Cheap Type R
18 August 2015, 08:05 PM
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Cheap Type R
Came across this whilst window shopping, it would appear adding RCM decals more than doubles a cars value. 
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1998-R-REG...item33a71c86b8
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1998-R-REG...item33a71c86b8
18 August 2015, 08:32 PM
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Unmapped 12.4s @ 105
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So much **** in that advert, and the price. FFS.
Originally Posted by EgayAD
and safe as it's been built with the best modified parts regardless of cost and by Subaru professionals not in a shed like most Scoobies because of the price of parts/labour..
Originally Posted by EgayAD
brand new Toyo sport front mount intercooler, in custom black with powdercoated pipe work,
Since when was a 2ltr engine 2,457cc?
18 August 2015, 10:00 PM
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I was going to buy this car at the start of the year from the guy who sold it to this dealer, there were many problems with it which resulted in me not going ahead with the purchase, the price i was going to pay was £8.5k which seemed fair enough for a car which had just had a full respray.
The guy who owned it actually has another one the same which his mrs drives to shows etc but it has a forged engine and is much better spec, it was hers that was in the magazine mentioned above and not this one.
Anyway i started speaking to the guy regarding this one at the end of last year when it was away getting the respray and was told i would be able to pick it up around March, i left a £500 deposit and spoke to him regularly regarding the progress, when he got the car back from the spray shop there were a lot of problems with the car (the car had been stored for 2 years and hadnt moved prior to getting the respray), there was an oil leak somewhere around the gear box which required the gear box to come out, the suspension was knackered and some other small niggles, he said that i would have to pay the bill to fix these problems as he wasnt spending another penny on the car, it then came to light that the car had never been mapped when it came in the country and it put me off along with the other problems mentioned, i then seen the jdm hawk i now have and went for that instead. Just after that he was going to a car show and the engine let go on the motorway not far from his house, he then had another engine fitted and has since sold it to this dealer.
I dont see why he expected me to pay for things to be fixed on the car when i hadnt even bought it yet, anyway i didnt get my deposit back but ive took it on the chin and learned from that mistake.
The bodywork on the car is amazing though, flawless paintwork and the guy actually has a few show cars so does keep them clean but after he fitted the engine he was looking for £11.5k, dont think anyone will ever pay £16k for it even though its one of the cleanest bodyworks you will find.
The guy who owned it actually has another one the same which his mrs drives to shows etc but it has a forged engine and is much better spec, it was hers that was in the magazine mentioned above and not this one.
Anyway i started speaking to the guy regarding this one at the end of last year when it was away getting the respray and was told i would be able to pick it up around March, i left a £500 deposit and spoke to him regularly regarding the progress, when he got the car back from the spray shop there were a lot of problems with the car (the car had been stored for 2 years and hadnt moved prior to getting the respray), there was an oil leak somewhere around the gear box which required the gear box to come out, the suspension was knackered and some other small niggles, he said that i would have to pay the bill to fix these problems as he wasnt spending another penny on the car, it then came to light that the car had never been mapped when it came in the country and it put me off along with the other problems mentioned, i then seen the jdm hawk i now have and went for that instead. Just after that he was going to a car show and the engine let go on the motorway not far from his house, he then had another engine fitted and has since sold it to this dealer.
I dont see why he expected me to pay for things to be fixed on the car when i hadnt even bought it yet, anyway i didnt get my deposit back but ive took it on the chin and learned from that mistake.
The bodywork on the car is amazing though, flawless paintwork and the guy actually has a few show cars so does keep them clean but after he fitted the engine he was looking for £11.5k, dont think anyone will ever pay £16k for it even though its one of the cleanest bodyworks you will find.
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