Shaolin

If i decide to get rid of my e30 m3 and get me a scooby........which do you lovely peeps think i should get......import or uk????.....i have had a insurance quote for a wrx and to be honest it was taking the *iss!!!..........makes my m3 insurance look like the best in the world!.........
And also are there common nasty problems with scooby's????........coz i need a reliable car because i do at least 40 or 50 miles a day to work.
And it needs to shoot flames from the exhaust and scare people like my m3!!
.......and what are they like on petrol???....as i have said b4...my mates evo 6 needs a fuel tanker every day!!!....how does it compare??
Thanks........

chiark

Expect 20-24 mpg realistically - on a run you may get better.

If you can get insurance on a WRX or STI, you'll be getting a better spec car but it does appear that insurance is a MAJOR downer at the moment. Servicing can't be done at a subaru dealer (well, at least not through the front door), but there's specialists around that will give us as good, if not better, service for a good price.

Regarding flames, it seems that the best way is to remove cats - this may work alone. If it doesn't, then fit a dump-to-atmosphere dump valve. The ECU will assume that the volume of air going through the engine will include what has been dumped out of the valve, and therefore overfuel.

There have been some reports of dump to atmosphere BOVs causing idling and other problems though...

Nothing's ever easy, is it?

Personally, if I could get the insurance, I'd go for a 2 door, preferably a type R, and keep it for a loooong time. Or buy cheap - I know of someone who got a mint WRX for around 6k recently...

Andy Tang

iTrader: (3)

Just a couple of questions then??

Import or UK?? If insurance is a problem, then stick with a UK car. They are group 17, while an import may be treated as a group 19-20!

If you want an import then there are specialist companies that will insure you, usually subject to a Cat 1 alarm, a tracker (sometimes) and it depends on presious cars owned (but an M3 should be fine) I use Greenlight, and there are no issues with modifications, etc, and they cover imports, so give them a try.

Japanese cars are designed for 100 octane fuel, so should be run at a minimum on Super unleaded petrol (and probably octane booster if you are going to drive it hard most of the time) A UK car can get away with normal unleaded, but you'll find it runs much nicer on super.

As for common problems have a look at:

Andy Tang

iTrader: (3)

Damn, I knew someone would beat me to it if I typed out an essay!!

If wasn't for you pesky kids!! Well Nick anyway!

Andy

steve170

You could decide on standard bhp:

UK 208
UK New WRX 2??
Old WRX 240-260 bhp
New WRX 280
STi 280

Also it's easier to get the imports through emmission tests at the MOT cos they don't need CATs to pass, so if you're going to modify it, get an import. If you go for an import you MUST get the cleanest un-modified lowest mileage you can afford.

I know it's more complicated than that...

Come on then guys, tell me I got it all wrong...

Markus

Getting an unmodified import may be interesting. I'm still finding bits on the blackbeast I never knew I had (current find is a nice set of air horns! yay! no more nissan micra horn)

therefore you might get more than your moneys worth of toys.

which could cause problems with insurance companies, as jap import + modified = lots of money (trust me i know!)