Nails84

Hi All,

My name is Mike and I am a newbie. A bit of background, I have owned a few interesting cars over the years, such as: Peugeot 205 GTI, Toyota MR2 Turbo, Honda Prelude, Honda Accord Type R, Honda Integra Type R DC5, Toyota GT86 and a few more besides. Anyway, I am in a position where I can spend about £10k-£12k on a second ‘fun’ car to be used at weekends etc. I am just in the process of changing my daily car from a GT86 to a little Toyota Aygo to make it more viable, having a nice car for daily duties does not appeal to me anymore, where I work parking is awful and the commute is 50 miles a day so anything juicy is not really sensible, hence the GT86.

I have not owned a Subaru before but have always been interested by the second generation WRX STI blob eye. What is it like to live with? Yes it would be a second car and would probably do less than 4k miles a year but what is the potential for financially crippling bills? My other option is to go back to a DC5 as I loved that car and if something does go wrong on them, it is relatively cheap to fix. I am interested in finding out more about the STI, I haven’t even sat in one before let alone driven one so for all I know they are not for me, but I certainly want to find out more. Where is the best place to start? I live in Crawley West Sussex, if there is anyone local that would be willing to show me round theirs it would be much appreciated

Thanks

Mike

Talking Dog

iTrader: (1)

Hi and welcome….

Im no expect but I’m also in your boat. My current car is a 2002 STI and im looking to get something a little newer and bit more excusive from the STI range around the blobeye year.

10-12k will get you a lot of car for the money if you’re looking at a blob eye.. There are a wide ( to wide) list of models with varying degrees of equipment and one up-manship status.

Cars to consider:

Sti Widetrack with TwinScroll turbo
S203 – Very nice car, defo a weekend toy to keep the miles and stone chips off
Spec C – as above- but I hear it a little more race orientated

I’m sure other can help chip in with other cars / options

ZANY

You can Have mine at £14.5k not advertised
Jdm widetrack 43kmiles blobeye very tastefully modified been in uk since brand new

Nails84

Thanks for that. Having done some more research I will either for for a JDM TwinScroll or a UK STI with PPP I think. However, like I said, I have not driven one yet.

Thanks for the offer but that is quite a bit more than I want to spend. I need to spend some time researching what sort of example I can get within my budget.

davers

And when you do, and it comes on boost.. you'll get the fizz!

sti_approved

Consider a WR1, blob, limited edition, prob top of your budget for a half decent one but perfect for a weekend car, certainly will not lose anything on it.

Not biased i promise lol

Talking Dog

iTrader: (1)

Are the WR1's either TwinScroll or Widetrack.

KillianGF8

It's widetrack so has the DCCD but they're single scroll turbo. VF35 I think.

sti_approved

They have the VF35