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go on son get a slipper down look at
that on the airbrake that's what I like to
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see what a car hey a Subaru Impreza
in its natural habitat going sideways on a
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rally circuit that car there also spawned
one of the most successful road cars
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off the back of it in the WRX STI I
love that car yeah I really did love
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that car Subaru have gone on to
make some great cars since then as well
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including one that a friend of mine a
contact has been sending me is this it's
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the little brz and what a cracking
looking thing that is two plus two
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manual coupe importantly rear wheel
drive yeah lots of love about that car
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well I'll tell you what was not to
love about it was the fact that when
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you put your right foot down it was
a bit woeful yeah that's true I mean
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it's a little four-cylinder what they
didn't do with that car is the trick
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that they missed should have put a
turbo on it then they would have had a
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car a little bit like this people have
gone crazy for it and I think see where
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you're going with it I think that's
where we come in if I bought a car and
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gave it to you and you sprinkled
your magic on it and maybe bonked in
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the turbo to it we'll end up with a
car that well Subaru should have
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always a built the Subaru
BRZ STI I love that.
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back in the mid 90s you would have
been the dogs dangly bits if you were
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driving around town pretending to
be Colin McRae in an STI Impreza that
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combination of raw power and rally
inspired handling was to die for so when
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the BRZ come along in 2012 as
part of a joint venture with Toyota the
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automotive world sat up everyone
expected it to get the same treatment
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but just like Elvis's pay rise it never
happened the bosses wanted a car
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to stay lighter and cheaper and
that meant no turbo but I think Subaru
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missed a trick so now it's up to us to
show you just how you can make your
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very own bespoke Scooby BRZ
STI so I'm on my way to North
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Hampshire to look at a rather
well-priced potential candidate now
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what me and Elvis are looking for
we are looking for that blank canvas but
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having a blank canvas with a bit of
a leg up it's really gonna help us and
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this Subaru comes in the right color
combination it's blue with a nice gray
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interior that means that we'd only
have to do some tasty accents on the
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car to STI it and remember all famous
Subaru STI's are blue with gold wheels
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and nice gray accents on the inside
so we're part of the way there they're
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only asking a minuscule 9 gram for it
that makes it one of the cheapest BRZs
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on the market but there might be a reason
for that because for the past few years
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this Scooby has been used as a test
car here located 30 feet below ground
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Catesby tunnel is a perfectly straight
2.7 kilometer abandoned railway line.
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it's been transformed into a cutting-edge
physical wind tunnel where all sorts
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of automotive manufacturers test their
designs so we're either on our way to
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go and see a clapped-out bag of
bolts that's past its prime or we're
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gonna bag a bargain.
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there it is looking good looks alright
did it ah John I have indeed John
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very nice to see you Wow look at
that it's a little bit of a weird one for
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me John I'll be honest of it this would
be the newest car I've ever looked
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at for restoration so what can you tell
me about it how long have you guys had
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it we've had it a couple of years we
bought it as a company for a customer
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who wanted us to do some testing
with it so we had a matching pair of cars.
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and it's now surplus to requirements
that's been sat in the in the
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garage for about a year it's not
done many miles since we've had it
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probably 500 miles maximum is
that all that's all right okay first job