i went to buy a 2.0 impreza turbo this week, the car looks mint and has full subaru service history... its a fair price on a V reg (99) but its done 100,000 miles!!! the last service was at 93,000 and had the cam belt done

question is: is a impreza worth buying with a high milage or should i stay well clear?

Personally i'd stay clear unless it is dirt cheap.
How much is it?

£8,000

Stay away!

Everyone says that Impreza Turbos are good 'UP TO' 100,000 ie. not after! I wouldn't touch it mate!

If its got full subaru service history, lots of receipts, motorway miles (by the sounds of it) and (doubtful but worth looking to see if it has) an extended warranty then you shouldnt have any problems.
If maintained properly, these cars will run forever ;) and there are a few people on here with over 100k miles on their cars and have had very few if any problems with them.
Dont be put off by high miles if the car has been maintained properly, you could buy a car with half that on the clock and it could be a right heap.
Take said car for a test drive, then if your interested, get it inspected by the aa or rac (or take it to someone like Prosport in stockport who will do an inspection on it for you ;))

Tony:D

Ummm now im confused, it is a good looking car with no mods on it, its a standard 2.0 turbo...what i was looking for in the right colour too... ill be honest i kinda set my heart on it.

then i took it for a test drive, until then i never noticed the milage (digital, was not lit until i turned the key)
and i was shocked.....a stunning car with mega milage :(

well he says he has a stamped book from kyles subaru (something like that anyway) for all the services its had done.

cheers for the replys guys... what does everyone else think?
in my position ie all i have to do is sign for it, what would you do?

WHEN I WAS LOOKING TO BUY WENT TO SEE ONE IT HAD 126K ON IT IN THE END I LEFT IT ALONE AND GOT ONE WITH 23K ON IT I PAYED MORE BUT IT'S WHEN IF YOU SELL IT THAT WILL BE PEOPLE THINKING JUST THE SAME AS YOU ARE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Dunc,
if you think that a scoobs engine is only good for 100k then id think again ;)
Its designed to last atleast 200k under normal circumstances, and running motorway miles is actually better for all the cars components than doing town driving :p
Ive owned cars with over 100k on the clock (a 309 gti) and the best part about that car was the engine (it was rusting very slightly for a 10yr old car) but i never had any "real engine problems" with it (except the accellerator cable :()
Red,
If you like the car then buy it ;) the worst that can happen to it is that the wheel bearings can go at around 100k (so just get it checked out at Prosport in stockport, 0161 432 9999 and speak to Pete ;))
These cars do go on forever if maintained properly (as you can see by the condition of this car ;)) but even on a car with 30k on the clock you can have big problems, this one has done 100k without a hicup, it probably will do another 100k (the engine is probably nicely bedded in now ;)) but ive been in a scoob with over 100k on the clock and there wasnt much wrong with it (my93wrx when i first was planning on buying mine back in 2000) and it flew ;):D (its just that the owner didnt understand about putting super unleaded in it :rolleyes: until the garage pointed this small fact out to them ;))

Tony:D

I bought my '97 with 98k on the clock, now has 103k.

It doesn't worry me at all.

I couldn't see/feel any difference between mine and one with 75k on the clock, except the £1500 extra on the asking price.

If it has full Subaru history then all the money has been spent on it for you.

Buy it, drive it and enjoy it. They go on for ever.

Dave

Go for it! Mine has 88k on it now and TBH it doesn't feel any different to how it was when it had 10k on it.

Have the dampers been replaced at all? Mine got all jiggly at around 60k. And is it on the original clutch?

Trade price on that car is around £7,500, so £8,000 isn't too bad.

Must be quite hard to find an unmodified car these days.

The garage is open tomorrow, ill go down and see if i can knock him down a bit... and ask a few questions

ill post the response here tomorrow :)

i was talking to um bloke of here last nite, think he was called kev

he said there was one knocking around with 180 000 miles iirc
and it was still going strong

Hi TonyBurns,
can u please post Prosport address( their website address is wrong )
and are they any good ?

cheers.

well been over and made my offer...he said no
so the deal is dead :(

if he is playing hard sell for more money, he doesnt know me very well, i wont be ringing him at all. im now looking for another car

I don't know what you offered but high mileage Imprezas appeal to a smaller audience, but if the price is right, the car has a FSSH, it has been looked after and as previously stated has run up the miles on long motorway journeys I would have no fear.

A year ago I bought a 98 with 100,000 miles on the clock for £7750, I knew the car from new as it was a friend who had it as a company car then his own private car, it was serviced as required and most of its journeys were betweenn 50 and 200 miles, net result I get a humdinger of a car that runs perfectly (now at 117,000 miles) apart from a bit of piston slap from cold at 500 to 1100 revs. My other option was to pay £10500 for a 40000 mile example. Provided the car does not go bang in the next year I should be able to sell it for £5000 and have had relatively cheap motoring....

the only thing that would worry me would be having to resell it again!

I wouldnt be worried about the mechanicals at all, as long as it has the history.