i have been to look at a 04 plate wrx £6995. they said they will accept 6000 if i dont want any warranty and they dont have to service it 50,000 miles.it has 3 stamps in the book but no stamp at 40,000. overall the car looks very tidy.I am new to subarus so all advice is welcome.

 

have you searched about? certainly looks on paper a good deal, but id be looking how much they are selling for private before making any firm decisions. also make sure you do the normal stuff like hpi etc, and as they are not offering any warranty at the lower price, maybe pay for an indi to look at it, theres a few that will do this for you at a reasonable price.

welcome to scoobynet.

James

 

it sounds a good deal mate, i personally do not care too much for warranties from garages, as most of the time they never cover owt !! plus you can buy ur own warranty with companies for about £150 max and get the same cover as the dealer offers.

but as shaggy said, have a look about mate, and defo get it inspected by someone ... as the seller may know of a problem that is expensive to fix, hence the fact they are willing to knock a grand off the price OR maybe times are hard and they need a quick turn around on their cars.

Good Luck anyway chap

 

What mileage is the car currently on? It's always a good idea to keep upto date with the servicing, subaru engines are good but you have to maintain them properly!!

To put your buy into perspective, i bought my 03 plate wrx 4 months ago from a garage with no warranty but a full service history and the car was on 40'000 miles so had just had it's 40k service done and i paid £6995.

My car has an sti spoiler, prodrive backbox and some sti front winglets so wasnt totaly bog standard. The prices of subarus are coming down at an alarming rate due to the credit crunch, being able to run , insure (they're ins' group 19), service and tax.

Don't forget next year you'll be paying approx £440 a year for road tax and your 50k service from Subaru will set you back about £400

Hope this helps

Jonny

 

Where is the car for sale is it private or trade ? Someone on here may know the car.

Red.

 

its near ross on wye and he is a trader. The car came from ludlow in a px at south hereford garages. i was thinking of asking for 12 months mot for the £6000 price

 

A pre06 WRX will 'only' be £300 to tax under the new system if it comes in. It's a small crumb of pleasure from owning a lowly WRX.

STIs and 2.5 WRXs will be £440.

 

"lowly wrx" is it as bad as that?

 

Not in my opinion. I adore mine!

However, most STI owners think that their cars are far superior and usually recommend anyone looking for a WRX to buy an STI instead.

I think it depends on your personal needs. I wanted a fun, fast, practical family saloon. I did not want a rally beast that I couldn't use as day to day transport. Mine is modded to more power than a standard STI, so I'm not wanting in the performance department, either.

 

Not at all .. I have the Turbo 2000 .. which I think technically is the lowest turbo model and its awesomee

 

this car has the big rear spoiler is that standard? I only want it to polish and look at.it should be plenty fast enough for an old git like me! What are the most important things i should be looking for

 

personally I think I wouldnt bother. There are literally hundreds of imprezas for sale, go and get one with full history.
It will also help when selling on .

 

If it's a really big one then it's off an sti. If i remember correctly the 2004 wrx is either 215bhp or 221bhp i can never remember but still they go well enough with a top end of around 140mph (not that you'd ever want to go that fast) they grip the road incredibly and are juts a pleasure to drive!
Like i said i've had mine 15 weeks and i've done a smidge over 5000 miles in it and i dont use it for work lol i frind myself making excuses just to drive it....

"hmmmmm shall i pop round the corner to get some milk? nahhh sod it i'll drive 20 miles to a garage i know instead"

 

it has 3 stamps the 40,000 is missing if i buy it i will put it in for the 50,000 mile service. been looking for a while this seemed a good deal but now i am having doubts

 

You have PM.

 

I might be wrong but I think the 50k service is the cambelt, fluids etc. Get a couple of quotes, indie garages can do it for a good price.
I have a feeling (im a finance predictor!!) that the best time to buy will be Feb next year.
You could say to them I will give you 6k with the service now or come back in 2 months and offer you 5.5k........

 

Tim you are correct, the 50k service is the big one, cambelt etc.

I bought a 30k mile STi from a main dealer and they did the big service early as part of the deal.

Id get the dealer to do that service for you to be honest.

 

i got a quotefrom a subaru garage in cirencester £417. i am going back to see the car on the weekend i will see what thet say.

 

had a look round the sites cant see anything this age at this sort of price,i will carry on looking though.

 

what are the weak points on these cars

 

Good point about the servicing.

Try this guy Graham Quick. Have had good service from him in the past.

QUICK MOTORSPORT. Kivernoll, Hereford, Herefordshire. HR2 8DU Tel: 01981 541285.

 

My understanding is that a trader cannot sell a car to a private customer without giving a warranty even if it only him giving it.

And if something happens to the car that might reasonably be thought to have been starting to go wrong when the car was sold, the dealer has to put it right up to six months after.

So, for example, if the synchro goes on the gearbox a month down the road, the dealer would be liable to fix it.

I don't think a dealer has any option to opt out of this in any way.

Suggest you check with Trading Standards or Honest John in the Daily Telegraph.

 

this one looks nice if you can get a few more quid together:

https://www.scoobynet.com/private-sa...low-miles.html

what he wants now is on page 2, ignore the original price

 

100% go for the warranty and servicing for the sake of a grand.

 

does anyone know of a website where i can check the rules of buying off a trader.

 

bought it this morning collect next week.

 

Tidy - Did you get a good deal ?

 

he wouldnt go lower than 6000. i drove the car liked it so we did the deal.
the speaker in the drivers isnt very good thats all we could find wrong, time will tell.