ncj

Ive finally gone and bought an STI after seeing them at track days and my brother in law having just bought a 400 bhp Mitsubushi Evo. But ive bought it knowing almost nothing about them, THEN i think of joining here to get advice, lol what an idiot, so have a look and give me the combined knowledge of scooby net. Anyone know the car?Anything that should be done to it? Do these cars need dry sumping for track days, any advice would be welcomed! http://www.pistonheads.com/classifie...e-spec/2694570

Tidgy

o ****

have you actualy picked it up yet?

Maz

iTrader: (34)

Very nice. That's Stu's old car (53), which you could have probably got cheaper as it was for sale on here. Nothing much to say except it's one sorted Impreza. Get out there and enjoy it!

donny andi

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You have paid £3k+ more than what it was sold for , and you have bought from the dodgiest company out there.
Do a search on the company

Tidgy

my bad then if its known car, heard some vey bad things

donny andi

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Oh and welcome

I nearly bought the car off the previous owner

Steve777

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Really nice introduction guys ! Bloke has only just bought his car ! FFS

Welcome along, Enjoy the car. I've heard this is a nice spec, so get it on a track near you soon Good luck with it, I'm sure you'll have load of fun in it

thenewgalaxy

Great start to the advert stating that a Hawkeye (v10) is a v9...

This is a great car OP, just hope you didn't get ripped off.

ncj

Forgot to do a search on the company donny but good news that you thought about buying it.

Tidgy, What bad things? You got me worried now ! No only paid the deposit.

Thanks Maz, hope its reliable ?

Anyone know about the dry sumping thing? Ive allready blown one engine in a kit car due to leaving it wet sumped.

donny andi

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Wind it in .
People are commenting on the car trader not the car....
Read my last post , the bit where it says I nearly bought it.

I wouldn't fancy spunking 15k on a car to a ****e company who have no interest once you drive away

donny andi

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Company has started to get a real bad reputation buddy....after sales / bumping prices up etc.
I wouldn't worry on the car side of it tbh....been pampered by it's last 2 owners

Steve777

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I don't think so. You were the one that said he had paid 3k more than he could have. Really nice that

Cheers

Steve

ncj

After talking to the trader i should get it for 14k , hope to collect early next week. They have offered 3 months parts and labour warranty. There was a 2006 sti on PH for 15k with less modifications from memory.Cant wait !

Tidgy

as above mate, its the trader rather than the car. seems to be known to be a decent car on here so should be fine

donny andi

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Just be careful buddy...there's been some name changes on companies house by all accounts , go in with eyes wide open and get everything in black and white..

And enjoy the car

BrownPantsRacing

iTrader: (6)

Welcome to scoobynet. Ignore the above posts, you've picked up a lovely car there. Stu took great care of it. Fancied it myself but didn't have the cash.

Lovely example. Enjoy it!

powerwrx

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welcome along mate, if it was owned by stu (53) then it will be a sorted car you have nothing to worry about there.. the company you have bought it off on the other hand have a bad reputation for bumping up the prices on the cars they buy and sell on. it cant be helped now but Ide say the car was a few grand cheaper when it was being sold by stu. Cheshire performance have a bad reputation when it comes to after sales, you may have a 3month warranty but going off a thread a few days ago, actually getting them to fix any issues is hard work. use the search to find previous threads about them

aside from all that, it looks like you have bought one of the 'good' cars off them so enjoy it, look after it and maybe youll get a decent return should you decide to sell it on in the future

BBB3

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Could of got a spec c for that money! I swear that was on here around 11k

Leosille

read the spec sounds like youve bought an animal, sounds like youll have the beating of the evo!

Steve777

iTrader: (8)

Not such thing as a V9 or V10 either. Factually incorrect

The spec does look immense so I think the OP will have a lot of fun in that

Hope you enjoy the ride home

Pross

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So what brakes does it have?

At the top of the ad it has '8 Pot K Sport Brakes - New Rotors/Disks Fitted 2014'

Then further down it has 'Excellent Throughout With Superb Bodywork And Good Matching Tires(GoodYear Eagle F1's) / Brembo Brakes All Round.'

Then further down again it has 'Brembo Brakes / Calipers'

Is this a copy and paste from 3 different adverts?

Tidgy

pics look like the k sport are still on it, guessing they have cut and pasted

53

iTrader: (41)

Someone did PM me about my old car As I said to him it's been sold for 2 years so I couldn't vouch for it condition now It sold on here sub 11k a few months ago.

I did a lot of work to it and then Dave bought it and gave it the power to go with the chassis. Geoff then bought it and enjoyed our work lol

Even though this is my car I would be proper wary about these guys... it could be that they buy quality cars to knock out sh1tters alongside, I don't know, but make sure you feel good about the purchase, if not walk away

I personally bought the original press photos which I sold with the car

Some of the Spec list is wrong as they have copied some parts from my ad 2 years ago

I don't understand the Subaru cambelt change as FB Tuning did it the week before I sold it and the new owner sold the engine and put a fully forged motor in ?

2 Owners ? It's had 5 One owner returned it after registration as he got a company car, second owner had it for a few months before he traded it for a blue one lol as no one noticed the Spec D I owned it, Dave bought it off me then Geoff bought it

The seats are leather

The fire extinguisher is out of date from 2010

The AVCR used to be in place of the ashtray but I think it disappeared under Geoff's ownership ?

My ownership

http://i1095.photobucket.com/albums/...cD/snetts1.jpg

It could still be a great car, but please don't buy it on the strength of my reputation as a totally awesome scoobynet member

Tidgy

if you do end up giving it a miss, might beworth a look at this one,

http://www.hurstcars.co.uk/used-cars...01407115746756

Trinity

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and this thread

https://www.scoobynet.com/scoobynet-...ce-please.html

I'd recommend getting an independant checkover, i was impressed with the AA one i had done

Hopefully all will be right and you can enjoy Scooby ownership

ncj

Thanks for all your thoughts and advice guys, Blimey nothing is simple in life is it? It seemed a good car to me and not even over priced. Will certainly give the car a very good going over and ask them to put on the ramp, and get every thing in writing. Might well get an AA check over. I wanted a spec D as will be using it as a road car as well, i didnt want to shout too loudly, RACE ME ! lol nice to be discreet and quick.

p1junkie

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pay for a full aa inspection and save yourself some heartache see the other thread of the guy will all kinds of probs with the one he purchased

jaygsi

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As has been said was owned by member, the company doesn't sell dodgy cars just buys cheap sells high which every car company does.

And have bad after sales service which is most of the complaints ive heard

Trinity

iTrader: (28)

Thats not exactly true is it? They sure buy them all and sell them high, but they also buy right s******s and palm them off to unsuspecting buyers as quality motors.

SpecC_Chris

https://www.scoobynet.com/scoobynet-general-1/1013621-cheshire-performance-strikes-again-advice-please.html


Just reading this thread would make me walk away and get my deposit back


QUOTE=ncj;11546760]Ive finally gone and bought an STI after seeing them at track days and my brother in law having just bought a 400 bhp Mitsubushi Evo. But ive bought it knowing almost nothing about them, THEN i think of joining here to get advice, lol what an idiot, so have a look and give me the combined knowledge of scooby net. Anyone know the car?Anything that should be done to it? Do these cars need dry sumping for track days, any advice would be welcomed! http://www.pistonheads.com/classifie...e-spec/2694570[/QUOTE]