I'll soon be a Subaru owner, I've just put down a deposit on a 53 plate STi! I pick it up on Tuesday and i can't wait! I've driven some fast cars but the performance on these is amazing! The cars got full Subaru history with 44K on the clock!

 

Bet you wont get much sleep

congrats

 

Well done mate. Enjoy the car.

 

Welcome and enjoy

 

welcome to the world of scoobs you buy it private or trade? try and wangle a timing belt service out of them if you got it trade! or at least a discount!

enjoy it mate, they are great cars

 

I've bought it private and did a bit of haggling get her to sell at just over 11 grand which i thought was a bargain. I have got a few question though! Did these cars originally come with black inserts in the bumper and down the sides of the car? The one i've bought has these but all the STi's that i've saw on here are fully colour coded? It also has fully adjustable Tein Suspension and a full Vortex exhaust system. I'm new to Scoobs so was just wondering if these are decent mods?

 

$11k for an STi - is there a conversion I'm missing?

Great cars! I love my 05 STi to death

 

er... £11,000.. not $..

Which is a reasonable price

 

you done well thats a good price I paid £14.995 for my 03 sti with prodrive performance pack and that was three months ago 30.000 miles on clock from subaru dealers. the sti is a super car at a family price get out there and some fun my son you will soon be sporting the scooby grin. Dan.

 

Cheapest dealer car in my area is 12900 for a 53 STi so haggle a bit off that and a private sale for just over 11 would probably be about right.
Sad but true.

 

Not sure why it would have black inserts as mine and all others i have seen have been colour coded.
I presume you did all the checks on the car
Nik.
p.s. Enjoy and introduce yourself to the staff at your local Shell garage as you will be exchanging Christmas cards this year

 

Nice mate - get it over 300bhp with the tsl 333 pack like mine!!!

take it easy!!

 

Nice one mate.

Have fun with it, like we all do with are scoobs

 

hello and welcome.. I pick up my 51 plate wrx Tuesday.. dont it seem a long time away ??? lol

 

Yes i did a vehicle check on the car and also phoned the Subaru garage that has done the servicing to verify the service history. I assumed the inserts must have been an original subaru part as they have the sti logo built into them at the driver and passenger doors. Once i get it on Tuesday i'll get some pics up to see what folks think!

 

Welcome to STi ownership

Have to see them pics to see what you mean about the bumper.

Full vortex, nice. Vibrate the neighbours houses to bits that will.

 

I think the Inserts are more like stick-on Bumper/door guards.

When I first thought about buying a Scoob (A year before I did Buy one) I went for a Test drive, and the test car had the Black Bumper/door guards on it. I thought they looked pretty cr@p TBH.