WR1 Owners Club

As a few of you already know I have been looking at a new motor, after a lot of deliberation we have chosen the discovery. A very good motor, the downside is that the '1 will have to go aswell as the volvo which has already gone. Obviously this was/is a major decision, as I like the '1 very very much, but it does'nt get used as much as it should, so all in all a sad occasion

Sad day
But at least the Disco will have loads of toys!

The Disco's a lovely car. Which model did you get?

We looked at one before buying the Forester. It was more car than we needed at the moment but i was very tempted.

i bet that even makes the wr1 petrol consumption look good.

stijoy wrote:i bet that even makes the wr1 petrol consumption look good.

If he's gone for the derv drinking version i found it was giving about 5 mpg more than the WR1.

The sales leaflets quoted the petrol one as about 14 mpg

My local dealer told me they've not sold a single petrol one yet and don't even run one as a demo car!

Another WR1 goes. Can the last one out please turn off the lights.

Blobster

Its a TDV6 HSE, with all the gizmos and gadgets, an ex-demo vehicle thats averaged 21mpg in its life so far. I cannot fault it at all, obviously its no match on perfomance but I've had an indicated 120 out of it.
it was the only vehicle to fit my criteria, ie. 6-7 seats with footwells for full sized passengers, and to tow the maximum 3500kg. a lot of money but you only live once!!!!!!!!

Sumo wrote:Its a TDV6 HSE, with all the gizmos and gadgets, an ex-demo vehicle thats averaged 21mpg in its life so far. I cannot fault it at all, obviously its no match on perfomance but I've had an indicated 120 out of it.
it was the only vehicle to fit my criteria, ie. 6-7 seats with footwells for full sized passengers, and to tow the maximum 3500kg. a lot of money but you only live once!!!!!!!!

That's the one that tempted me!

Blobster wrote:Another WR1 goes. Can the last one out please turn off the lights.

Blobster

Mine isn't going anywhere. Turned down a Noble after the performance and handling on track of the WR1 came to my attention!

Hi Gangsta

Just wonderd wether you have done any mods to your suspension or have you got strut bracies fitted as you do track days ect, as i seem to think the car is a little bit on the soft side handeling wise espcially on tight bends when you take them at speed, the car dives a bit. Im thinkin of getting some strut bracies to stiffen up the body roll, please let me know your thoughts on subject.
and advise me on which ones you think are any good.
Cheers m8.

Ours isn't going either, we intend to keep it for a very long time.
It's a shame that people are having to get rid of their WR1s and it must be a very hard decision to make. Chris and I are lucky in that we each have our own everday cars. The WR1 was always intended to be for high days and holidays so it doesn't matter to us if we don't use it except on weekends if the weather is fine.

Rosy B

WR1 WOZA wrote:Hi Gangsta

Just wonderd wether you have done any mods to your suspension or have you got strut bracies fitted as you do track days ect, as i seem to think the car is a little bit on the soft side handeling wise espcially on tight bends when you take them at speed, the car dives a bit. Im thinkin of getting some strut bracies to stiffen up the body roll, please let me know your thoughts on subject.
and advise me on which ones you think are any good.
Cheers m8.

Woza ... as I understand it Prodrive spent a lot of time testing this car on track and developing the suspension system. For me the way I bought it is the car in it's optimum performance state. Admittedly I would prefer to have a rock hard suspension system put on it to elimate lift and any roll that there is (i.e. Ohlins). However we need to remember that this car is developed as a road going race car. Therefore it must strive to meet the conditions of both of these driving elements.

On track it is sensational. And having any strut braces fitted would, I feel, not significantly change the feel of it. The way I see it is that if Subaru thought this car needed any additional suspension bracing - they would have put it on the car from the start. If you are not going to be doing many track days in it then I would say leave it exactly as it is.

Hope that helps mate ... all of course in my opinion.

forgot to answer the second part of your question.

Regarding what struts to go for the subaru supplied STi (stainless and carbon) are more than adequate. However Crossroads have a oversized front strut brace which they are selling which, as well as looking the absolute nads (in either gold or black gunmetal) really does hold everything in place.

Regarding suspension you would want to be looking at the fully electronically adjustable systems. Such as the one's supplied by Ohlins or Tein. Remember that the prodrive springs we have on the cars are already pretty much top of the line -- so no point replacing with something substandard. The Ohlins system is absolutely awesome but at nearly

Sorry to hear the 1 has gone Shaun

Hope you stick around and not temped to join

www.discoforums.co.uk

LOL !!

I see the pic was taken from the front, as it looks rather good

Nice looking car Sumo. Can I ask did you trade the WR1 or sell private. In Top Marques recently there was circa 5/6 for sale, the next issue ie 2 weeks later there was not any. Seem to be holding the price.

Not sold yet, still waiting for the reg documents to come back after transfer so sat in garage.

I can run it round for you if you like, to keep it all sweet

Thanks Jaycee,
I'm secretly hoping the bottom drops out of the market, then it wont make sense to sell

You've got my number....

bling up the disco with fat rims!! nice!!

Nice wheels Sumo, A mate of mine has one and he is well chuffed
Hope you still make it to the next Yorkshire rally, we will wait for you now and then

as said before, I am very happy with it. I most certainly wont be joining you on the next yorkshire rally, I'd have as much chance of keeping up with you as I have of becoming miss world !

Sumo wrote:I'd have as much chance of keeping up with you as I have of becoming miss world !

No change there then
Only messing with you shaun, If you decide on the route you could take us off road and fook the lot of us

Sumo wrote:as said before, I am very happy with it. I most certainly wont be joining you on the next yorkshire rally, I'd have as much chance of keeping up with you as I have of becoming miss world !

I agree, no chance of Miss World. Only seen you once but that was enough.

Joke, you are gorgeous really!

chris's scooby wrote:The sales leaflets quoted the petrol one as about 14 mpg

14mpg is still OK ! My wife does 10mpg with the STi...

Still, I am no fan of driving around on heating oil.

jaycee wrote:You've got my number....

Hei Jaycee, weren't you the black sheep who was swearing by the normal STi ?