Loud n Low

Hello,im a newie here,and the reason i joined is to ask you ppl ur advice on this one.Im looking to buy a crash damaged impreza,the reason for this is that it seems to be a cheaper way to go about buyin my dream car.The car im after is the Type RA,its a "99,30K and has had medium damage to the front end.Is it guna be more hassle then its worth to put it back on the road??The money shes goin for is £7000 ONO,Wot do yis think??

Cheers. LnL

Franko

Welcome to scoobynet

My mate always used to buy accident damaged/repaired cars and even the light damage ones ALWAYS had some nigly thing that didn't work and always had to have work done to them..

When it says medium damage to me thats major work.. ther's more work to be done than meets the eye..
You can (VERY RARELY) grab a bargain with n accident damaged car and be completly happy with it.
To me a dream car is something i can be completly happy with..

Thats just my opinion hope you find one you like

Krade

I had minw written off and bought it back, got most of ny parts from Grade A subaru who are a breakers. The only thing i would say is to check how badly the engine is as this is probably where most of the money will go.

GRIFFS STI

depends how bad a bang it had,i paid £7700 for a 2000 w reg sti 6 type r vlimited with very light rear fire damage,ie just back seats bootlid spoiler etc ,i have spent a fortune on it,all new panels to rear etc new interior full respray etc,now it owes me £12500,try and buy one for that!
ps all engine end was fine,thats the costly end just be sure to look into correctly and don't be pushed into anything you are unsure of,take someone with you to view it who knows prices of bits and work required
cheers
jason

Hanslow

My old UK Scoob had a 20 odd mph collision with a barrier.

Needed two new wings, new bonnet, new front lip, new radiator, went on jig (no major twisting). That was about it. Fixed on insurance so costs included labour, but came to about 4.5k. Something to consider given that it was mainly cosmetic.....

Loud n Low

Thanks a lot guys,so basically i ll look for a car thats engine is still runnin ok then.I heard that rolled cars will never be right tho,ie wind and water leaks etc...But thanks again.I ll let yis know how i get on,theres a breakers about 3 hours from me that specialises in scoobs and evos only,might see if thy ll do me a "package"price for the car and parts to fix.

Cheers LnL