SCOOBYS FOR AROUND £7000
 

Can anyone tell me what is the best subaru impreza to get for around £7000.
without the engine breaking after a few hundred miles.any replies would be helpful.
cheers
simon.

If it was my hard earned then i would go for STI type RA, as new as possible.

I have a mint Uk Classic for sale on here for £8000 if you can stretch a bit??

Si

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I know this isn't the sales forum but you can have my Classic 95' WRX with equal to 42k mileage, a virgin car ie no engine mods for £6k ono. I have had it for 4 years... ain't nothin wrong...

I bought a mint UK Turbo MY98 (30k miles) for £7,800 last April. It's now done 52k miles. But probably not lost much in value. Car has been perfectly reliable.

For that sort of price you should be able to pick up a mint my99 uk turbo with mid / low miles.

Keep an eye in the for sale section on here.

Also worth a look is pistonheads.

Would agree you're best off looking at UK cars - on your budget you should get a nice late model facelift classic ( MY97 onwards ) with fsh, low miles etc...

I reckon in most cases these are a safer bet than an import with no known history as the UK cars often only have a couple of owners who have looked after them, and you get a pile of receipts, all the old MOT's, service history etc... with them.

Buy as standard as possible - even if you intend on modifying it yourself.

i bought a MY99 Classic with 59k on the clock for £6800 and it is mint, the thing is there is a lot of crap out there, you just need to be patient and wait for teh right one.

Oh BTW mine was from a dealer so i got a warrenty as well:)

With respect mate, I think that might be optimistic for what I'd define as a mint low milage example. I've got an MY99 (23,000) miles and -not that I have any intentions of selling it- but if I were, I wouldn't take a penny under 9.5k. It'd be silly to for such a rare car.

7k would get you a good one with >50k in my view.

Of course, that said, some people do underprice their car and the market isn't that great for selling scoobies at the moment.

Ns04

I had sold my car in December, my99 uk turbo, minor mods, 57k on the clock, very good condition for 7k.

I am not saying that I wouldnt have liked to had sold the car for 8 or 9k, but I really cannot see a car of that age, spec going for any more. I dont dissagree that yours would be worth more because of the mileage, I was just aiming at a good condition with average miles.

Also, these cars will be coming up to 7 years old now, just look at the prices for 01, 02, and 03 wrx and sti's.

To me it seems that the cars took a big hit in depreciation over the last 18 months.

for £7000 i would go for a low milage evo 4 gsr get more for youre cash:) :thumb:

I take your point that the classics are at a stage where the relatively low prices of the new ages are a problem. People can still say: "why should I pay 9.5 k for a 6 year old car, when I can have my choice of a 3 and a half year old car for the same money" etc.... They can only do that, however, as there is still quite a good selection of nice classics on the road. In a couple of years though, I think they'll be a rare and highly sought after commodity. Sure, there'll be newer and cheaper cars, but then people will start to look at them and say: "I could have one the of last remaining mint classics". How much would a clean Escort Cosworth set you back now?

There is a saying in the trade: before a car becomes a classic, it becomes cheap.

Of course, I could be wong, but those of us left with the good uns will still have plenty to smile about :)

NS04

I would suggest £7K should get you a low mileage MY99 or even MY00 full UK spec Euro import. The Euro imports fetch a little less yet are just as good.

Go for as original condition as possible.

Scooby prices are starting to hold a little better at long last, a mate in the trade was telling me his little book had prices actually going up at one point last year (I guess that means they got the price wrong to begin with).

What do we mean by low milage here?

I would say that a near 7 year old car with 50-60k was low mileage, but its obviously not as low as the few cars out there with less than 30k, which can justifiably ask for a premium. Will you get a 50-60k car for 7k, yes, with a bit of haggling, will you get a <30k car for 7k. Nope, not unless the owner is a) desperate b) a mug ;) :D

NS04

Got my MY98 for sale for 7k.

Only done 2500miles on new API engine and engine wise eveything is now standard so should last forever.

http://www.scoobycity.co.uk/phpBB2/v...ic.php?t=17083

I would agree 50-60K is low mileage for that age car and below that should attract a premium.

This ones 72,000 miles but asking only £6500
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/53769.htm

And a nice looking wagon with 50K miles at £6900
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/60977.htm

How about a UK Catalunya limited edition No. 021, R Reg for £6000.00, full service History?, APi warranty on the engine and driveline. Sitting at APi ready to go.

See http://www.apiengines.com/car_sales_detail.php?id=26

Photos available if you need.

At that price you'll have change to do some things to it yourself to personalise it.

David APi Impreza / APi Engines

Hi David

please could you email me some pics so i could show the missus

simon@hawker1977.fsnet.co.uk

I do agree though, there is only so far that this car will depreciate, hopefully this will stop now and they will start to hold for a while.

Simon, just taken a few but the computer at home here has decided not to talk to the camera today. l'll get them on my office computer am Monday and be with you as soon as I can get them there. Please ignore the muddy tyres, it's abit like that at home at the mo., we have builders in.

Rest assured the car is unmarked and VERY good throughout. Ken, a guy on here traded it in for an STi RA I had.

Do you have an office email rather than/ as well as -y the one ou left me?

Good Luck David APi

PS bigDaz2 on the Wales site here, has seen it and had a road test before he bought a type R off me. He'll give you a second opinion of the condition etc of the car.

Hi David

I dont have a work email only a personal one and only really get a chance to look at my emails in the evenings.Im very interested in the car and look forward to seeing the pics.
simon@hawker1977.fsnet.co.uk

many thanks
simon.
If you could send a contact number with the pics i will be in touch

I bought a 2000 Classic Wagon with 39.6k for £6,995. 2 owners full service history including all old invoices for servicing etc, Cat 1 toad alarm, mica blue. This was at the beginning of December - I've just had a cambelt and 52.5k service done (£340) and the car has now just crept over 42k but I tink I got a bargain!

The rear doors still had the child locks on them!

J

But if you listen to some posters on this site, late classic UK Turbos are only worth a few grand, and you can pick up early mint WRX imports for £3K :D

I think realistically you'll be hard pushed to find a good condition UK Turbo for under £5000, especially a facelift one - real price seems to be £6K and up for MY97 onwards that dont have mileages over 100K or have been thrashed.

Personally I dont think prices are going to drop that much lower on them as owners just wont be interested in selling, and buyers that know what they are looking for ( rather than just trying to get the cheapest car possible ) will always pay a premium for a car with a known history that has obviously been looked after.

When I was looking to buy earlier this year I looked at loads of cars under £5K - all the UK ones were very high mileage or had bodged DIY mods on them, or were just really scruffy. Most of the cheaper imports were complete sheds and I wouldnt have touched them with a bargepole. ( One dealer told me that all Japanese imports are excellent condition and properly serviced because the Japanese look after their cars ! ).

Looks as though the facelift classic has already started to become a classic !

although most 'average' i.e. 90k mileage classics are only worth 4k tops now, only low mileage, un-modded examples can carry any sort of value