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I learned to drive in 1979 in my mother's red VW Polo L with its cherished plate (and 900cc of raw power ) so have always had fond memories of UHS 19.
The plate was acquired c.1974 by the old man as a sop to my mother when he didn't quite deliver on a replacement car. She’d run a badly rusting Morris 1100 (did they come in any other form?) and a couple of second-hand Minis and was looking forward to her promised, first new car. The best he managed to come up with was an ex-demonstrator Fiat 126. Cute but hideously underpowered and tiny! To keep her quiet though, he bought UHS 19 for £5 from an ad in the paper and stuck it on the Fiat. It has no personal significance – UHS was an old Renfrewshire designation – but I like its impersonality and the fact that nowadays it has an old skool look about it.
(Note how the old man found the money for his 3.0S Capri though … )
It remained with her on all her cars until her death this August. With no interest from my younger brother, it has now passed to me.
Having spent the last six months or so first looking after Mum and then, after her death, sorting out her estate - second parent with all the attendant IHT issues to sort out - I decided I would reward myself with a new car once we got Confirmation (the Scottish equivalent of probate) on her estate.
What to get? Ask my fellow s2k'ers? Nah …
I established the following rules for the new UHS 19 …
1) Four doors
2) Fast/sporty
3) Not German (or a Jag)
4) Have road presence, yet be
5) Understated.
Well four out of five isn't bad ...
Brand new, in Dark Grey Metallic, I give you ...
I think front on is its best angle ...
Although the rear isn't too bad either ...
(I do ironing at £2 a shirt ...)
I like the slotted front arches ...
I’ve always wanted to scratch the 4WD/AWD itch. I remember looking at an Impreza in 2004 (before I bought my S) but was put off by the cheap plastics and the ownership demographic. Thankfully the interior is now a much nicer place and at 54, I’m too old to care what others think …
I’m still trying to get my head around the three different engine maps, the “vehicle dynamics” settings, and all the multi-mode central diff stuff. I’ve not to exceed 4,000 rpm for the first 1,000 miles (), so haven’t caned it yet or come close to finding its limits. I’m visiting my brother and his family in Frome for Christmas so that should sort the run-in period, if I haven’t been out in it every hour of every day and racked up the miles before then …
I think it’s the dog’s bollocks and I can’t stop grinning …
It's about bloody time someone bought one of those!
Congrats.
They're almost as massive as my Leg End, though. Do they have rear torque-vectoring or just brake-vectoring? Subaru's webshite is utter crap and they must've spent as little on it as I did on mine.
Do they have rear torque-vectoring or just brake-vectoring? Subaru's webshite is utter crap and they must've spent as little on it as I did on mine.
They use the phrase "active torque vectoring" but I think you're right in that it's just clever braking. There are that many chuffing settings it's going to take me ages to sort out what I want/like.
UHS 19 - Under New Ownership
) so have always had fond memories of UHS 19.
), so haven’t caned it yet or come close to finding its limits. I’m visiting my brother and his family in Frome for Christmas so that should sort the run-in period, if I haven’t been out in it every hour of every day and racked up the miles before then …
As if the wing and intake weren't enough. I'd love one for my daily driver.