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You're clearly a mazda man, how come you moved up to the Liberty?

spedwards wrote:

haha, "moved up" - I like it!

Not really dedicated to one manufacturer in particular, if it wasn't for the outragious insurance quotes I was getting for a WRX there was a good chance that would have been in the drive over the MPS.

I've got a number of friends with Foresters, my parents just getting one to replace their Liberty, and a few with Libertys. I actually convinced my dad that the Liberty was the way to go, so I'm been interested for a while.

It's a 2001 in silver with about 80K on the clock.

It came down to a choice of having no money to play with and a very nice car, or having more money and a nice car... I'd much rather get myself a big screen tele in a few months than struggle along for the sake of my wheels. I do miss the car, but the priorities just shifted, besides you can still have loads of fun without all the power in the world.

The other plus is that I'll be happy to tinker with this one without having to worry about voiding warranty or buggering something up! Looks like it will be brakes this weekend, first timer so it should be fun.

When I get some spare time I'll br sprucing it up with a proper clean, clay, light polish and sealant. It's silver so the paint work hides a lot of the problems but it is pretty tidy.

Our SP20 is black and it shows up everything! I love the look of a clean black car, but it doesn't stay that way long enough for my liking - not to mention the fact that the tiniest little scratch is glaringly noticable.

New brake pads went in this afternoon, I will get getting parts for other basic maintenance this week with a trip to Dr Subaru to get some more technical niggle sorted.

Thanks Adam. When I get the time to give it a good clean I'll post some pics up, it's looking quite poor at the moment. When doing the brakes today I took the chance to give the wheels a proper clean (front and back) and a tyre finish, it's amazing how even such a simple thing as this can improve the look of the car!

yup black looks awesome clean but doesnt stay that way long and the dust is a killer. my SP was yellow, always looked clean. check it out if you want at photobucket, user id "mws078".

welcome to the forum!

Hey Tom, forgot you got yourself a Lib! How's it going?

Welcome!