Matt Sargent

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Hi,

Basically I'm looking to come into the Subaru fold and my friend who is a car dealer is offering a version 3 wrx sti import in silver it's completely standard apart from a forge revirc valve and an exhaust next to no rust on the arches he wants 1400 is that a good price ? I don't know anything about subarus and I would also like to know what things I should check before buying

All help appreciated thanks guys

ditchmyster

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Welcome, it's either got rust on the arches or it hasn't, If it has then you need to budget in the region of a grand to have it repaired properly because a rub down and blow over will last a year at most.

£1400, would depend on condition and how it's been treated, milage, svc history etc.

I'd need to have a good look over it and hear it running to decide if I wanted to take a punt or not, so I guess the answer is only you can decide if you can afford to lose £1400 or not, always best with these cars to have a few quid spare just in case.

jayallen

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1400 is very cheap, are you sure its an STI and not a WRX?

RICHARD J

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I'd agree, good V3 STIs are great cars & usually go for good money, but a dog will go for about that as they can be money pits.

scooby 887

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i've got a v3 sti and £1400 seems very cheap. i paid £2500 for mine a year ago. although the engine let go 1 day later so you just never know

imprezaworks

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Very cheap

matthewn

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why so cheap?

Matt Sargent

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Right Gus , well I've had a look it's very clean no rust , the battery was flat but it started first time with jump leads the engine seemed to tick over fine very quite actually only thing I noticed and he did tell me was the clutch was slipping in 4th and 5th, it's an sti I checked the vin and log book, is there anything else I should really be looking for ?

JaptechSmokey

i think you should tell us all exactly where this dealer is so we can go and steal it haha

Matt Sargent

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Haha he is a mate of mine, he only wants what he paid for it, mates rate sort of thing

JaptechSmokey

i would bite his hand off mate as long as its like you said, its a steal. just needs a new clutch by the sounds of it

jayallen

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STI on the log book means nothing, its the applied model code you need to check.

RICHARD J

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GC8D4ED should be the model code.

Tony Harrington

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Ouch. Was it a private sale? What action did you take just out of curiosity?