Why does no one want to take an impreza as trade in ???
21 April 2008, 01:29 PM
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Just chopped my Euro MY01 WRX for a 57 reg BMW 130i. I rang a few dealers and some were iffy about the import aspect others weren't. I would expect a JDM to have them sucking through teeth though as its a very specialist motor.
When I bought it new I paid slightly less than £18,000 and the p/ex was £4,500 which I thought was reasonable. £2k pa. depreciation on a Scoob. If I'd chopped it earlier then the cost pa. would have been more, so it pays to keep them.
TBH I think the bottom will fall out of the Scoob market (and I say that with regret) - too expensive to buy - too poor fuel economy - too expensive to tax, and I suspect the residuals will be poor. I'm the target market for the new STi, but it doesn't float my boat.
I thought £4,500 was a good offer and I didn't have to suffer lots of test pilots/worry of somebody knowing where there was a Scoob that could be nicked.
When I bought it new I paid slightly less than £18,000 and the p/ex was £4,500 which I thought was reasonable. £2k pa. depreciation on a Scoob. If I'd chopped it earlier then the cost pa. would have been more, so it pays to keep them.
TBH I think the bottom will fall out of the Scoob market (and I say that with regret) - too expensive to buy - too poor fuel economy - too expensive to tax, and I suspect the residuals will be poor. I'm the target market for the new STi, but it doesn't float my boat.
I thought £4,500 was a good offer and I didn't have to suffer lots of test pilots/worry of somebody knowing where there was a Scoob that could be nicked.
21 April 2008, 02:40 PM
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OH and for all those doom & gloom merchants who said you lose loads on EU imports my depreciation worked out at about 50% over 3years (paid £16,950 for EU WRX (compared with UK 20K got £8500) plus big discount on new one.
Perhaps the gap is less now on UK cars if you can get a good discount and you get the 3 years breakdown cover and alarm included.
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