Hi guys, after some thought we have decided on the above as our next family car. And will test drive one Asap (all the ones we like are far away from us) so I was wondering if any of you can offer any tips on what 2 look for?

Are there any importers that should be avoided, what mpg could we see on average, how much Is the insurance gonna be? I'm 40 in November so do you get boy racer comments when driving around lol

I know many of the questions above will vary from person 2 person but was just wanting 2 know how you find them.

Thanks for any help, Karl.

 

Always worth a look through the European section of subaruforester.org......

http://www.subaruforester.org/vbulletin/f75/

A couple for sale in the European Marketplace.............

http://www.subaruforester.org/vbulletin/f110/

 

Thanks for the links I've found a few we want 2 look at but looking 4 any info or tips regarding the STI

Karl.

 

Im looking for one of these at the minute and not a million miles from you.just trying to find a home for my current car before i spend out again.what ones have you seen?will keep an eye on this.

 

Always worth a look through the European section of subaruforester.org......

http://www.subaruforester.org/vbulletin/f75/

 

Any roof rails for bike racks you can recommend?

 

Thule - got some in the garage that I took off my SG9. Rock solid and very strong - the feet wrap around the roof rails and clamp on, so not scratching or bending of anything on your car. They have a curved profile on the bars, so not noisy when empty. They are also lockable

They came with my Forester and I don't need them, so if you don't mind slightly used ones, drop me a PM. Otherwise, I expect they still sell them new, just might need a bit of a web search.

 

Do you have any pics of them, how much are you after?

 

Hi,
If you need any help with insurance at all then please feel free to drop me a line.
Regards,
Dan.

 

They are stored in the garage at present (aka the twilight zone), so can't get some closeups until I pluck up the courage to go in there. This is them on the car when I bought the car about 3 months ago:



No idea on price....I was just going to chuck 'em on ebay for 99p and take whatever they landed up at.

 

I've put a deposit down on a Blue 2005 FSTI today, can't wait just need 2 sell the Audi DTM now or I can trade it in.

Karl.

 

Pictures???

 

Will add more pics when I get the car

 

Torque GT in Devon are very good if you are looking fro a fresh one from Japan.

I have dealt with them in the past and they wont mess you around.

I have actually just purchased a SF5 Forester S-Turbo for winter usage as I dont want to drive the Type R during the months where there is salt all over the road!

 

Well done! Welcome to the FSTI club!

 

Lol can't wait now fella, it was seeing one driving around Sheringham that made us all want the FSTI just gotta hope the DVLA get a move on with things.

 

What oil are you guys using in the fsti?

 

Whatever Subaru put in there. Fully synthetic and I believe it's 5-40

 

Now officially an fsti owner.picked it up this morning.160 mile drive home in it.wow,what a car.really nice to drive but still has enough pace(at the minute) to put a smile on my face.and the genome soundtrack(with de-cat) is lovely when the loud pedal is pushed.so far so good.now to get the front splitter ordered and search for some wind deflectors.

 

Any pics fella and where did you get it from? We collect ours next week

 

Was a private sale mate.i put a wanted advert on the forester forum and got an inbox.its higher miles then I wanted but very clean with some good mods.the drive home was great,very capable car.the genome sounds great,it's not an rb26 but it's still very nice.will post some pics.

 

 

Very nice mate, can't wait until we get ours next week will be a long drive home tho (about 4.5 hrs) lol

 

Thankyou.where are you getting yours from?

 

Love these , especially clean STi ones.

 

It's at Torque GT in Devon we have put the deposit down, and collect it this week depending on dvla getting it registered it time lol

 

She looks lovely. Very nice indeed. Just how mine started!

 

Great reputation mate.i was lookng at one imported by them last year but it was crystal grey.imo not as nice as the blue!!

 

Its a great car.keep looking out the window at it.ive started buying a few small bits allready.surprisingly the tein coilovers are nothing like my evo and are actually quite smooth.great drive back tho mate and the genome sounds lovely.

 

That's good ours has the tein coilovers and the genome