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Old 07 September 2002, 10:55 AM
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Im only 16, but in about 2 years when im 18 hopefully i will be cruising round the streets in a Subaru Impreza. How much r they to buy, the general price, im looking for one which is a metalic blue with gold alloy wheels, where can i get one, which car shops or dealers sell them, i live in sheffiled by the way, any help from u guy would be very much appreciated.
Old 07 September 2002, 11:17 AM
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Owning a Subaru Impreza, even a lowly 1.6gl isnt cheap
they have 2 services per year, one being around 100 quid the other can be up to 500 quid.
Insurance is a killer too as subaru's are a thief's target, and they take some getting use to driving too.
At 18 you wouldnt get insured on the turbo, the sport would be more likely a model for you but your looking at over 1k per year on that, possably more as young drivers with NCB are more likely to have accidents
I would suggest that you start with a car that wont cripple you with servicing costs (and no i wouldnt service this car myself before you think about it, you would just loose all its value as this type of car without Full service history wont be touched) and im not joking when i say something like a fiesta or punto, you may find that these cars will cost you 8-900 quid to insure TPF&T but wont rob you in the fuel and roadtax departments saving you a few thousand pounds per year over the Subaru.

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Old 07 September 2002, 11:34 AM
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I hada 1.3 Fiesta from 17 to 19 to get a couple of years NCB, then I bought an Impreza Sport (Insurance £1500) which I replaced last month with my dream, a Turbo. Insurance with 4 years NCB is about the same as I was paying on my sport.

The sport is a great car, and it certainly makes driving the Turbo a lot easier cos you're used to the chassis and so on, rather than diving straight in with a Turbo.
A 2 year old 2000 Sport would be about £9k from a dealer. check www.subaru.co.uk for your local dealer and also check their online approved listings. I've just bought what you want from them and it's AWESOME
Old 07 September 2002, 11:39 AM
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my mate had a 2.0 sport at 17, had to go under hi ma's insurance with full no claims. That was still over a grand!
Old 07 September 2002, 12:14 PM
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The very fact he's thinking about it at age 16 suggests he's got more than enough money to cover it!!
Old 07 September 2002, 12:41 PM
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hey theres time, im gonna get a job and save up, not too hard now is it.
Old 07 September 2002, 03:02 PM
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dont let anyone put u down, if you got the money then go fit it!

yea no doubt people trying to give you an insight to whats gunna be involved, so take it as advice not as they dont want you to get the car.

Old 07 September 2002, 05:02 PM
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When I was 18, I was paying 2 grand on a Saxo VTR. Fully comp that was. I have got to wait another year until I am 21 for me to get mine.
Old 07 September 2002, 05:07 PM
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davey p what you got?
Old 07 September 2002, 05:50 PM
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If you want one bad enough you will save the money. Awesome feeling when you pick up your first car, mine was a total shed but any wheels atthat age was cool .

I use to spend hours looking through autotraders, local papers, car mags etc looking at prices and specs an ddoign the sums .

You will get there one day and it gets easier as you get older as people want to lend you more money . I promised myself I would have a Ferrari by the time I was 30. Sadly didnt make it but maybe by the time I am 40 or 33 . I still have the same insurance bill of a 355 though , well only 200 quid more than the RA.

Good Luck,

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I have got a "Y" reg Saxo VTR
Old 07 September 2002, 07:40 PM
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I passed my test at 17 but wasn't untill I was 26 that I got my first WRX....fantastic then you want more and more!!

Trouble is when you really want the fast car i.e 17 ,18 you can't afford it or the insurance

If you can then good luck to you but I think if I had my impreza at 18 it would have been very dangerous without much experience.
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At aged 17 very few insurance companies will touch you and those that do will want over £4k for a UK turbo IMO so you had better save hard
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At 16 I wanted a V8 Rover 3500s(manual gearbox). I wanted one so bad. At 19 I got one and it was the second best car I have ever had.

At 29 I wanted a Subrau Impreza turbo. At 32 I got one and it is the best car I have ever had.

Go for it if you want one that bad you'll get one no matter what. Good luck
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Thanx guys, ur helping out a lot, hopefully ill will own a subaru impreza soon.
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