Gangsta Smurf

Picked my 98 turbo up last week. Put in £30.00 done 167 miles, and I was giving it a punt or three ;o) Put in a score yesterday, done 103. something miles - I don't think it's too bad at all.

Come back to the Scoobs!!!! Engine sounds niiiiiiice!!

Brasco27

cheers for the reply
hows your scoob going
i know the engine sounds wicked
i need to do somthing to get one of my own

Brun

40 mile round trip, or 40 miles there and 40 back? In the latter case your gonna be looking at £60-£70 in fuel a week.

Gangsta Smurf

Oh and make sure that if you do buy one it has full documentation on oil changes and it's last cambelt change. Pal of mine bought an STI Type R and had to have a massive (and very very very very expensive) rebuild cos of oil problems. Another mates cambelt went - really be picky about checking those things out! Just had to change the brakes on mine, nearly a grand - although I knocked the initial price down on the car because of that fact.

Brasco27

its going to be a 40 miles round trip
for me

danny-boy

Hi mate,

I've got a MY98 Turbo and I too do 40 miles a day for work. It cost about 40 notes to fill it up with either SUL or Optimax and I get about 240/250 miles out of that. Thats semi normal driving with a little ragging.

Cheers

DB

stevebt

iTrader: (8)

i drove my impreza on a 44 mile round trip i was a little heavy with my right foot and it cost about £15 , i know this cause id just put that in and the fuel light was on when i got back

Brasco27

thanks danny for the info mate
spot on
at the moment the clio sport takes about £30 to fil up
i think there will not be much difference between the clio and a scoob

scooby_si

Smurf wot the hell made new set of brakes cost £1k?
Si (tight as ever)

Brasco27

How much do you think i can get a 98-99yr turbo for

scooby_si

check otu Parkers price guide but i reckon a nice 99 for less than 10k shud b more than achievable (sub section 23b if we're talkin UK car )
Si

Riftzone

brasco, check out my spreadsheet - allows yer to put daily mileage in and works out *all* costs from there :-

http://www.riftzone.fsnet.co.uk/scoobown.xls

(mine is a my99)...

Brasco27

Thank lads for you info and replys
i getting the scooby bug big time now
i think running cost might be a bit more expensive
but i got a mate who works for subaru as a mechanic
so things might work out ok

Thnks again lad's

Brasco27

Jonto

My scoobs for sale, if you want me to mail you some details, in fact i wiil do it anyway !

YHM !

Brasco27

whats it like

Jonto

I have mailed your hotmail account !

Spooks

Sounds like I aint the only one in the same predicament LOL
Own a Ren 19 16v that is to be fair past it , and if I can will be lookin at about the same as you a, 99 MY scoob( been bitten by the scoob bug methinks).
Curious is ther much differance in driving a non WRX turbo, WRX and STi not only in running costs but grin factor?
Laters
Spooks

TonyBurns

iTrader: (3)

Running costs:-
Insurance is horrendous, especially if your young, fuel.... look at 15-18mpg in town, 30mpg on a long gentle run.
2 services per year (7.5k or 6 monthly whichever is first) one being a cheap one (under 100 quid normally) the other being expensive (depending if its 1, 2 or a 3 year one) varying from 300-500+ pounds.
Tyres can vary in price too, cheap nasty ones are literally cheap and nasty (avon zz1's spring to mind here) but some of the good tyres will cost you around 80-100 quid size dependent of course.
Most people will spend 6-8k on running costs per year on a scoob, so i would take into account that if you cannot afford 6-8k per year then i wouldnt buy one (fuel, roadtax, servicing and insurance should be included in the above quote).

Tony

biggerkev

JUST GO OUT AND BUY ONE U ONLY LIVE ONCE.

barrybudden

PHZOOOM less of the bad vibes about HM.

Subaru FAQ's should answer just about all your questions.

pcdude

Exspensive fun toy ,,,,,,,, if you can afford a scoob , then really you dont worry about the other costs too much ,,,,,, if you are the type who thinks about servicing costs , insurance , etc,,,,,,,, then you might be in for a surprize ,

My opinion is, they are exspensive cars to keep up , worth it , but exspensive ,
YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED

Scooby-Doo

I have just sold mine and calculated £550 per month over my two years of ownership. This figure includes fuel (only 8000 miles) and depreciation. Not too bad considering the fun

camk

I'd agree not cheap but great fun, I was roughly about 600-650 per month between repairs,insurance, fuel and Depreciation(no loan payment included). I had a 94 Sti for 18 months. If you get something newer depreciation will be a bigger issue but repairs likely to be less of an issue than an older one. Did 70 mile round trip daily.

Cheers
Cammy

Brasco27

hi peeps
i love the scooby turbo's , i had a sport year's ago
and it was great to drive, at the moment i have a clio sport 172
mk1 which is a fast little hot hatch but i realy want a scooby
what are the turbo' like to run on a daily basis, i travel to work
about 40 miles a day, would the sooby be heavy on fuel,
also are there anything to look out for in the older model's
97-98, iam looking to get the 99 shape turbo, so please if you lot
have any good information to give let us know as i would love to return to subaru team
thanks brasco27

[Edited by Brasco27 - 3/8/2003 4:34:46 PM]