot if care nowadays and bodywork seems less rust resistant than standard cars for some reason.

Shame no roof bars on the ebay 2.5 v6. I thiught price was a bit steep but noticed its from a trader.

My 1.8 has the Ti leather interior which apparently was never released as an option in UK!!! Full climate control, facelift interior, teledial wheels, roof bars and is in good nick. Well pleased with it!

Conundrum of the sporty estate has been resolved. I have acquired an ugly silver estate with no soul. However, it does have a dyno printout at 346.5bhp, with forged Mahle pistons, forged rods and many more engine mods.

It also has Tein coilovers all around, White line front and rear ARB, plus Whiteline anti dive/anti lift kit, AP racing 356mm front discs with 6 pot calipers and much more.

Yes, it's an Impreza WRX estate, so not the most popular on here. But remember, I'm keeping my Ink Black Coupé.

How did Mrs Pigman take to the new car?

Me:- "I've bought a sensible estate with a very rare and lovely light grey Medici Italian leather interior."

Mrs Pigman:- "It's not very good looking."

Mrs Pigman after riding in it:- "It's very comfortable and much easier to get in and out of."

Mrs Pigman looking out of the window:- "It's a nice looking car."

I'm thinking she must be referring to something that went by.

So, result. Mrs Pigman is happy (Most important) and I have a car that doesn't feel slow after nearly five years of driving 20VT Coupés.

Think that's behind it Pete

She can't see the Coupé from the window.

A Impreza WRX estate wasn't what I expected you to buy Pete so it will be interesting to hear what peoples comments will be the next time you're on the school run

Hello fellow yobo, this is the sound of our people https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=006HrrYjSKY

I thought that I'd uttered an unmentionable swear word by buying a Scooby (by the way, I'm not sure who said it first, Mrs Pigman or my daughter, but they've nicknamed it "Scrappy," oh how funny) so at least I'm not on my own.

Like the Coupé, they also have a great sound.

Never thought of myself as a yob....but....

I won't be able to hear them. The exhaust is soooooo loud and even louder now it's blowing at the manifold.

You have yet to see the drain pipe, no, man hole that was put on to mine before I bought it..... really need to replace it

So will you be wearing shades on the school run when using the Subaru?

If you wanted the noise, all you had to do was unplug a couple of spark plugs and pull half the exhaust off the coupe...

Have you broken it already

Was quite noisy when I bought it, but still had 1.4 bar peak boost. Now really noisy and Max boost somewhere between 0.7 and 0.9 bar. Getting it sorted early Jan, but not easy to find a Joe Knight in the Scooby world.

Won't look like a mid life crisis in an unattractive silver estate car, so yes, I think the shades stay.

Hi, you're not the only one to go from a Coupe to a practical Subaru

Although after 3 years of fun and ownership I'm tired of it and all the NVH.
My list of mods are in this thread.
I've now moved onto a C-class 3.0L V6 diesel estate. Fast, smooth and quiet. Oh and NOT boring!
Good luck with your new purchase have fun and enjoy. The Subaru forum life is definatly a different crowd though