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08 January 2010, 05:47 PM
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Hi everyone - noob alert!
Hello all,
Just introducing myself, I've been a VAG enthusiast (puts on flame retardent clothing!) for ten years owning a collection of mkii, three mkiii's (Including a VR6 hi line) and numerous mkivs including a Bora, a V6 4MO, three 1.8T GTI's and my current ride (which I'm selling) a VW 1.8T Golf GTI with uprated KO4 turbo and custom remap, Brembos, Koni Sport Coilovers, Milltek etc, etc.
So its time.Time to move on to A Subaru Imprezza finally -I'm looking around and I just wondered if there's anything I should be definitely looking out for with my new purchase, I'm looking at 98-00 model Imprezza's and am pretty open-minded but would like to know what to watch out for as with VW's there is a LOT of bad points to be wary of. I've been lucky and mine has been a dream but a lot of folk have ended up with bags of nails on the VW forums.
Anyway, All the best
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Just introducing myself, I've been a VAG enthusiast (puts on flame retardent clothing!) for ten years owning a collection of mkii, three mkiii's (Including a VR6 hi line) and numerous mkivs including a Bora, a V6 4MO, three 1.8T GTI's and my current ride (which I'm selling) a VW 1.8T Golf GTI with uprated KO4 turbo and custom remap, Brembos, Koni Sport Coilovers, Milltek etc, etc.
So its time.Time to move on to A Subaru Imprezza finally -I'm looking around and I just wondered if there's anything I should be definitely looking out for with my new purchase, I'm looking at 98-00 model Imprezza's and am pretty open-minded but would like to know what to watch out for as with VW's there is a LOT of bad points to be wary of. I've been lucky and mine has been a dream but a lot of folk have ended up with bags of nails on the VW forums.
Anyway, All the best
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08 January 2010, 05:57 PM
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welcome mate
not owned a classic so won't attempt to help on that part. What i would do is post this up in scoobynet general as you'll get a lot more help and info in there, they can be unfriendy buggers in here sometimes
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not owned a classic so won't attempt to help on that part. What i would do is post this up in scoobynet general as you'll get a lot more help and info in there, they can be unfriendy buggers in here sometimes
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08 January 2010, 05:58 PM
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hi mate and welcome...
all i can say is buy with your head, not your heart and test drive as many as possible.
also if you find something you like, bounce it off a few bods on here, you never know, it might have been a club car.
take your time and good luck
all i can say is buy with your head, not your heart and test drive as many as possible.
also if you find something you like, bounce it off a few bods on here, you never know, it might have been a club car.
take your time and good luck
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08 January 2010, 06:32 PM
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Like people have said, be sensible. A car can look great, which can sometimes send your heart racing, but when you drive it it's sometimes a different story.
Take your time, and don't expect to find the one for you anytime soon. From when I first started looking to when I actually owned the car, it took the best part of 6 months.
I knew like you I was after a classic, mostly down to the insurance and the tax etc being slightly cheaper.
Give it another year or so and I will defiantly be upgrading to a 'newer' model and hopefully an sti.
Good luck, and try general section, will have better luck in there.
Take your time, and don't expect to find the one for you anytime soon. From when I first started looking to when I actually owned the car, it took the best part of 6 months.
I knew like you I was after a classic, mostly down to the insurance and the tax etc being slightly cheaper.
Give it another year or so and I will defiantly be upgrading to a 'newer' model and hopefully an sti.
Good luck, and try general section, will have better luck in there.
08 January 2010, 07:24 PM
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08 January 2010, 09:14 PM
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No Sara.. its a Dub thing.. wider wheels and lowered .. hence low and wide (or usually denoted on the the vehicle with a pic of the car with an arrow facing out either side and one pointing down.
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08 January 2010, 11:11 PM
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When and if you take a car out for a test drive - Make sure to test the clutch properly (along with all the other things you would normally check)
STEP 1: Find a stretch of open road, or a long street with no traffic.
STEP 2: Bring the Scoob up to about 25 mph
STEP 3: Shift into 4th gear.
STEP 4: Hit the Juice HARD as if you were a chav driving to a Burberry Giveaway.
STEP 5: Check it out - Listen! If the engine starts to rev free, as if it were in neutral, The clutch is slipping.
If it needs a new clutch - that's gonna set you back at least 5 to 7 hundred beer tokens. Unless you have friends in the motor trade.
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