hi, i have just purchased my first scooby. I'm 23 with 4 years no claims. It is an 05 plate 2 litre turbo impreza which has done 4,000 miles. i bought it for 13,500 and got insured for 866 from tesco. Does this sound a good deal. Just wondering wot peoples opinions were on this.

cheers and thanks for reading

 

insurance is very very very very good. i was paying £1500 on a classic mcrae so under 900 is very good indeed, not sure about price of car.

 

£13500 sounds a good buy to me for a '05 car.

Do you know if its an EU import ???

 

Certainly cheap insurance for a 23 year old you have to have a tracker with Tesco's also

 

its got a RAC trackstar plus on it.

 

Your insurance is about £200 more than mine and I was an 05 WRX PPP, same age and no claims bonus. Try Admiral and add a lady as a named driver - makes it cheaper and they don't bother about a Tracker.

And £13500 is a good price IMO

ewan

 

Sounds a good price , a lot of car for the money don't you reckon

 

looking forward to picking it up on thursday and will post a photo

 

I'm sure you won't regret it , welcome aboard

 

sounds to me like a good deal around and the insurance is very cheap
standby for the ...

"you could have got a brand new sti for half the price"
or
"i am half your age, running 500bhp, with 9 points and pay 350 fully comp"
brigade....

there are 1 or 2 people like that on hear

 

bang goes the idea of getting rid of mine lol


that car if bought from a UK dealer will not have been under 20K.

Just out if interest, does it have the PPP or is it an SL version?

I was 23 when i picked mine up, Brand new MY05 plus PPP, i have 3 yrs NCB no points, parked on the street and im paying around the £900 mark. It was an extra £190 for the PPP mind so it doesnt seem to far away...

 

no the car does not have PPP... i thought due to this being my first scooby of hopefully many i would go for a standard impreza around the 220 BHP mark to be on the safe side

 

just wondered as from the beginning of may till the next reg mark came out, they offered free PPP or the SL which i believe was sunroof and leather...

john

sorry, most dealers had that offer

 

what colour is it?

 

That insurance sounds well cheap! Im guessing theres a heafty excess?

13.5k isnt a bad price for the scoob either, I know depreciation is pretty drastic on them, but as its first owner has taken a very big hit, you shouldnt suffer too badly.

 

Drastic, its hellish.

Got rid of mine for exactly that reason (let it go for £14k). Running an Elise for the summer then gonna look at used S2000s. Will not be buying new (apart from maybe an S2 Exige on a PCP) ever again unless I win the lotto.

The best thing about the price is its unlikely to lose much more.

ewan

 

voluntry excess is 300 but i have opted to pay for ''return to invoice'' motorplan.
So if i do crash the thing i will get the car price as well as them paying 250 towards excess.