Talking of tunnel runs,

where is the new one that opened today.

That has to be done 1.5 miles long awesome. :doubleup:

God knows mate, hadn't heard

hindhead on the A3.. lovely bit of dual carriageway imo.

blimey all the way over there :(

a bit far out of london to go for a tunnel!

you lucky sod crowman,white as well.it looks spot on m8 :10::10::10::10::10::10::10:

Love this car mate, top choice, seen this one in the flesh at the P1 meet by prodrive and must say it is stunning....

Its just a Type-R with a bodykit,whats all the fuss:shock:.

Did i say just before you drove off i had a month to re-consider:cry:,i want it back!!

I,m glad your happy with the car Martyn,i know its always a good sales pitch to say you want the car to go to a good home,but that really was important to me,as you know,i was,nt desperate to sell,but i could tell as soon as we started chatting you were the right guy to own the car,i would rather have kept it than sell it to just anybody.

I,m sure you,ll get as much enjoyment from it as i have,it really is the best car i,ve ever owned.

You mention it drives well,i think we kinda forgot to talk about that when you were here,strange that,but as you say,it does stick like s**t,i,ve owned 2 other Impreza,s before this one,and they were pretty good,but the P1 is shockingly good,i remember shouting at the top of my voice when i first drove it home,anybody seeing me must have thought i was a lunatic:cuckoo:.

As for the map,i got it done at Tegsport (Steve Simpson)as soon as i got it,and he did say it would have easily acheived 350 bhp with a de-cat and a 3"backbox,so you should have no bother getting that sorted,i just put the 100 cell sport cat and kept the P1 stamped 2.5" backbox because it was my daily driver,so i wanted it running as safely as possible.

Anyway,enjoy the car mate,i,ll keep bobbing on to see how it progresses,and if you decide to sell it dont forget,i,ve got first shout:ok:

Steve

Cheers Ron

I,m glad i did,nt waste your time and it was what you both expected,i just hope i have a similar experience now i,m looking for something new:doubleup:

I hope your all sorted now as well mate:hurrah:,and i,ve a funny feeling your talents are going to be getting some serious use shortly,i think Southeastscoobies is going to be the shiniest Subaru club in Britain for a while:pics:,and i,m looking forward to the imminent photo shoots.

Some of the best Scoobs out there including Clives animal plus a photographer mate plus a detailer/perfectionist/sellers worst nightmare makes for some good times ahead:smile:

Steve

Quick link as well Martyn

http://www.iwoc.co.uk/p1g.html

Steve, lol type r with a body kit, ya bug g e r.
Keep me posted on how you get on with the replacement ,when you get it mate

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i appreciate the rarity of martyns being white and it looks fantastic

dont get me wrong the p1 is nice but i fail to see what the fuss is about with the p1.
i dont mean to sound harsh and nothing ment personally to anyone but if i had a 99 sti type ra with dccd in 1 hand an a 99 turbo 2000 in the other what would people rather go for? answer the sti as the euro version isnt half as good.

its the same story with the p1. being a euro version of type r there mapped diffrently for uk fuel but being euro spec thay dont have sti rear lights/sti dials or dccd as euro cars have abs instead and dont come with a sti spoiler hence prodrive put there own on it and only the laiter cars had the spots

Quick geeky question martyn but as its the p1 prototype and is a type r base does it have the alloy bonnet not steel like the uk versions?

Was it a fully built working type r delivered to prodrive where they set to making it the way forword for the future p1s?

all p1s were fully built type r,s given to prodrive for modifications and as such should have alloy bonnet

oh cool, didnt know that,

Guys, to be honest with you, I am still learning about my car and P1,s
I have owned a Jap import for 9yrs and know everything there is to know about it.
I brought the prototype for two reasons 1, it's a White 3 door, 2 it is 1 of 1and there will never be another.
I wanted something different and the prototype sure is different :-)
It has amazing history to it, I mean to have the engineer test folders with all the testing at milbrook and Mira is just brilliant .
I believe the car started life as a group n but might be wrong.
Anyone that can asist with any further info please feel free to post.

The prototype has no ABS , has IC water spray .

The White Prototype was/is a group N donor car (V5 type R) that Prodrive had available to enable testing/development to begin whilst awaiting the Blue show cars (press vehicles), which were Blue Type R's that were finaly modded to look like the finished P1's.

The final P1's were vehicle specific cars and not type R's with bits removed or added by Prodrive:nono: the cars were fitted out in Japan and finished in the UK by Prodrive.

Mike Wood:
Being the only variant to carry the Prodrive name still makes the P1 a little special to the enthusiasts, bare in mind it was the demand for the vehicle that increased the production run from 500 IIRC to the final 1000.... so demand for the vehicle has always been there.

Type R or P1 comes down to individual taste IMO and what the individual wants from the car. Personaly I would rather the P1, especially the White 1:nod: but again this is just my opinion.

some wheels here that look like the originals, shame there's only 2 though : http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SUBARU-IMP...item4aa3480f68

It could look original from one side ;)

http://cdn.images.pistonheads.com/ai.../3014167-2.jpg