cossie_gra

Gonna be selling the cossie soon, and always planned to get another saff, but browsing autotrader i seen thats scoobs are amazinly coming down in price, now i cant afford the car i want, (an esc cos) but the scoobs i seen are 40k or so miles, about 5k on price,
I will freely admit to not knowing alot about scoobs, so can anyone tell me what they are like to drive, how reliable, also if modded how reliable, how much a good one is (roughly) i should have a bout 5.5k, and as I am getting rid of my TD as well, i need a reliable car with 4 doors (family car) which is why to be honest i am a bit worried about getting a saff)

cheers fellas

StickyMicky

40k miles and 5k in price?

i payed 8.5k for a 58 000 mile 97 wrx at the beguining of the year
to own them is probably just like owning your cossie
paranoid about it being stolen etc etc
they break if u maltreat them
they go well if u look after them

but the 1st time u get waved at for driving a certain model of car is wierd!

Franko

As said above they will last you a long time as long as you treat em right... in my opinion they are fine cars and good as a family car too... its for you decide if the car is right for you or not...

P.s if your selling your cosy i know my cousin would be intrested... email the details and i'll see if he's intrested..

RichardPON

Gra,

Don't even think about it.

The RS fraternity are watching!!!!!!!!

dave cos4x4

We are watching!!!!!


Dave.

chrisp

and some are jumping ship and buying

wildheart

Go buy GAZ W's and then ya get to stay cossie.

cossie_gra

Dont worry, i aint made no decisions yet, but i dont wanna just buy a car cause its a cossie etc, i wanna look around at the alternatives and see what else i can afford etc, deffo wanna take my time and have a good lookski at what else is around,

EscortRS

lol, diddent know so many RS users were watching..
Im thinking the same at the mo, the prices on sccobs are dropping ive been looking at the 97/98 plates for around 7-8k. getting pretty intrested. Im proberly looking for a chnage as ive had two Escort rs turbo's now.

cossie_gra

thanks Dead_N

thats what i wanted to know, i thought it was too cheap,

cheers mate

scooby_si

FAQ for a good model & basic info etc....
Tiz good stuff but as said check out wot the "proper" cars r going for & see what u can afford. I sold my MY97 UK saloon the other week with 84kmiles for 9k but it did have a healthy amount of toys on it (including the big & most important stuff like nearly new clutch & recent big service 90k un) & BUGGER i miss it
Si

jonny gav

iTrader: (1)

i went from cossie saph to scoob 2 years ago and i have never looked back

test drive one and you will see why!

don't get me wrong, the cossie was good performance car but it was never on the bloody road

i think i changed every major component on that car, still it was good fun when it was working

scooby_si

PS so i woodnt worry too much about a low miler certainly on that budget but ensure u get a well cared for un! If u wana no why u shud get one go to a local meet & get to no the natives & i'm sure they'll demonstarte the scoobs abilities

GAZ W

Well said kris ...please someone buy my cossie


(still staying RS tho ,im not going over to the dark side yet)

RichardPON

Gav,

I got round that problem by turning mine into a track car - that way it's never on the bloody road, and it gives it half a chance

dead_neurons

after looking round to find my dream Scoob for 8 weeks, if you see a 40k Miles for £5K i'd avoid it like the plague unless you have another 5K to rebuild the mechanicals. you'd be lucky to get 100K milers for 6-7K, either its been ragged stupid, stolen/ragged/recovered, crash damaged, or completely uncared for.
You may be lucky (very very very very....) to get a decent one for £5K, but I had 12K to spend and I struggled to find decent ones. Most I saw were crash repaired trying to be passed off as original motors.
£5K for 40K miles? - no way. beware!
My car (pick up this weekend ) is a white MY98 Wrx Sti Type RA, 37K miles. = £12K (£13K with alarm & stereo fitting)

be careful! 5K's a lot to lose in one go!

/2ob


[Edited by dead_neurons - 9/11/2003 9:44:12 PM]