Stephen Coker

After 12 years of having to buy a diesel car because of the commute to work, I finally only work 10 miles away and can get myself a Subaru.

I am wanting to get a WR1.

Do you have any buying tips or things I should look out for before parting any monies?

thanks for your response in advance

fat-thomas

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Get a different model would be my advice namely a widetrack blob or JDM blob or hawk.

The wr1 is nothing special at all really

scoobyboy1

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Is there any reason you want a WR1???

As they carry a premium for being a limited edition car with a different paint job but underneath its no different to a UK 2004 STi with DCCD, as for the same money you could get a widetrack JDM blobeye STi twin scroll which is a much better car!!

But if the WR1 is your dream car, and you like the colour etc, then just make sure its been serviced properly, and had its cambelts changed etc, and check the rear arches for rust, as it seems a lot of Impreza's suffer with this not just the really old classics!!!

BBB3

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It's your money, your choice.....

Save up buy a spec c

mickywrx

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Mate of mines Bugeye, UK car, is rotting on the rear arches, and he's the type that is always cleaning it.

Stephen Coker

Sorry to sound really stupid, but I am just looking on Autotrader. How will I know if its a widetrack or Sti UK.

Again sorry to be stupid but what am I getting different from the widetrack from the Sti uk to the WR1?

scoobyboy1

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My dads bug WRX went the same way, had to have the rust cut out and new arches and paint by Cuprajake on here who did the work, did a cracking job to be fair!!!


This is what they did look like!(will get some pics of what they look like now, next time im round there)

scoobyboy1

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Arch extensions, usually have a lip on the rear arches which will usually mean its a widetrack, and they are usually 05 plate onwards cars!!!

The difference between a widetrack UK car and a WR1 is the slightly wider track hence the name widetrack, but you can have it in a different colour then ice blue and you get the DCCD in the widetrack the same as the WR1, you could probably pick a low mileage UK widetrack up for around £9k, where as similar mileage WR1 would probably be close to £12k looking at the classifieds!!

Stephen Coker

These are the ones I have been pondering over on which is the better buy.

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classifi...reza?logcode=p

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classifi...reza?logcode=p

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classifi...reza?logcode=p

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classifi...reza?logcode=p

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classifi...1501?logcode=p

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classifi...1501?logcode=p

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classifi.../sti?logcode=p

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classifi...reza?logcode=p

scoobyboy1

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Do a quick search on here of Cheshire Performance before viewing those cars mate??? after sales service is abysmal, so any problems down the road they wont want to know, and its not like there cars are cheap either!!

scoobyboy1

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How about any of these???
http://www.pistonheads.com/classifie...xperiment=true

http://www.pistonheads.com/classifie...xperiment=true

http://www.pistonheads.com/classifie...xperiment=true

http://www.pistonheads.com/classifie...--2005/2813476

STIWR1

WR1's will hold there value better + they are a bit faster than the normal STI's

fat-thomas

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Same engine turbo etc just a map tweak,remap any sti for 350 quid and it will
Have much more power than a wr1