Mr Merciless

I know this is a little sketchy but my younger brother has just put a deposit down on a my95 (N) Impreza Turbo. It has an induction kit, an uprated exhaust (don't know type) and is chipped. It's pulling approximately 295 BHP.

Is it likely to be an STI or just a WRX?

Mr Merciless

http://atsearch.autotrader.co.uk/WWW...ch_full=SEARCH

Right this is the car, it's the bottom one.

He's gotten it for £5700. Does it look like a good buy?

spufus

iTrader: (2)

It's not an STi

Mr Merciless

What's the BHP of a standard wrx and sti on this model?

Mr Merciless

I could do with some help on this as my brother is about to buy this and as I don't know much about older Imprezas I can't give him advice on whether or not he's getting a good deal!

Jamo

iTrader: (23)

it looks very nice, plus he getting it from a garage, so he should have some comeback if anything goes wrong, id say that was a fair price for a car like that.

jamo

richiewong

Have a quick look herehttp://www.sidc.co.uk/faq.htm

===WRX===

its not an sti.......and nearly 300bhp from a chip is a littlepie in the sky. more likely a UK2000 or a wrx

spufus

iTrader: (2)

It's not a UK - it has no headlight washers

scoobchrissy

iTrader: (1)

Look's pretty much like a WRX to me!!!!!!!!!!

Mr Merciless

So it's a JDM then?

greasemonkey

It's impossible to be absolutely certain whether it's a UK or Japanese model just by looking at the picture. As has been said, lack of headlamp washers tends to indicate WRX, but OTOH, if it's a WRX, why isn't it sold as such?

You shouldn't really be asking us, as we don't really know any more than you. Your brother should be getting the full SP from the selling dealer before parting with any cash. Either way, I'd suggest that £5K7 is a bit OTT for a car of that age, especially when you/he aren't certain what it is.

TonyBurns

iTrader: (3)

Once hes bought it, get it booked in at ProSport and checked over (they are in stockport).

Tony

greasemonkey

Might be better to do some of the checking before buying the car Tony.

5cby

if ur bro is unsure just walk away
as there is plenty of scoobs for sale that r genuine
not saying that this one aint
but u never know

steve

wakeboardar

i would add that the for sale section of this site is a good place to look for a good used scooby

matscooby

iTrader: (3)

If you can get the engine model code from under the bonnet, goto this website and it should tell you what model he should be buying for eg. STI, standard wrx and so on...

http://www.mudd90.freeserve.co.uk/technicalstuff5.htm